Overview
Description
Explores the Middle East and North Africa region through the lens of comparative politics. Includes basic facts about the region and major questions that social scientists still grapple with around the world.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall - Even Years
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- in a quiz, identify the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.
- in exams and essays, classify the political systems and democratic prospects of several countries.
- in discussion and short writing assignments, apply theories of comparative politics to compare and contrast the political economy of countries in the region.
- for papers and discussion, summarize academic articles and policy briefs on the region.
- analyze the origins of unrest, instability, and revolution in the region.
- synthesize theories of comparative politics and construct new hypotheses on the MENA region in a research paper.
- synthesize theories of comparative poltiics and construct new hypotheses on the MENA region in a research paper.