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Archived Version 2023 - 2024
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Description The module provides an overview of some of the key theoretical frameworks, concepts, and analytical methods of this field of study. We study democratic political systems with a view to understanding and explaining their differences and similarities with respect to their political institutions, the behaviour of their key political actors, and their policy-making processes and performance. The module examines the building blocks of the comparative approach. We describe, explain and examine the consequences of different political institutions, with a focus on established democracies, including constitutions, the state, executive-legislative relations, electoral systems, and policy-making process. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Learning Outcomes 1. Describe and assess the study of comparative politics in a systematic, social-scientific way 2. Examine key issues in the comparative politics of industrialized democracies 3. Identify and test interesting research questions in comparative politics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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