Government 343 - SEM:INTL POLITICS/COMP POLITIC

Topics Course What is the role of state institutions in political change in Africa?  This seminar explores the theoretical and practical dimensions of change, and analyzes how state institutions contribute to (and/or impede) these changes.  The seminar focuses on state institutions such as the military, the executive, the parliament, the judicial system, the public administration, and civil society.  We examine the functioning of these institutions and their effects on issues such as poverty, democracy, social movements, immigration policies, corruption, governance, human rights, and border control, etc.  Attention is devoted to comparative cases as well as sub-and trans-regional international dynamics.

Topic: Institutions and Political Change in Africa. Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores