Fall/Winter Timetable
POL377H1F L0101
Topics in Comparative Politics I
Politics and Government in South Asia
Themes
This course is designed to introduce students to politics in South Asia in the period after independence from colonial rule. The themes discussed during the course will be those that are important both to South Asia as well as to a general study of politics in developing countries. The course is organized around two main themes–colonial inheritance, and state formation and nation-building. The course will begin by analyzing the impact of colonialism. It will then trace the historical process of political change and nation-building in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The class will end by comparing trajectories of democracy and authoritarianism across the four countries.
January 29, 2024
The winners of the 2022-2023 undergraduate awards were announced at the annual celebration, held this year on the evening of January 25. Presiding over the award ceremony were Undergraduate Director...
January 26, 2023
Congratulations to our 2021/22 undergraduate award & scholarship recipients! Following a two-year hiatus, the department was delighted to return to hosting our undergraduate awards in-person this year to celebrate our...
June 3, 2021
In a bid to motivate her students in what has been a very difficult academic year, Professor Rebecca Kingston decided to give those enrolled in the winter 2021 term of...
May 21, 2020
Congratulations to undergraduate student Cheryl Cheung who has received a University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA). Going into her third year majoring in political science, with minors in visual studies...
January 29, 2020
Congratulations to all our amazing undergraduate students who picked up one the department’s twenty-three awards and scholarships at our annual undergraduate awards ceremony. In attendance were Dean of Arts &...