Lecture 15: Capitalism and Political Transformation in East Asia • These slides cover the readiing by Thompson.




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Lecture Eighteen and Ninetee: What Makes a Terrorist? (May 27 and 29) • The lecture slides this week are divided into two sets, one covering the introduction to the chapter and the rational choice perspective, and the other covering the cultural perspective.

• What Makes a Terrorist? Cultural Perspective (pps)
• What Makes a Terrorist? Cultural Perspective (pdf)

• What Makes a Terrorist? Intro and Rational Choice (pps)
• What Makes a Terrorist? Intro and Rational Choice (pdf)

Here is the video viewed in class • This video provides
a sense of the importance of culture in providing the basis for
large-scale "violent substate activism"

Three Former Terrorists Speak Out



Lecture Sixteen/Seventeen: What Makes a Democracy? (May 20 and 22) • These slides cover our entire lecture on chapter six

• What Makes a Democracy? (pps)
• What Makes a Democracy? (pdf)

Here are the three videos viewed in class

BBC Report on the Tianamen Square Uprising


Secrets of the CIA: Iran

Secrets of the CIA: Chile

Lecture Thirteen: Why is East Asia Rich? Rational Choice Perspective (May 8) • These slides cover the rational choice perspective

• Why is East Asia Rich? Rational Choice (pps)
• Why is East Asia Rich? Rational Choice (pdf)
UPDATED! Lecture Eleven/Twelve: Why is East Asia Rich? Part I (May 1 and 6) • These slides cover our introduction to chapter five • Be advised that these slides have been updated to include material on the importance of history in a comparative analysis of why East Asia is rich

• UPDATED! Why is East Asia Rich? (pps)
• UPDATED! Why is East Asia Rich? (pdf)
Lecture Ten: Why are Poor Countries Poor? Part III (April 28) • These slides cover the structural perspective.

• Why are Poor Countries Poor? Structural Perspective (pps)
• Why are Poor Countries Poor? Structural Perspective (pdf)

In class, we watched excerpts from Life and Debt, a documentary on Jamaica. The film provides provides an account of the obstacles Jamaica faces in achieving economic growth. The explanatory framework is implicitly structural, so the film is a near-perfect illustration of how to apply a structural approach to a real-world case of poverty. You can watch the entire film here.




Lecture Nine: Why are Poor Countries Poor? Part I and II (April 24) • These slides cover the rational choice and cultural perspectives.

• Why are Poor Countries Poor? (pps)
• Why are Poor Countries Poor? (pdf)
Lecture Six/Seven/Eight: Theory in Comparative Politics--Rationality, Structure and Culture (April 15, 17 and 22) • These slides cover our discussion of the second part of chapter three.

• Theory in Comparative Poli tics: The Three Traditions (pps)
• Theory in Comparative Politics: The Three Traditions (pdf)
Lecture Five: Introduction to Theory in Comparative Politics (April 15) • These slides cover our discussion of the first part of chapter three.

• Introduction: Theory in Comparative Politics (pps)
• Introduction: Theory in Comparative Politics (pdf)
Lecture Four (b): "Stupid In America" (April 8) • These slides cover our discussion of Stupid in America

• Stupid in America (pps)
• Stupid in America (pdf)

Watch Stupid In America right now!
Lecture Four (a): Introduction to Comparative Strategies, Part 2 (April 3 and 8) • These slides cover the last half of chapter two on the comparative method. Includes "additional practice" slides on the logic of comparative analysis (MSS and MDS). Available as both a PowerPoint slideshow (pps) and PDF document.

• Introduction to Comparative Strategies (pps)
• Introduction to Com parative Strategies (pdf)
Lecture Two/Three: Introduction to the Comparative Method (March 27 and April 1) • These slides cover the last part of chapter one and the first half of chapter two on the comparative method. Available as both a PowerPoint slideshow (pps) and PDF document.

• Introduction to the Comparative Method (pps)
• Introduction to the Comparative Method (pdf)
Lecture One: Introduction to Course (March 25) • Slides from the first day of the course, covering material from chapter one. The slides are available as a PowerPoint slideshow (PPS) or as a PDF file. PC windows users should view the PDF version as the slides are optimized for the Mac and may not be viewable on windows-based PCs.

• Introduction to Course (pps)
• Introduction to Course (pdf)