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SOSC 101 Introduction to Comparative Politics and Government
Department: BSc Elective
Module Description: This module is an introduction to the fields of politics and government on an international level. The module will focus on acquiring an understanding of basic concepts and models of governments as well as pros and cons of each type. The module will also concentrate on the different institutions of each type. The impact of these models on the basic social, cultural and political dimensions, including a number of recent areas of controversy. The module will also cover citizenship, interest groups, political parties and their relationship with the state. The module will finally discuss and debate the different models throughout the world as case studies.
Recommended readings
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- Andersen, R., Seibert, R. F. and Wagner, J. G. (2016). Politics and change in the middle east : sources of conflict and accommodation. 10th edn. Oxford: Routledge.
- Ayubi, N. N. M. (2009). Over-stating the Arab state : politics and society in the middle east. London: I.B. Tauris.
- Bayat, A. (2013). Life as politics : how ordinary people change the Middle East. Second edn. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press.
- Cammett, M. C., Diwan, I. and Richards, A. (2015). A political economy of the middle east. 4th edn. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
- Dickerson, M. O., Flanagan, T. and O'Neill, B. L. (2014). An introduction to government & politics : a conceptual approach. 9th edn. Toronto, Ontario: Nelson Education.
- Hauss, C. (2018). Comparative politics : domestic responses to global challenges. 10th edn. Boston, MA: Cengage.
- Henry, C. M. and Springborg, R. (2010). Globalization and the politics of development in the Middle East. 2nd edn. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Heywood, A. (2013). Politics. 4th edn. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Kesselman, M., Krieger, J. and Joseph, W. A. (eds). (2019). Introduction to comparative politics : political challenges and changing agendas. 8th edn. Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
- Kesselman, M. (2010). Readings in comparative politics : political challenges and changing agendas. 2nd edn. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
- Migdal, J. S. (1988). Strong societies and weak states : state-society relations and state capabilities in the third world. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
- Monshipouri, M. (2009). Muslims in global politics : identities, interests, and human rights. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
- O'Neil, P. H. (2018). Essentials of comparative politics. 6th edn. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
- Powell, G. B., Dalton, R. J. and Strøm, K. (2012). Comparative politics today : a theoretical framework. 6th edn. Boston: Longman.
- Sodaro, M. J. and Collinwood, D. W. (2011). Comparative politics : a global introduction. Brantford, Ont.: W. Ross MacDonald School Resource Services Library.
- Ismael, T. Y., Ismael, J. S. and Abu Jaber, K. (1991). Politics and government in the Middle East and North Africa. Miami: Florida International University Press.
