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This site is designed primarily for my students at Cal State Los Angeles. There are links to syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, grades, research sources, and other class-related information. Other CSLA or non-CSLA students may also find this site useful as a general source of information on international relations, global and comparative politics.

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Congratulations to Michelle Jurkovich, E.G. Garay, Paul Hernandez, and Ozge Tekin. All have been accepted to Ph.D. programs in Political Science, and will be beginning their studies next fall. Michelle will be attending George Washington University, E.G. will be going to UC Santa Barbara, while Paul and Ozge will be attending UC Riverside and the University of Hawaii respectively. Another former MA student, Raymond Kolter, has been teaching the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade.

Professor Lim presented his research on human trafficking at the International Studies Association (ISA) annual meeting in San Francisco, held from March 26-29

FREE Student Resource Guide Available • U.S. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard's office offers a comprehensive list of scholarships, internships and fellowships for college students. Click here to download the 2007 guide.

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Finding class information. Every page on this site contains a link to my current and previous courses. The courses link will take you to my main course page, which lists each class I am teaching for the current quarter. To find your class, just click on the appropriate link. In Spring Quarter 2008, I am teaching two courses, POLS 373 Foundations of Comparative Politics and a cross-listed course, POLS/ECON 426 Internatonal Political Economy

Contacting Professor Lim. My office is located in E&T 513. For my current office hours, click here.

To schedule an appointment with me, you should use my Yahoo!Groups page. First register as a user, after which you can then make an appointment using the calendar link. Make sure to schedule an appointment only during my regular office hours. Appointments during my office hours are generally limited to 30 minutes, but may be extended if other students are not waiting. If you just have a general question, you should e-mail me. This is the easiest and most reliable way to communicate with me during the school year. During my office hours, you can also contact me by phone at (323) 343-2242.

Directions to campus. CSLA is located where the 10 and 710 freeways meet. Click here to view location on Google maps

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This site contains a number of resource pages for students. There is a page designed to help students get started on the research process and a page with links to important organizations, scholarly journals, and useful sites dealing with global and comparative politics. There is also a world news page, and pages designed to help you learn more about career and internship opportunities in world politics, scholarships and international studies programs.

MA program
The department offers an MA in political science. Students interested in the program should contact Professor Lim, who currently serves as the MA advisor. General information about the MA program is available on both this site and the department's web site.For students studying for the MA comprehensive exam, or for who wish to prepare in advance, I have prepared an unofficial study guide for the IR/Comparative Politics portion of the exam, which you can download here as a PDF file.


Please visit Professor Lim's Korean Studies website

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Timothy C. Lim is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Cal State LA, where he has been teaching since 1997. He teaches courses in comparative politics, international relations, US foreign policy, and East Asian politics, among others. For more information, click here

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tclim@calstatela.edu


Professor Lim's introductory textbook on Comparative Politics was published by Lynne Rienner in 2006. Since then it has been adopted for use by instructors throughout the US and overseas. Doing Comparative Politics is currently in its second printing. Available for purchase on Amazon.com


Dear Arnold ... (posted January 11, 2008)

Just "Imagine" a New World Order (posted August 15, 2007)

The Bush Administration's View of Reality (posted August 3, 2007)

Political Parties in Korea (July 24, 2007) Ônly on Seoul Blog page

Ann Coulter: A Feminist Post-modernist? (July 10, 2007)

Is John Stossel Stupid? How a Lack of Good Comparison Makes for Shaky Analysis (posted May 5, 2006)

"What is a Korean? The Challenges and Prospects of 'Multiculturalism' in Korea," Korean Quarterly News Magazine

Why is Korean Politics so Volatile, Unstable? part of the Korea Herald's Insight into Korea series marking the 20th Anniversary of Korean democracy. Reprinted in Insight into Korea (2007)

"Democracy, Political Activism and the Expansion of Rights for International Migrant Workers in South Korea and Japan: A Comparative Perspective" in IRI Review

Book review of Roland Bleiker, Divided Korea: Towards a Culture of Reconciliation, in Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies. To read, please go to my Seoul Blog page

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