PSCI 7012 Comparative Core, Spring 2007

Presentation Schedule

#	DATE	TOPIC	PRESENTER	RAPPORTEUR
3	20070201	Classical Modernization Theories		Heather Roff
4	20070208	Alternative Perspectives on Modernization	Justin Bucciferro Kate Tipton	Eamon Aloyo
5	20070215	Modernization: The Contemporary Debate	Sarah VanNatta Zane Kelly	Augie Ruckdeschel
6	20070222	The Political Culture of Modernization	Seth Stradling	Shelley Murphey
7	20070301	Democratization	Curtis Bell	Wes McLaughlin
8	20070308	The Majoritarian- Consensus Perspective	Meghan Callahan	Yvonne Dutton
9	20070315	The Presidential-Parliamentary Perspective	Wes McLaughlin	Zane Kelly
10	20070329	Electoral Systems and Party Competition	Jennie Scott Augie Ruckdeschel	Curtis Bell
11	20070405	Social Capital and Democratic Performance	Midori Matsumoto Heather Roff	Sarah VanNatta
12	20070412	Politics of the Rule of Law	Shelley Murphey Yvonne Dutton	Meghan Callahan
13	20070419	Social Movements and Contentious Politics	Eamon Aloyo	Seth Stradling
14	20070426	Social Revolutions	J.D. White	Jennie Scott
15	20070503	The Nature and Direction of the Field

Please make sure that your name, the topic, and the date of the relevant class meeting are clearly indicated in your document. Presenters prepare brief summary handouts for distribution (20 hard copies to class) and email to Joe for web-posting. Rapporteurs take class notes and email copies to Joe in advance of next class meeting.