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| Preface | |
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| Topic Guide | |
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| Internet References | |
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| Why Comparative Politics? | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| North Korea on the Edge: If the regime collapses, Will the Rest of the World Be Ready? | |
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| Somali Piracy: A Nasty Problem, a Web of Responses | |
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| Corruption Suspected in Airlift of Billions in Cash from Kabul | |
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| Corruption You Can Count On | |
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| The Politics of Death in Darfur | |
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| When to Step In to Stop War Crimes Causes Fissures | |
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| Mexican Drug Trafficking, The New York Times, June 9, 2010 | |
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| Studying Comparative Politics: Developing Theories, Culling Evidence and Interpretation Over Time | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| What Democracy Is . . . and Is Not | |
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| Twenty-Five Years, Fifteen Findings | |
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| Schmitter's Retrospective: A Few Dissenting Notes | |
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| People Power | |
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| Advanced Democracies and the New Politics | |
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| Facing the Challenge of Semi-Authoritarian States | |
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| Capitalism and Democracy | |
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| Political Participation: From Preferences to Policies | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| What Political Institutions Does Large-Scale Democracy Require? | |
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| Civil Society, Youth and Societal Mobilization in Democratic Revolutions | |
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| Online Activism | |
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| Community Engagement for Counterterrorism: Lessons from the United Kingdom | |
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| Bin Laden, the Arab "Street," and the Middle East's Democracy Deficit | |
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| The Executive: Instituting Accountability and Responsiveness | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| The Return of Continuismo? | |
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| How Reform has Powered Brazil's Rise | |
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| Lula's Last Year | |
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| It Is Still Putin's Russia | |
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| The Resilient Authoritarians | |
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| Civil Society's Choice | |
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| The Legislature: Representation and the Effects of Electoral Systems | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Discipline, Accountability, and Legislative Voting in Latin America | |
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| The Case for a Multi-Party U.S. Parliament? | |
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| Equity in Representation for Women and Minorities, from Electoral Systems in Comparative Perspective: Their Impact on Women and Minorities | |
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| The Female Factor: Women Spreading Political Wings with Help of India's Quota System, The New York Times, April 28, 2010 | |
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| Malaysia in 2008: The Elections That Broke the Tiger's Back | |
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| Australia's Dead-Heat Election: Hung, Drawn, Now Courting, The Economist, August 26, 2010 | |
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| Unelected Thugs or Expert Protectors? The Judiciary, Intelligence Agencies, and the Military | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| Reclaiming Democracy: The Strategic Uses of Foreign and International Law by National Courts | |
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| Rule of Law, Russian Style | |
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| The Making of a Neo-KGB State, The Economist, August 25, 2007 | |
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| Civil-Military Power Struggles: The Case of Mauritania | |
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| In Turkey, Military's Power over Secular Democracy Slips | |
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| Trends and Challenges: Institutional Change through Capitalism, Globalization, or Supra-National Government? | |
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| Unit Overview | |
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| China: The Quiet Revolution | |
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| The True Clash of Civilizations | |
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| Authoritarianism's last defense | |
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| Why Democracy Needs a Level Playing Field | |
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| The EU and Its "Constitution" | |
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