Description

The course is taught as an introduction to politics in a globalised world, with a focus on how political science tries to understand and explain cross-country and cross-time differences between countries. The course introduces students to some of the basic theoretical ideas and research methods in modern political science, and then looks at how these ideas help explain patterns of political behaviour, political institutions, and policy outcomes. Where appropriate, the course places a special emphasis on Latin American and Peruvian politics. This course is designed to: - introduce students to the main differences between democratic and non- democratic regimes, and between different models of democratic government - introduce students to how political preferences are formed, how voters behave, how parties compete, how interest groups form, and how electoral systems shape behaviour - explain how political institutions work, such as presidential and parliamentary systems, single-party and coalition governments, federalism, and courts and central banks - explain how political behaviour and institutions shape policy outcomes, such as economic performance, public spending, and environmental policies
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