GVPT459B (Comparative Political Institutions) / Sole Instructor (Fall 2023, 2024) / UMD, College Park

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This course provides a general introduction to comparative political institutions. It explores basic political concepts that relate to issues of representation, elections, and congresses.

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GVPT459J (Regime Types) / Sole Instructor (Spring 2023, 2024, Summer 2024, Winter 2024) / UMD, College Park

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This course addresses four main themes: 1) regime change from a democracy to an autocracy; 2) regime change from an autocracy to a democracy; 3) democracies becoming less democratic; and 4) autocracies becoming less autocratic.

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GVPT282 (The Politics of Global Development) / Sole Instructor (Summer 2021, 2022, 2023, Winter 2023) / UMD, College Park

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A study of the domestic governmental institutions; processes and problems such as conflict and economic development; and the socio-economic environments that are common to lower-income countries around the world.