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Seminar in Comparative Politics; Social Movements

Seminar in Comparative Politics. 

Seminar in Comparative Politics; Politics of Authoritarian Regimes

Seminar in Comparative Politics

Seminar in Comparative Politics,  An exploration of the political impact of nationalism. The course examines the nature and origins of nationalism, change and variation between civic forms of nationalism and both ethnic and religious nationalism, and how nationalism shapes and is shaped by domestic and foreign politics. The course will also explore the relationship between nationalism and populism in contemporary society.

The course will explain the appeals of revolutionary politics and the role of “true believers” in totalitarian mass movements.

Seminar in Comparative Politics.

Seminar in Comparative Politics

This course examines revolution as a means of political and social change. In the first part of the course, we will examine competing theories about the causes, processes, actors and outcomes of revolution. In the second part of the course, we will apply these theories and approaches to case studies of contemporary revolutions from the 19th century to thepresent.

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