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Abdulkader H. Sinno's Academic Website |
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Y107
Introduction to Comparative Politics |
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Undergrad courses
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Dear Y107 student:
This website provides you with an updated syllabus, course readings,
handouts and PowerPoint slides. Use the ID/password in your syllabus.
The website will be updated throughout the
semester. Feel
welcome to email me your thoughts and suggestions.
Abdulkader Sinno
Office hours: Tuesdays 1-3
pm, WH 323.
Picture: A voter in Namibian elections. |
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Downloadable readings:
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to downloadable readings, you agree to abide by all copyrights and fair usage
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Syllabus & handouts
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PowerPoint
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Lecture
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Important: Slides
only provide outlines. Do not substitute for attending lecture
or doing readings. Slides might be updated/changed before a lecture. Slides with (*)
were updated.
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News sources
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Useful
links for students of comparative politics
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CIA
World Factbook:This site, maintained by the CIA, contains basic information on the
political institutions, economy, and geography for each of the world's
independent countries.
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State
Department's Background Notes:
These entries provide a fuller treatment of a country's history and
current political and economic situation than the World Fact Book.
However, some entries are a bit dated. This site is the gateway. You need
to select a region and then the specific country.
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World Bank: The World Development
Report and many other statistics, economic indicators and research papers.
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Area Handbooks:This series, once coordinated by the U.S. Army, is now managed by the
Library of Congress. These handbooks are book-length surveys of politics,
economic, history, and geography. Handbook are currently available for 85
countries around the world.
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Governments on the WWW:
This site emphasizes links to official web sites of governments
(ministries, embassies, tourist offices, etc.)
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Freedom House:
Each year Freedom house ranks the countries of the world on the the extent
of political rights. This web site contains a link to the latest country
rankings.
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Ethnologue: A survey of
languages used around the World
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Europa: The European Union's portal. Includes access to the
Eurobarometer public opinion surveys in Europe.
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Human Rights Watch: This non-profit organization monitors human rights
violations around the world.
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Amnesty International: Amnesty is the
other premier human rights organization.
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International Foundation for Electoral Systems: A resource on
electoral systems.
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OECD: Portal for the Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development. Contains annual reports
and statistics for the worlds wealthiest nations.
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Transparency International: An
organization that tracks corruption worldwide. Annual report.
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United Nations Development Program: Includes general and human annual
development reports
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Links to information on
all countries
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Comparative politics resources from poly-Cy
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Game Theory website (gametheory.net)
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Want to learn
more about the Prisoners' dilemma?
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More links on PDs
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Writing resources
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Other resources
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