Introduction to comparative politics at university of toronto. Symposium organizer jim fleming with tom ginsburg, katharine young, vicki jackson, and ran hirschl. An unrivalled amount of empirical material in the text and on the supporting website illustrates key. Caribbean studies university of toronto home facebook. Members of our department produce on average ten books a year, with the worlds best presses. Thematic in organisation, readers are guided through a comprehensive analysis of the core methods, theories, and concepts in comparative politics.
Sylvia bashevkin toronto political science professor. Debra thompson is an associate professor of political science at the university of oregon, specializing in race and ethnic politics. Financial history buffs will particularly enjoy the first half of the book, and economists interested in retirement finance will want to engage with the chapters in which the author presents his own proposal. Comparative politics department of political science. The second edition of provinces builds nicely on the first edition by once again offering a comparative look at a number of critical subject areas. She is a coeditor with greig henderson and simon stern of the critical work of law and literature, university of toronto quarterly fall 20 and a coeditor and contributor with shari huhndorf, jeanne perreault, and jean barman to the awardwinning collection, indigenous women and feminism. Egor lazarev assistant professor, university of toronto. An outstanding group of internationallyrenowned comparative political scientists provide a substantive introduction to comparative politics.
It aims to fill out the conceptual framework on which the rest of the subfield draws but to which books only sporadically contribute, and to. His research interests focus on comparative public law, and in particular the intersection of comparative politics and comparative constitutionalism. Political participation and mobilization, transitions to democracy and ethnic and religious conflict are some of the themes dealt with in comparative politics courses. He is interested primarily in identity politics, social transformations, social movements, antiamericanism, and authoritarianism with a focus on the exussr, particularly central asia. Political economy and political power, was published in 1977 by the university of toronto press, panitch became the general coeditor of its state and economic life book. Eric cazdyn is distinguished professor of aesthetics and politics at the university of toronto centre for comparative literature and department of east asian studies where he teaches courses on modern japan, critical and cultural theory, psychoanalysis, marx and marxism, illness, film and video, architecture, and modern literature. I specialize in comparative politics with a focus on postsoviet eurasia.
Courses centre for comparative literature, university of. Founded in 1901, university of toronto press utp is canadas leading academic publisher and one of the largest university presses in north america. My primary research interests are conflict and political violence, law and society, gender, nationalism, ethnic and religious politics. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the huronwendat, the seneca, and most recently, the. A comparative essay asks that you compare at least two possibly more items. A political scientist with strong interdisciplinary orientations, thompsons teaching and research interests focus on the relationships among race, the state, and public policy in comparative context. Max weber, objectivity, and the classics of comparative politics, in laurence mcfalls ed. It is the first book in the field to highlight the perils of mounting local government debt and non. The latest edition of politics offers a comprehensive and comparative approach to the essential components of democratic politics in todays states. The comparative turn in canadian political science robert vipond imagine, if you will, that you were a student entering a doctoral program to study canadian politics at some point between the mid1960s and the early 1980s that is, during the most rapid expansion in graduate education at canadian universities. I am an assistant professor in the department of political science at the university of toronto. These items will differ depending on the assignment. King williams tontine cambridge studies in comparative.
In this new edition, all twelve country studies have been rewritten, and the first two theory chapters have been updated to reflect the latest. Her new book women as foreign policy leaders is available online now. We wish to acknowledge this land on which the university of toronto operates. I teach courses on european politics and political economy at the university of toronto mississauga utm and the university of toronto st. Most comparative literature courses are taught at the centre for comparative literature, isabel bader theatre, 3rd floor, linda hutcheon seminar room bt319 unless indicated otherwise below. Our faculty are experts in western and eastern europe, asia, africa, and latin america. Before moving to toronto, he taught at dartmouth college, the university of california, berkeley, and the university of colorado at boulder. Sylvia bashevkin is a canadian political science professor and writer known for her research in the field of women and politics. My research and teaching focus on 19 th and 20 th century korea and east asia, as seen in the broader context of global, comparative history. Professor of comparative literature and medieval studies, university of toronto.
The oxford handbooks of political science is a tenvolume set of reference books overing authoritative and engaging critical overviews of all the main branches of. Each year, utp publishes approximately 200 new scholarly, course, reference, and general interest books. It won the 2018 american political science associations luebbert prize for the best book in comparative politics, the 2019 international studies associations best book award in international political sociology, and the 2019 charles tilly distinguished contribution to scholarship book award from the american sociological association. The range of languages, literatures and special resources available at the university of toronto enables students of. Fulltime faculty department of comparative humanities.
Centre for comparative literature, university of toronto. The book begins by addressing ways of thinking about politics, community, and society, offering broad outlines of political theory in a historical context. For example, a comparative essay using the block method on the french and russian revolutions would address the french revolution in the first half of the essay and the russian revolution in the second half. Conceptualising comparative politics seeks to bring a distinctive approach to comparative politics by rediscovering the disciplines rich conceptual tradition and interdisciplinary foundations. Civil society and the state, with simone chambers in bonnie honig and john dryzek eds. His research interests are in comparative and european politics, ethnic conflict, and transatlantic relations. Carolyn tuohy university of toronto the university of. As professor political science and international affairs at the george washington university he is a member of the institute for european, russian and eurasion studies at george washingtons elliott school of international affairs. Lucan ahmad way received his phd from the university of california, berkeley and is professor of political science at the university of toronto.
Their articles appear in such top journals as political theory. All publications university of toronto faculty of law. Lucan ahmad way munk school of global affairs and public policy. The department of political science at u of t ranks among the worlds best we provide an ideal setting for students and learners at all levels to engage with novel ideas, thorough scholarship and creative research in all of the disciplines subfields, as well as in an array of interdisciplinary areas of inquiry. King williams tontine is an excellent read and a model for the clear exposition of a difficult and littleknown subject. Drawing on several fields, including comparative politics, political economy, international relations, and historical sociology, this book offers novel hypotheses about the determinants of violent conflict. Access study documents, get answers to your study questions, and connect with real tutors for pol 200.
As an interdisciplinary scholar, her area of specialization and research interests include islamic intellectual and cultural history, classical through modern middle eastern literature, shiism and sufism. I am currently working on a book about the early formation of north korea after the devastation of the late colonial and korean wars. Terrorism is thus explained as a feature of the political and economic system. If you choose the block method, however, do not simply append two disconnected essays to an introductory thesis. My research is broad in terms of both chronology and language, moving from late antiquity up to the fifteenth century and covering texts written in castilian, latin, catalan and hebrew. Discover the best comparative politics in best sellers.
Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. The centre for comparative literature at the university of toronto offers m. The field of comparative politics at stanford includes area studies, comparative political economy, the study of ethnic conflict, and institutions. Comparative politics 797 lucian pye index 806 viii contents.
The book is well organized and logically thought out and will be a valuable addition to either a provincial politics course or a more general one on canadian politics. Essays in honour of frank iacobucci, 2007 57 university of toronto law journal 129606 symposium issue. Each year, our faculty members are invited to deliver public lectures in the worlds foremost universities from harvard, yale, stanford and princeton to oxford and cambridge. Edward schatz is an associate professor of political science at the university of toronto. Comparative politics courses cover problems of political change and development in areas such as asia, europe, latin america, and the middle east. Alexander reisenbichler assistant professor university of. The comparative essay writing advice university of toronto. In addition she is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters in the areas of health and social policy, professional regulation, and comparative approaches in public policy, and has consulted for government and related agencies on public policy matters. Oxford university press, in press, forthcoming in 2020 comparative matters.
Michael joseph sodaro is the principal author and editor of comparative politics. My research interests are authoritarian politics, contentious politics and the political economy of development. Caribbean studies university of toronto january 27 at 10. Except where otherwise noted, this work is subject to a creative commons attribution 3. You might be asked to compare positions on an issue e. Credit and fiscal systems in rural china was published by cornell university press in 2012. Stay informed subscribe to our email lists to find out about new and forthcoming releases in your field, books for courses, journal updates, special discounts, and promotions. He has held fellowships at harvard university harvard academy and davis center for russian and eurasian studies and the university of notre dame kellogg fellowship. After his text in canadian political science, the canadian state. Ran hirschl phd, yale is professor of political science and law, and a fellow of the royal society of canada. Free of heavyhanded jargon, comparative politics inspires thoughtprovoking debate among introductory students and specialists alike, and encourages students to engage in real comparative analysis. Utp has published over 6,500 books, with well over 3,500 of these still in print. My work focuses on the rich literary culture of medieval spain. Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism by benedict anderson, making democracy w.
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