1st Edition
POLISCI 106: Introduction to Comparative Politics
School: University of Wisconsin, Madison (UW-Madison )
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Pages: 14This study goes over lectures 19-24, which cover the key points of China's and Mexico's current and past political and economic systems. -
Pages: 2This lecture goes over the key challenges in Mexico's political system right now, and also the struggles of the "Drug War" and drug cartels in Mexico today. -
Pages: 6This lecture describes how Mexico's political system is set up, and how its election process has changed over the years. It also talks about how the INE has impacted the election process in Mexico. -
Pages: 4This lecture talks about how Mexico's government is set up, the PRI party, and the 2000 election when the PRI was defeated by the PAN -
Pages: 3This lecture goes over China's political system, how it has grown even as a communist country, and theories on what the future of China will be. -
Pages: 5This lecture described China's political system and it's party-state relations. -
Pages: 4This lecture talks about the differences between authoritarian, totalitarian, and sultanistic regimes. It also lays out the type of political system that China has. -
Pages: 15This study guide goes over lectures 10-18. This includes the political systems and histories of Germany, Russia, and Poland (and Central and Eastern Europe). -
Pages: 4This lecture goes over the theories of democratic consolidation, how these relate to Poland, and Poland's eventual admittance into the EU. -
Pages: 3This lecture goes over how Poland transitioned to a democracy, what its party system looks like, and the basic ideas of democratization and democratic consolidation. -
Pages: 4This lecture goes over Poland's history and liberation, and how its government is divided into executive, judiciary, and legislative. It also goes over the roles of the president and prime minister. -
Pages: 4This lecture goes over different economic policy tools, the key problems of the various economic systems, and Putin's role in Russia government. -
Pages: 4This lecture went over the different parts of the Russian political system, and the key elements that make up state intervention. -
Pages: 4This lecture describes the type of political system that Russia currently has, and the past political systems that it has had. It also distinguishes the differences between socialism, communism, and social-democracies. -
Pages: 3This lecture further describes Germany's political system. It goes into depth on the different parties that are present in Germany. -
Pages: 3This lecture describes the political system that Germany uses. Is also discusses the pros and cons of various political systems. -
Pages: 3This lecture goes over how the Germany political system is set up. It also goes into how electoral systems works and how party lists are significant in proportional representation systems. -
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Pages: 4In this lecture, we covered the major differences between a parliamentary system and a presidential system. We also looked at the referendum that was just voted on in Scotland, and how it affects the United Kingdom and the EU as a whole. -
Pages: 3This lecture discusses more about how the United Kingdom's political system is set up. It talks about the main duties of the cabinet, the political and individual responsibilities of the majority party, and the importance of the opposition party in this political system. -
Pages: 3This lecture discusses how the political system in the United Kingdom is set up. It talks about the role of Parliament, what Westminster is, the role of the prime minister, and how Parliament is constructed. -
Pages: 5This lecture covers the difference between the scientific method and comparison. It also goes over how the comparative method works, and the difference between majoritarian and consensus democracies. -
Pages: 4This lecture provides an overview of details about the scientific method, especially relating to hypothesis, theory, and what "controlling" means. -
Pages: 4This lecture describes how the scientific method is involved in politics. The definition of a theory is given and different types of variables are discussed. Finally, correlation and causation are compared. -
Pages: 4This lecture goes over what a democracy is and describes the different types of democracies and also critiques each of them.