On this page, you can find lecture slides for Clark, Golder, and Golder’s (2017) Principles of Comparative Politics, published with CQ Press/Sage. You can find two sets of Beamer slides, one with a black background and one with a white background. You can download the PDFs or, if you want to edit the slides yourself, you can download the PDFs and the supplementary materials. I have tried to make it easy if you wish to change the colors and style used in the Beamer slides — you only need to change a few lines in the preamble.
Beamer (Black Background)
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You can also download or see the lecture slides by chapter:
Chapter 1: Introduction
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Chapter 2: What is Science?
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Chapter 3: What is Politics?
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Chapter 4: The Origins of the Modern State
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Chapter 5: Democracy and Dictatorship: Conceptualization and Measurement
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Chapter 6: The Economic Determinants of Democracy and Dictatorship
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Chapter 7: The Cultural Determinants of Democracy and Dictatorship
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Chapter 8: Democratic Transitions
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Chapter 9: Democracy or Dictatorship? Does It Make A Difference?
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Chapter 10: Varieties of Dictatorship
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Chapter 11: Problems with Group Decision Making
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Chapter 12: Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Democracies
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Chapter 13: Elections and Electoral Systems
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Chapter 14: Social Cleavages and Party Systems
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Chapter 15: Institutional Veto Players
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Chapter 16: Consequences of Democratic Institutions