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Themes in Comparative Government
---A World of States---Governing the Economy
---The Democratic Idea---Politics of Collective Identity
Institutions
Democratization
GOVERNING THE ECONOMY
How do you measure
economic performance? Is GDP
accurate?
Does a state’s government affectsuccess of economy? Or vice versa?
What is the best way a government
can protect its economy?
Key Questions…
The Democratic Idea
• What explains the recent trend towards democracy?
• What are some of the problems with democracy?
• Is democracy the best choice for all countries?
• What are the conditions that promote democracy?
Struggle for power
Issues: inclusion, political recognition, representation, priorityDistributional politics – material vs. nonmaterial
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