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Unit 1: Social Science and Comparative Politics
1.1: Social Science Basics
1.2: Comparative Methodology
Unit 1 Assessments
Unit 2: The Nation-State
2.1: The State
2.2: The Modern State System
2.3: Non-Democratic State Forms
Unit 2 Assessments
Unit 3: Democratic States and Democratization
3.1: Defining Democracy and the Characteristics of Democracy
3.2: Democratization
Unit 3 Assessments
Unit 4: Comparing Political Structures and Institutions
4.1: Comparing Constitutions and Government Systems
4.2: How to Design Multi-level Government
4.3: Bureaucracy
4.4: Trends in Governance: Public Sector and Privatization
Unit 4 Assessments
Unit 5: Political Behavior
5.1: Political Behavior and Political Culture
5.2: Civil Society
5.3: The Media
5.4: Voting System Factors
Unit 5 Assessment
Unit 6: Comparing Ideology, Policy, and Decision-Making
6.1: Contemporary Mainstream Political Ideologies
6.2: The Public Policy Cycle
6.3: Politics beyond the Policy Process
Unit 6 Assessment
Unit 7: Comparative Case Studies
7.1: Africa
7.2: Latin America
7.3: Asia
7.4: The Middle East and the Islamic World
Unit 7 Assessment
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