This course is compulsory on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations, BSc in Politics and Philosophy and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is available on the BA in Geography, BA in Social Anthropology, BSc in Accounting and Finance, BSc in Economic History and Geography, BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science, BSc in Social Anthropology and BSc in Social Policy. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is compulsory on the BSc in International Social and Public Policy with Politics, BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics, BSc in Politics and Economics, BSc in Politics and History, BSc in Politics and International Relations, BSc in Politics and Philosophy and BSc in Social Policy with Government. This course is available on the BA in Geography, BA in Social Anthropology, BSc in Accounting and Finance, BSc in Economic History and Geography, BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Social and Public Policy, BSc in Psychological and Behavioural Science, BSc in Social Anthropology and BSc in Social Policy. This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is delivered through a combination of classes and lectures totalling a minimum of 50 hours across Michaelmas Term, Lent Term and Summer Term. Some or all of this teaching will be delivered through a combination of online and on-campus lectures and classes.?There will be reading week in Week 6 of both the MT and LT terms.
Students will be expected to undertake one problem set and a formative essay in the MT.
W Clark, M Golder and S Nadenichek Golder, Foundations of Comparative Politics, Sage, 2019. A Lijphart, Patterns of Government: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries, 2nd ed., Yale University Press, 2012. G. Tsebelis, Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work, Princeton University Press, 2002.
Exam (50%, duration: 2 hours) in the summer exam period. Essay (50%, 2000 words) in the LT. ? GENERAL COURSE STUDENTS ONLY: The Class Summary Grade for General Course students will be calculated as follows: 75% class participation (including attendance and contribution), and 25% problem set. The Exam Grade for General Course students will be 50% essay and 50% exam.