SemesterSpring Semester, 2025
DepartmentPhD Program of Political Science, First Year PhD Program of Political Science, Second Year
Course NameTheories and Methods of Comparative Politics
InstructorCHIEN YI-CHUN
Credit3.0
Course TypeSelectively
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
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週次



Week

課程主題



Topic

課程內容與指定閱讀



Content and Reading Assignment

教學活動與作業



Teaching Activities and Homework

學習投入時間Student workload expectation

課堂講授In-class Hours

課程前後



Outside- of-class



Hours

1

Introduction



(see the course attachments)

 

3

 

2

Comparative Politics: Field and Method



(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

3

Institutionalism



(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

4

Political Modernization



(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

5

The State and State-Building

(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

6


 Political Culture

(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

7


 Developmental State

(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

8

Midterm Review

 

Seminar Discussion

3

5

9

Democratization

(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

10

Authoritarianism/


Hybrid Regimes

(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

11

Nationalism

(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion;

3

5

12


 Social Movements

(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

13


 Revolution

(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

14

Welfare State

(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

15

Gender Politics

(see the course attachments)

Seminar Discussion

3

5

16


 Final Review

 

Seminar Discussion

3

5

Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant
Requirement/Grading

All students are required to write two essay responses to a question that is given to students one week in advance of the due date. The essays are to be no more than 8 pages of double-spaced text. No outside sources or references are required. The instructor is interested in your own ideas, thoughts and reactions. No late papers will be accepted without a physician’s note. Papers will be worth 50% of the final grade (25% each).



 



Essay Responses 50%



Class Participation 50%



 



 


Textbook & Reference

See the course attachments.


Urls about Course
Attachment

2025_Theories and Methods of Comparative Politics .pdf