Comparative Politics

Youth Political Participation

Explore youth political participation in a comparative context with Prof. Light's MIT course. Learn about global trends and case studies!

Introduction to Comparative Politics

Explore comparative politics with Prof. Lawson's MIT course! Learn about states, regimes, and political economy across the globe.

Field Seminar in Comparative Politics

Explore comparative politics with Prof. Lawson's MIT field seminar. Analyze key theories & research in political science.

Africa and the Politics of Knowledge

Explore comparative politics through the lens of Africa in Prof. Edoh's course. Uncover the dynamics shaping knowledge production & power.

Field Seminar in Comparative Politics

Explore comparative politics with Prof. Lawson's MIT seminar. Analyze political institutions and behavior across countries.

Civil-Military Relations

Explore comparative civil-military relations with Prof. Petersen's MIT course. Learn how states balance civilian control & military effectiveness.

Comparative Politics and International Relations of the Middle East

Explore Middle East politics! Learn about comparative politics and international relations from Profs. Christia & Nielsen.

Comparative Security and Sustainability

Explore comparative politics through the lens of security and sustainability with Prof. Nazli Choucri. Learn key frameworks and global challenges.

Social Movements in Comparative Perspective

Explore social movements across nations! Prof. Nobles' comparative politics course examines activism, mobilization, and political change.

Legal Aspects of Property and Land Use

Explore comparative politics through legal aspects of property and land use with Prof. Rajagopal's course.

Science, Politics, and Environmental Policy

Explore the intersection of science, politics, and policy with Prof. Layzer's comparative-politics course on environmental issues.

Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy: Comparative and International Experience

Explore law's role in social movements & public policy across international contexts. Learn comparative politics with Prof. Rajagopal.

Moral Foundations of Politics

When do governments deserve our allegiance, and when should they be denied it? This course explores the main answers that have been given to this question in the modern West. We start with a survey of the major political theories of the Enlightenment: Utilitarianism, Marxism, and the social contract tradition. In each case, we begin with a look at classical formulations, locating them in historical context, but then shift to the contemporary debates as they relate to politics today. Next, we turn to the rejection of Enlightenment political thinking, again exploring both classical and contemporary formulations. The last part of the course deals with the nature of, and justifications for, democratic politics, and their relations to Enlightenment and Anti-Enlightenment political thinking. In addition to exploring theoretical differences among the various authors discussed, considerable attention is devoted to the practical implications of their competing arguments. To this end, we discuss a variety of concrete problems, including debates about economic inequality, affirmative action and the distribution of health care, the limits of state power in the regulation of speech and religion, and difficulties raised by the emerging threat of global environmental decay.

Comparative Political Systems

This course is part of the IPSAMOOC project, a joint venture Federica Weblearning - IPSA, the International Political Science Association. Comparative politics covers a wide variety of topics and themes. The course starts with the definition of the comparative method giving special emphasis to concept formation and historical and institutional approaches. The bulk of the course is devoted to the theory of coalitions and the processes of government formation, functioning, termination. Through several in-depth analyses, the course will throw light on the way democratic regimes are governed. Electoral rules will receive special attention and their impact both on citizens’ behavior and parties and the party system will be thoroughly examined. The types of Parliaments, their structures and their role will be taken into consideration also in order to understand how they affect the formation of governing coalitions. Hence the dynamics and the transformation of those coalitions, with special attention to their more or less frequent rotation in office, will be explored and explained. The assets and the liabilities of the different institutional arrangements will be evaluated. The final part of the course will be devoted to an assessment of the quality of the different democratic regimes and to the proposals for change. The overall picture likely to emerge is that of the existence of several institutional solutions to the challenges and the problems of contemporary democracies.

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Democracy and Autocracy

Learn which forms of government can best guarantee a free, fair, and just life by exploringhow democracy and autocracy emerge, evolve, andimpact our lives.

📚Books(7)

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Patterns of Democracy

Patterns of Democracy - A book resource

The Origins of Political Order

The Origins of Political Order - A book resource

Comparative Politics

Comparative Politics - A book resource

Regime

Regime - A book resource

Transition

Transition - A book resource

Cases in Comparative Politics

Cases in Comparative Politics - A book resource

Comparative Politics Today

Comparative Politics Today - A book resource

🌐Websites(7)

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Comparative Constitutions Project

Database of world constitutions

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V-Dem Institute

Varieties of Democracy dataset for comparative research

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comparativepolitics.org

ComparativePolitics.org is a resource hub for the study of comparative politics, offering curated content such as theoretical primers, country case studies, teaching materials, datasets, and methodological guides for researchers and students.

freedomhouse.org

Freedom House is a nonpartisan nonprofit that monitors democracy and human rights worldwide. The site offers country-by-country political rights and civil liberties assessments, annual rankings (Freedom in the World), and research on democracy, press freedom, and internet freedom.

varietiesofdemocracy.org

Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) is a scholarly project that provides a rich, multi-dimensional dataset on democracy across countries and years, with hundreds of indicators and country profiles. The site offers data downloads, an interactive data explorer, methodological notes, and research outputs for comparative politics analysis.

v-dem.net

V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) provides a large, expert-coded dataset of democracy and governance indicators across countries and years, with multi-dimensional measures of political rights, civil liberties, and governance. The site offers downloadable data, visualizations, country profiles, methodological documentation, and API access for research and teaching.

varietiesofdemocracy.net

Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) is a scholarly cross-national democracy data project that collects, codes, and distributes country-year indicators of political rights, civil liberties, elections, and governance. The site provides downloadable datasets, democracy indexes, dashboards, and methodological documentation for researchers and students.

🎙️Podcasts(6)

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Democracy Now!

An independent daily global news hour, anchored by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González, broadcast weekdays on 1,400+ radio and TV stations. Livestream the show weekdays from 8AM to 9AM ET at http://www.democracynow.org.

Comparative Politics Podcast

Weekly Irish News updates for Comparative 104

Comp Podcast

Co-Hosted by Adam Amy and Russell Gibson we deliver a weekly podcast that discusses current NBA news and how this impacts the trading card market. Each week we deep dive into a larger more timeless hobby related topic.

The Hybrid

Welcome to The Hybrid Lab with Dr. Alyssa Olenick, Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology, 17x Ultrarunner, and hybrid athlete. This podcast is for hybrid fitness lovers, hyrox crushers, road and trail runners who want to push their limits with science-backed training. Alyssa merges her expertise in exercise, metabolism, female physiology, and endurance sports to provide you with the tools to optimize strength, stamina, and recovery. If you’re ready to balance running and strength training to crush your goals, tune in for actionable strategies and expert advice to train smarter and live stronger.

The Parliament

In conversation with academics and Westminster insiders, Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg MP explores some of the less understood aspects of the UK’s parliamentary democracy and how our constitution delivers for voters.

Election Weekly

Aired Monday 5/08/17 on AFR 7:05AM - 8:00AM CST