1 Introduction to Comparative Politics
Comparative Politics
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1 Introduction to Comparative Politics
2 State Formation and State Building
3 Colonial Legacies
4 Conceptualizing Democracy
5 Democratization
6 Democratic Backsliding
7 Autocracies
8 Revision and Midterm
9 Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Political Identity
10 Electoral Systems
11 Political Parties and Party Systems
12 Federal Arrangements
13 Corruption, Clientelism, and Accountability
14 Competition, Populism, and Democratic Erosion
15 Revision for Final Exam
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