1. Comparative Politics 1 POL1010 Lecture 1 Thursday 7 th October 2004, 3-4pm Class Introduction

2. Comparative Politics POL1010: Class Contacts Dr Claire Dunlop – lecturer for semester 1 Office Hours: Mondays 10.30-11.30 and Thursdays 12.30 1.30 Amory 225 c.a.dunlop@exeter.ac.uk 01392 26 4690 Bill Tupman – class co-ordinator and lecturer for semester 2 Office Hours 2-2.30 daily Amory 230 w.a.tupman@exeter.ac.uk 01392 26 3169

3. Comparative Politics POL1010: Class Contacts Jamie Hall – tutor Office Hours Thursdays 11-1 Amory 203 j.j.hall@exeter.ac.uk 01392 26 3240 Catherine Kennedy – politics secretary Amory 203A c.kennedy@exeter.ac.uk 01392 26 3164

4. Aims of the Course The course aims to give students: a basic grounding in the main forms of government on the world – focus mainly upon European (including the EU), US, Islamic and post-Communist systems the conceptual tools with which they can compare and contrast these different systems

5. Logistics Lectures Lectures are weekly, every Thursday 3-4, Amory 417. Attendance is voluntary – but incentives for going are many Tutorials These are fortnightly, at various times on Fridays Start 8/10/2004 (i.e. tomorrow) Attendance is compulsory

6. Assessment Exam: 3 hour examination at end of the second semester: 50% of the final mark 3 Essays: 1500 word essays first essay = not formally assessed second essay = 15% of the final mark third essay = 20% of the final mark Tutorial Presentations: 15% of final mark – based on the better of the two presentations given

7. Resources Core texts: Calvert, P. (2002) Comparative Politics Longman Hague, R. and Harrop, M. (2004) Comparative Government and Politics Palgrave POL1010 Website http://www.ex.ac.uk/politics/pol_data/compg ov/

8. Comparative Politics: Why look at politics and political systems in this way? 1.To help us address the counterfactuals – ‘what if…?’ 2.to avoid ethnocentrism 3.to help us develop theory, hypotheses and concepts Source: Mackie and Marsh, 1995; Dogan and Pelasy, 1990.

9. Bibliography Calvert, P. (2002) Comparative Politics Longman Dogan, M. and Pelasy, D. (eds) (1990) How to Compare Nations: Strategies in Comparative Politics 2 nd edn Chatham, NJ: Chatham House. Hague, R. and Harrop, M. (2004) Comparative Government and Politics 6 th edn Palgrave Marsh, D. and Mackie, T. (1995) ‘The Comparative Method’ in Marsh, D. and Stoker, G. (eds) Theory and Methods in Political Science London: MacMillan.