Magstadt, Ch. 1-2
*Lawrence C. Mayer, Redefining Comparative Politics (Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications, 1989), Ch. 2 "The Epistemology of Social Science and the Comparative Method," and pp. 181-214, beginning with "The Concept of Political Culture."
*Stephen J. Krasner, "Approaches to the State," Comparative Politics (January 1984), 223-246.
*Robert H. Bates, "Area Studies and the Discipline: A Useful Controversy?," PS: Political Science and Politics (June 1997), 166-169.
Magstadt, Ch. 3
Almond, "Capitalism and Democracy," 243-249
*Charles F. Andrian, Comparative Political Systems: Policy Performance and Social Change (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1997), Ch. 10, "Political Development and Social Progress."
Ruth Berins Collier and David Collier, Critical Junctures, The Labor Movement, and Regime Dynamics in Latin America (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1991), Ch. 1, "Framework: Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies."
Magstadt, pp. 65-81, 134-141
Schmitter and Karl, "What Democracy Is and Isn’t," pp. 118-124
Rose, "Presidents and Prime Ministers," pp. 133-139
Mahler, "Parliament and Congress: Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side?," pp. 125-128
Gunlicks, "Campaign and Party Finance: What Americans Might Learn From Abroad," pp. 129-130
"Electoral Reform," pp. 131-132.
Magstadt, pp. 81-86, 97-110,141-146
"Revamping Britain’s Constitution," pp. 27-31
"Blair on the Constitution," pp. 32-34
Stephens, "The Politics of Power," pp. 14-15
Applebaum, "Tony Blair and the New Left," pp. 16-22
"Britain’s 1997 General Election," pp. 23-26
Links to British politics and government sites
Magstadt, pp. 86-91, 110-119, 146-151
Ross, "Chirac and France: Prisoners of the Past?," pp. 59-65
Cohen, "For France, Sagging Self-Image and Esprit," pp. 66-70
Swardson, "Is Le Pen Mightier Than the Sword?," pp. 71-72
Magstadt, pp. 91-95, 119-128, 151-155
"Helmut Kohl, Extra extra large," pp. 38-40
Katzenstein, "United Germany in an Integrating Europe," pp. 41-48
"In the Shadow of Weimar," pp. 49-50
"Perspectives on the German Model," pp. 51-56
Pond, "Looking Both East and West," pp. 57-58
*Stephen B. Wolinetz, ed. Parties and Party Systems in Liberal Democracies (London: Routledge, 1988), Ch. 1 and 13,
Barbash, "After the Talking Stopped," pp. 36-37
King, "What is Scotland’s Future?," p. 35.
"The Left’s New Start," pp. 94-96
Anderson, "Guide to the West European Left," pp. 97-99
"Europe’s Far Right," pp. 100-101
Messina, "The Impacts of Postwar Migration to Western Europe," pp. 102-109
Magstadt, pp. 128-131, and 155-159
"An American Perspective on the European Experiment," pp. 144-147
Dougherty, "The Politics of European Monetary Union," pp. 148-153
March 10 & 12
Magstadt, Ch. 7-9
Verdery, What Was Socialism and What Comes Next?
Lawday, "The Return of the Habsburgs," pp. 169-73
Kennan, "Witness to the Fall," pp. 174-80
Cohen, "A Transition Leading to Tragedy," p. 181
Remnick, "Can Russia Change?," pp. 182-87
Links to sites on politics and society in the FSU and Eastern Europe
Harrison, Inside the Third World, pp. 15-60, 128-447.
*Alford, "A Model of State-Society Relations,"
Soe, pp. 188-191
"Let’s Abolish The Third World," pp. 192-93
Crossette, "The Third World is Dead, but Spirits Linger," pp. 194-195
Related web sites
Magstadt, Ch. 16-18
Harrison Ch. 4 "Eco-catastrophe in Africa"
"Democracy, of a Sort, Sweeps Africa," pp. 205-207
Richburg, "Why is Africa Eating Asia’s Dust?," pp. 208-212
Related web sites
Magstadt, Ch. 13-15
Harrison, Ch. 5 "Polarization in Asia"
"Hashimoto’s headache," pp. 85-86
Ozawa, "Reforming Japan," pp. 87-89
Tyler and Faison, "Deng Xioping, Architect of Modern China," 213-218
Ganguly, "India, Between Turmoil and Hope," pp. 219-224
Prowse, "Miracles Beyond the Free Market," pp. 225-226
Reid, "Confucius Says: Go East Young Man," pp. 227-229
Links to Asia sites
Magstadt, Ch. 10-12
Eikelman and Piscatori, Muslim Politics.
Links to pages and information on the politics of the Middle East
Harrison, "1993 Overview: Shadows over the New World Order," pp. 448-480.
"Cultural Explanations: The Man in the Baghdad Cafe," pp. 253-256
"A Debate on Cultural Conflicts," pp. 257-261
Bowen, "The Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict," pp. 262-267
Barber, "Jihad vs. McWorld," pp. 268-272
*Philip G. Cerny, "Globalization and the Residual State: The Challenge to Viable Constitutionalism," in Abdo I. Baaklini and Helen Desfosses, ed. Designs for Democratic Stability (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1997).
Diamond, "Is the Third Wave Over?," pp. 234-249
Wright, "For Democracy, the Next Revolution is Devolution," pp. 250-252
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