Comparative Politics

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Comparative politics involves both a comparative study of the political structures and functions of national political systems of various states and also a comparative study of the political institutions at work within a single state. Although the subfield of Comparative Politics claims an extraordinarily broad scope of analysis, certain sociopolitical issues are generally regarded as more intriguing or more important than others. Comparative politics has traditionally focused on studying single countries or domestic institutions and processes in several countries.

Dr. Satyabhama, M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Political Science is at present Associate Professor at S.L.C. College Vidyanagar. She's been associated with the college since 2005 and is now the HoD of Deptt of Political Science and Senior member of College Admission Committee. She has guided many research students and has attended 42 national and twelve international seminars and conferences and presented many research papers.

Comparative Politics, which helps in the study of ever increasing political problems in a scientific and systematic way, has witnessed not only development on a scale never reached so far but has become more and more popular in these days. Moreover, by providing fresh and exciting new laboratories for the analysis of political developments, the emerging states of Asia, Africa, South East Asia, Latin America and Middle East, have significantly expanded the universe of comparative politics.

Comparative politics involves both a comparative study of the political structures and functions of national political systems of various states and also a comparative study of the political institutions at work within a single state. The former is called horizontal comparative studies and the latter is called vertical comparative studies. Traditionally, under comparative governments emphasis was placed only upon horizontal comparative studies.

Comparative politics has traditionally focused on studying single countries or domestic institutions and processes in several countries Comparativists considered that studying the international system fell within the subfield of international relations. However, for nearly two decades, globalisation has been a critical factor in analysing politics within and among countries. Today, business and trade. information technology, mass communications and culture, the environment, immigration and travel, as well as politics, forge deep connections-and often deep divisions-among people worldwide.

Comparative politics is emerging as a distinct subdiscipline of political science, defined by both substantive and methodological criteria. Substantively. research in comparative politics seeks to account for variation among political units on consequential social, political, cultural and economic outcomes. Comparative politics research places these outcomes on dimensions, for example a dimension that goes from a Hobbesian state of nature to political order, and seeks to account for the placement of a political unit in a specific time period on that dimension.