Understanding Comparative Politics

UNIT 1

NATURE, SCOPE AND USEFULNESS OF COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POLITICS

UNIT 2

COMPARATIVE METHOD AND STRATEGIES OF COMPARISON

UNIT 3

Institutional Approach

UNIT 4

Systems Approach

UNIT 5

POLITICAL ECONOMY APPROACHES

Context of Modern Governments

UNIT 6

Capitalism and the Idea of Liberal Democracy

UNIT 7

SOCIALISM AND THE FUNCTIONING OF THE SOCIALIST STATE

UNIT 8

Decolonization and the State in the Developing World

Themes for Comparative Analysis

UNIT 9

Parliamentary Supremacy and the Rule of Law in Britain

UNIT 10

DEPENDENCY AND DEVELOPMENT IN BRAZIL

UNIT 11

COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON FEDERALISM BRAZIL AND NIGERIA

UNIT 12

ROLE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN CHINA