Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2300H1S L0101
Comparative Politics of Industrial Societies
Themes
This course explores some of the main theoretical and empirical debates informing the analysis of the comparative politics. We will focus on alternative understandings of: (a) the relative importance of structure and agency in determining power; (b) the role of institutions, actors, and ideas in accounting for policy outcomes; and (c) the degrees of freedom enjoyed (or not) by policymakers in determining and implementing economic and social policy.
This course assists PhD. students to prepare for the qualifying examination required for those whose major field is the comparative politics of industrial societies. It also provides a comparative politics perspective for students whose major fields are Canadian Politics, International Relations, Public Policy, or Political Theory.
November 14, 2023
Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
August 24, 2023
Congratulations to alumna Meaghan Williams, a recipient of the 2022-23 Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, the highest academic honour available to graduate students in Canada. Awarded annually by the Office of the...
June 14, 2021
Great news from the Canadian Political Science Association, which held its annual awards ceremony (online) over the weekend of June 12 & 13: Professor Stefan Rencken’s book "Private Governance and Public...
April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...