MSc Comparative Politics

Full-year programme. Students must take papers to the value of four full units as shown. All students are required to write a 10,000-word dissertation. Note that some of the courses must be taken together. Part-time students may take up to four courses in their first year. All students, except those opting for No Specialism, must choose one of the following streams: Democracy and Democratization, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Comparative Political Economy, Popular Politics, Comparative Political Institutions, Politics of the Developing World, and take a minimum of one full unit from within that stream.

Paper	Course number and title
Core Elements
1	GV467	Introduction to Comparative Politics (H) (M)
2	GV499	Dissertation

Specialisms
Democracy and Democratization
Paper	Course number and title
3	GV4E1	Comparative Democratization in a Global Age (H) (M)
4	One half-unit from the following:
	GV427	Democracy in East and South Asia (H) (M) (n/a 13/14)
	GV442	Globalisation and Democracy (H)
	GV444	Democracy and Development in Latin America (H) (L)
	GV4C9	Democratization and its Discontents in Southeast Asia (H) (M)
	GV4E3	Democratisation, Conflict and State-Building (H)
	GV4E2	Capitalism and Democracy (H) (L)
5	Courses to the value of 1.5 units, either from paper 4 above, or from the approved paper option list.

Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
Paper	Course number and title
3	GV479	Nationalism
4	One half-unit from the following:
	EU457	Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H)
	GV436	National and Ethnic Conflict Regulation (H) (M) (n/a 13/14)
	GV465	War, Peace and the Politics of National Self-Determination (H) (L)
	GV4C7	Warfare and National Identity (H) (M)
	GV4G6	Nationalism and Global Politics (H) (M)
	SO464	Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Colonial Societies (H) (n/a 13/14)
5	Courses to the value of 1 unit, either from paper 4 above, or from the approved paper option list.

Comparative Political Economy
Paper	Course number and title
3	GV441	States and Markets (H) (M)
4	One half-unit from the following:
	GV4D4	The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution (H) (L)
	GV4E2	Capitalism and Democracy (H) (L)
	GV4F8	Institutions in the Global Economy (H) (L)
	SA4M1	Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H)
5	Courses to the value of 1.5 units, either from paper 4 above, or from the approved paper option list.

Popular Politics
Paper	Course number and title
3	Courses to the value of 1 unit from the following:
	GV4A2	Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (H) (L)
	GV4C9	Democratization and its Discontents in Southeast Asia (H) (M)
	GV4D3	Local Power in an Era of Globalization, Democratization and Decentralization (H) (L)
	GV4F2	Popular Politics in the Middle East (H) (L)
	EU462	Partisanship in Europe (H)
4	Courses to the value of 1.5 units, either from paper 3 above, or from the approved paper option list.

Comparative Political Institutions
Paper	Course number and title
3	Courses to the value of 1 unit from the following:
	GV443	The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (H) (M)
	GV4C4	Legislative Politics: US (H) (L)
	GV4C6	Legislative Politics: European Parliament (H) (L)
	GV4E8	Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies (H) (L)
	GV4F8	Institutions in the Global Economy (H) (L)
4	Courses to the value of 1.5 units, either from paper 3 above, or from the approved paper option list.

Politics of the Developing World
Paper	Course number and title
3	Courses to the value of 1 unit from the following:
	GV427	Democracy in East and South Asia (H) (L) (n/a 13/14)
	GV432	Government and Politics in China (H) (M)
	GV443	The State and Political Institutions in Latin America (H) (M)
	GV444	Democracy and Development in Latin America (H) (L)
	GV4F2	Popular Politics in the Middle East (H) (L)
	GV4F9	African Politics, Wars and Violence (H)
	GV4G5	The History and Politics of the Modern Middle East
4	Courses to the value of 1.5 units, either from paper 3 above, or from the approved paper option list.

No specialism
Paper	Course number and title
3	Courses to the value of 2.5 units from any of the specialisms or from the approved paper option list.

Approved Paper Option List (for all Comparative Politics streams) Any course listed under a specialism that has not already been taken †
AN436	The Anthropology of Development (H) *
AN451	Anthropology of Politics (H) *
EU457	Ethnic Diversity and International Society (H) *
EU462	Partisanship in Europe (H) *
GV439	Government and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe (H)
GV4A5	International Migration and Immigration Management (H)
GV4A8	Nationalist Conflict, Political Violence and Terrorism (H) (M)
GV4B8	The Politics of Civil Wars (H) (L)
GV4B9	The Second Europe (H)
GV4C2	Globalisation, Conflict and Post-Totalitarianism (H) (L)
GV4H2	Contemporary India: The World's Largest Democracy in the Early 21st Century (H)
GI413	Gender and Militarisation (H) *
HY411	European Integration in the Twentieth Century (n/a/ 13/14) *
MY421	Qualitative Research Methods (H) (M)
MY426	Doing Ethnography (H) (L)
MY451	Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (H) (M)
MY452	Applied Regression Analysis (H) (M or L)
IR411	Foreign Policy Analysis III *
SA4M1	Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective (H) *
SO464	Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Colonial Societies (H) (n/a 13/14)
A course from the Government Department or another department, with the consent of the convener of MSc Comparative Politics and the teacher of the course.
Notes
† Students on a particular specialism will have automatic right of entry to the courses listed under the specialism. Other students will have access subject to availability. * Approval from the teacher of the course is required.