Examination of political processes and political institutions in selected foreign countries such as Britain, France, Germany, USSR, Japan and India. Methods of cross national political analysis.

CPO 3103 Politics of Western Europe . . . . . 3(3,0)

Political processes and institutions of selected European political systems.

CPO 3513 Politics of the Far East Japan and China . . . . . 3(3,0)

Political systems of China and Japan offer striking comparisons to each other and to the United States. They provide two non Western cultural contexts within which some Western political ideas and institutions operate.

CPO 4375 Politics of the Caribbean and Central America . . . . . 3(3,0)

Analytical and comparative study of the nations embraced within the Caribbean Basin and Central America. The course will cover such topics as the significance of Soviet influence in the region and the conditions which have led to both effective and unstable governmental systems.

CPO 4385 Politics of South America . . . . . 3(3,0)

Comparative examination of the contemporary political institutions, personalities and ideas of the nations comprising the South American continent.

CPO 5308 Latin American Politics . . . . . 3(3,0)

Analysis of historical and contemporary politics of Latin American societies; structures, regime change system variables.

CPO 6006 Seminar in Comparative Politics . . . . . 3(3,0)

Comparison and analysis of political systems, theoretical and empirical.

CPO 6091 Seminar in International Relations . . . . . 3(3,0)

International relations as a field study; theory, empirical data, historical development of the field.

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