On this page, you can find other material that can be used to accompany Clark, Golder, and Golder’s (2017) Principles of Comparative Politics.
Chapter 1: Introduction
- The Arab Spring — Tunisia (video)
- The Arab Spring — Egypt I (video)
- The Arab Spring — Egypt II (video)
Chapter 2: What is Science?
- BBC Radio 4: Discussion of scientific method
- Implicit Bias
- They Might be Giants and Science (video)
- They Might be Giants and Scientific Tests (video)
Chapter 3: What is Politics?
Chapter 4: The Origins of the Modern State
- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Hearing on Somalia, July 11, 2006
- Fragile States Index — Fund for Peace
- Mapping Militant Organizations — Stanford University
- Golden Balls I (video)
- Golden Balls II (video)
- The Game of Chicken — Footloose (video)
- The Game of Chicken — Planet Money (video)
- Repeated Games and the Evolution of Trust (simulation)
Chapter 5: Democracy and Dictatorship: Conceptualization and Measurement
- Democracy and Dictatorship (data)
- Polity V (data)
- Freedom House (data)
- Varieties of Democracy (data)
- Civil War and Regime Type — Jim Vreeland
Chapter 6: The Economic Determinants of Democracy and Dictatorship
Chapter 7: The Cultural Determinants of Democracy and Dictatorship
- World Values Survey (data)
- Clash of Civilizations — Edward Said (video)
- Ultimatum Game — Kids (video)
- Ultimatum Game — Numbers (video)
Chapter 8: Democratic Transitions
- Berlin Wall I (video)
- Berlin Wall II (video)
- Wind of Change (video)
- Tiananmen Square 2017 (Al Jazeera video)
- Tiananmen Square 1989 ( BBC video)
- Tank Man (Frontline video)
- Chinese censorship patterns — PRI’s The World
- Global Nonviolent Action Database
Chapter 9: Democracy or Dictatorship: Does It Make a Difference?
Chapter 10: Varieties of Dictatorship
- North Korea (video, Part I)
- North Korea (video, Part II)
- Cult of Personality — North Korea (video)
- Cult of Personality I (video)
- Selectorate Theory cartoon (The Rules for rulers, video)
- Selectorate Theory cartoon follow-up (Death and dynasties, video)
- Selectorate Theory podcast
- Selectorate Theory (data)
Chapter 11: Problems with Group Decision Making
Chapter 12: Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Democracies
- Presidentialism and government shutdowns in the U.S. (video, PRI’s The World)
- UK Prime Minister’s Question Time
- Semi-presidentialism
- IPU PARLINE database on national parliaments (data)
Chapter 13: Elections and Electoral Systems
- STV system (video)
- Compulsory voting, how-to-vote cards, ballot papers in Australia (video, BBC)
- Proportional representation (video, John Cleese)
- International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)
- Electoral Integrity Project
- Election Guide
- Fruits and Votes blog
- Gender quotas
- Different electoral rules (simulation)
Chapter 14: Social Cleavages and Party Systems
Chapter 15: Institutional Veto Players
Chapter 16: Consequences of Democratic Institutions