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POLI 342

Unit 1

Migdal, Joel S. (1997). Studying the state. In Mark I. Lichbach, & Alan S. Zuckerman, Comparative Politics: Rationality, Culture, and Structure (pp. 208-235). New York: Cambridge University Press.

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Dogan, Mattei, & Pelassy, Dominique. (1984). The choice of countries. In How to Compare Nations: Strategies in Comparative Politics (pp. 99-139). Chatham, NJ: Chatham House Publishers.

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Omo-Bare, Iren. 2010. Understanding Comparative Politics: What is Comparative Politics? Lecture material developed by the author.

Unit 2

Unit 3

Porter, Andrew. (2010, May 18). Nick Clegg: Tell us the laws that you want scrapped. The Telegraph.

Foley, M. (1999). The constitution in question. In The Politics of the British Constitution (pp. 1-12). Vancouver: UBC Press.

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Ford, Robert. (2013, January 12). UKIP’s rise is not just a problem for the Conservatives – they are emerging as the party of choice for disaffected and angry voters from all parties. LSE Blogs.

Ford, Robert, & Goodwin, Matthew J. (2010). Angry white men: Individual and contextual predictors of support for the British National Party. Political Studies, 58(1), 1-25. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2009.00829.x

UK Independence Party (UKIP)

British National Party (BNP)

UK voters reject electoral reform. (2011, May 7). Al Jazeera.

Matlack, Carol. (2013, April 23). How David Cameron could boost UK Growth. Bloomberg Businessweek.

Ritchie, Alice. (2013, October 01). British PM offers vision beyond austerity. Fox News.

Report: Britain spied on allies at G-20 summits. (2013, June 17). Fox News.

Unit 4

Mulholland, Rory. (2013, September 16). President Francois Hollande insists France is on the road to economic recovery. The Telegraph.

Murray, Rainbow. (2012, December 31). In 2012 France has seen gains for the Front National, success for François Hollande and electoral defeat and infighting for the UMP. LSE Blogs.

Mulholland, Rory. (2013, October 13). France’s Le Pen hails far-right FN victory in key by-election. The Telegraph.

French PM advised against total Islamic veil ban. (2010, March 30). BBC News.

Lentze, Georg. (2013, April 2). Islamic headscarf debate rekindled in France. BBC Monitoring.

France falls out of love with President Sarkozy. (2010 March 20). BBC Radio Four.

Unit 5

Nugent, Neill. (2003). The transformation of Western Europe. In The Government and Politics of the European Union, 5th ed. (pp. 3-21). Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

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Nugent, Neill. (2003). European integration and the states of Western Europe. In The Government and Politics of the European Union, 5th ed. (pp. 22-33). Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

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Europa. (n.d.). The Treaty [of Lisbon] at a glance. In Treaty of Lisbon: Taking Europe into the 21st century. European Commission.

Warner, Jeremy. (2014, February 14). The Eurozone crisis is just getting started. The Telegraph.

Kreizer, Nenad. (2013, September 20). EU threatens Croatia with sanctions. Deutsche Welle (DW).

Eichengreen, Barry. (2013, September 12). Eurozone collapse has been avoided but a hard landing is still possible. The Guardian.

Cronin, David. (2010, January 6). Keeping Turkey Out of Europe. The Guardian.

Meadows, David J. (2014, February 24). When EU shut the door on Ukraine, reform never had a chance. The Globe and Mail.

Hopkin, Jonathan. (2012, June 12). In upcoming elections across the Eurozone periphery, voters are likely to react to austerity by replacing technocracy with populism. LSE Blogs.

The European Stability Mechanism. (2013, October 12). Gearing up for business: Europe’s new rescue fund will have plenty to keep it busy. The Economist.

Banks, Martin, Samuel, Henry, & Spillius, Alex. (2013, October 16). Marine Le Pen: EU will collapse like the Soviet Union. The Telegraph.