CPO-COMPARATIVE POLITICS

CPO 2002 Comparative Politics . . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
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. (General Studies Course: SS/SOC)

CPO 3103 Politics of Western Europe . . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Political processes and institutions of selected European political systems.

CPO 3513 Politics of the Far East-Japan and China . . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
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 4303 Politics of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America . . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
The politics of Spain, Portugal, and the largest Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico) and, as time permits, other countries of particular concern to the United States.

CPO 4314 Democracies . . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Democratic theory and practices around the world. Types of transition, founding elections, and problems of democratic consolidation.

CPO 4375 Politics of the Caribbean and Central America . . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Analytical and comparative study of the nations embraced within the Caribbean Basin and Central America. Covers such topics at the significance of Soviet influence in the region and the conditions which have led to both effective and unstable governmental systems.

CPO 4531 Politics and Culture of India . . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Introduction to the history, society, culture, politics, and religious traditions of India.

CPO 5308 Latin American Politics . . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Analysis of historical and contemporary politics of Latin American societies; structures, regime change system variables.

CPO 6006 Seminar in Comparative Politics . . . . . . 3(3,0,0)
Comparison and analysis of political systems, theoretical and empirical.