| Week of... | POL 210 Topics | Reading Assignment (chapters are from the Hauss text) |
| 22 Jan | Introduction: Why Compare? |
Ch. 1; Video: Where Have All the Addicts Gone?; Bowling for Columbine: Why violence? Colbert compares religions; |
| 29 Jan | The United States Comparing Healthcare |
Chapter 2; Palast pp311-320; Film: Sicko
West Wing: Parliament v Presidential systems; |
| Feb 5 | Industrialized Democracies | Ch. 3; Film clips: Full Monty & Monty Python clip; |
| 12 Feb | The UK | Ch. 4; video: Question Time; Question time on Iraq;Question Time on Education; NBC: Fox Hunting; Queen's Speech: weakening Civil Liberties |
| Quiz 1 | DS: Prince Charles Scandal | |
| 19 Feb | Germany Comparing Economic Policies in the US, Germany & Japan |
Chapter 6; Video: Culture of Commerce; NBC News: neo-Nazis 60 years after Dresden |
| 26 Feb | Comparing the EU & the US | Ch. 7; Electoral Variations due; go here for alternative link Electoral Variations clip (also here) |
| Thesis Statements DUE | ||
| Mar 4 | Japan Education in the US & Japan |
Ch. 8; Videos: The Meiji Period & Schools
of Thought;
DS: US Geography Test Scores |
| Quiz 2 | ||
| 13 March | Midterm |
 |
| 16-23 Mar | Spring Break! |
 |
| 24 Mar | Crisis of Communism | Ch. 9; Video: Return of the Czar |
| 31 Mar | Russia: From Empire to Collapse | Ch. 10: |
| 8 April | China | Ch. 11; Videos: Path of Chinese Privatization; Democracy in China Listen to http://discover.npr.org/features/feature.jhtml?wfId=1183359 |
| Quiz 3 | Film: Not One Less; China--The Dragon Ascends | |
| 15 April | Development & The 3rd World | Ch. 12; Palast (192-204); DS: Grameen Bank |
| 22 April | South Africa Approaches to Reconciliation |
Ch. 15; Video: Search for Justice: Road to Reconciliation; Ugandans Welcome Terrorists...; Healing in Mozambique |
| Quiz 4 | ||
| 29 April | Presentations Begin | |
| 6 May | Finish presentation & review | |
| 13/15 May | Final Exam— | |
| 16 April | Religion in World Politics | Ch. 14 (Iraq); Videos: Muslims; NOW: Manji (1/9/04); Colbert: Religions; DS: Birth Pangs; 60 Minutes: Zion's...Video: Islam, Empire of Faith |