Comparative Politics


PS5311    Social Movements and Contentious Politics (Discontinued)

PS5312    Seminar in Comparative Politics (core module)  
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5 
Prerequisite(s): Nil 
Preclusion(s): PS5213, PS6301B 
Cross-listing(s): Nil

This seminar will survey the methodology, dominant approaches and theories in comparative politics. The seminar will place emphasis on methodological and theoretical issues that are common to the study of comparative politics. Classic works by leading comparativists will be used to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of the existing methodological and theoretical approaches to the study of comparative politics. 


PS5313    Seminar on State and Society 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5 
Prerequisite(s): Nil 
Preclusion(s): Nil 
Cross-listing(s): Nil

Every state tries to govern effectively and to win popular compliance with its rule. Why are some states more successful than others in achieving this paramount objective? This seminar explores some answers to this question through intensive reading and discussion of some major works in comparative politics.


PS6314    Advanced Studies in Asian Politics 
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5 
Prerequisite(s): Nil 
Preclusion(s): PS5201, PS6201 
Cross-listing(s): Nil

This module is meant to familiarise students with some of the more important domestic political issues in Northeast and Southeast Asia. It will examine a number of common themes that are relevant to both regions like political development and stability, state-society and civil-military relations and comparative democratisation. The module is ideal for students who would like to acquire a broader and deeper understanding of Asia and reflect on sub-regional differences. 


PS6506    Comparative Political Economy
Modular Credits: 4 
Workload: 0-3-0-2-5 
Prerequisite(s): Nil 
Preclusion(s): Nil
Cross-listing(s): Nil 

This module is designed to help students master the classic and current research literature on how states and markets are organised, justified, and transformed over time and across nations. It gives particular attention to the causes of economic growth, the consequences of enforced redistribution, the problems of macroeconomic regulation, and obstacles to systemic reform.

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