Graduate Programs – Concentrations
Comparative Politics
The comparative politics program introduces students broadly to the theories and approaches that organize inquiry in the field. They may then choose to concentrate on general comparative politics including substantive areas such as political development, democratization, nationalism, ethnic strife, comparative policy or in one or more geographic regions such as: Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. Recent seminars include: Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, State Violence, European Politics, Latin American Politics; and Comparative Public Policy;.
The department is committed to a wide range of approaches and methodologies including qualitative, quantitative, historical sociological, and area studies.
Recent Dissertations:
- How Two-Level Entrepreneurship Works; A Case Study of Ratcheting Up a Europe-wide Employment Strategy
- The Privatization of Citizenship Race and Democracy in the Dominican Republic and Brazil
- Comparing Canadian and American Policies to Cuba
