| Course Title: Topics in Politics: 'Comparing Elections Around the World' |
| Start Date: 09/07/2022 End Date: 12/20/2022 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2022 |
| Description: Elections are the engine that power domestic and global politics in countries around the world. But electoral systems are quite varied. This course systematically compares electoral systems: how they function, what is expected of them, and how effectively they meet those expectations. Case studies include the U.S., U.K., France, Canada, Brazil, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong as well as others depending on class interest. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Jordan Hamzawi | jhamzawi@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/07/2022 - 12/20/2022 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 03:15PM - 04:30PM | KNDD - Kendade | 303 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| POLIT-COMPAR | POLIT-COMPAR: Politics - Comparative subfield | This course has been approved to count towards the Comparative Politics subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses). |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 12 | Available: 6 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Votes From Seats: Logical Models of Electoral Systems Author: Shugart and Taagepera, Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1108417027 Publisher: |
Recommended | 33.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |