MIT OCW Archived Courses: Recent submissions

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    • 17.544 Comparative Politics and China, Fall 2002 

      Steinfeld, Edward (2002-12)
      This graduate seminar has two main goals: to explore the main theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of contemporary Chinese politics; and to relate those approches to broader trends in the field of comparative ...

    • 17.53 Democratization in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Fall 2001 

      Lawson, Chappell; Schaffer, Frederic (2001-12)
      Recent years have seen an astonishing spread of democracy to many African, Asian, and Latin American countries. What caused these dramatic political transitions? What challenges do democratizing countries in the Third World ...

    • 17.508 / 17.507 The Rise and Fall of Democracy/ Regime Change, Spring 2002 

      Lawson, Chappell (2002-06)
      Coups, civil wars, revolutions, and peaceful transitions are the "real stuff" of political science. They show us why politics matters, and they highlight the consequences of political choices in times of institutional ...