London School of
Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Modules
82
Comparative politics
Prerequisite
– 80 Introduction to politics
This subject is
concerned mainly with the question of how different kinds of political
systems work. It focuses both on the political process and on the role
of government. The syllabus considers mainly democratic government and
considers the main variations between different kinds of democracy.
The following topics
will be examined:
- presidential
and parliamentary systems
- legitimacy and
political culture
- the nature and
role of the state; bureaucracy; the judicial power, the role of the
military
- forms of political
organisation; parties and interest groups
- electoral systems
and party competition
- federal and unitary
states.
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