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Last updated at Oct 17, 2025.
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Political Economy of Regime Change (Graduate Level)
Political Economy of Regime Change
This course provides an introduction to the political economy of regime change. The course explores theories of regime change, and some of the questions we will investigate in the class include: Do concessions help the regime’s survival?; Which is better for the regime’s survival, concession or repression?; How does the technology affect regime’s survival? This class will help you develop an understanding of the answers to these questions.
Code
Course title
Lecturer
Semester
Period
0704172
FEC-EC5801L3
Political Economy of Regime Change (Graduate Level)
Yuki Takag
Fri 3rd
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Language
English
Credit
2
Lecturers with practical experience
NO
Other Faculty
YES
Course Offered by
Economics
Schedule
Week 1: Introduction & What are the regime, state, and government? What are the types of regimes?
Week 2: Theories of regime change: top-down models
Week 3: Theories of regime change: bottom-up models
Week 4: What affects regime change?—1. Repressions and regime change
Week 5: What affects regime change?—2. Concessions and regime change
Concessions are good for the regime?
Concessions are bad for the regime?
Week 6: What affects regime change?—3. Concessions or repression?
Week 7: What affects regime change?—4. Technology and regime change
Week 8: Review session
Week 9: In-class test
Teaching Methods
Lecture and discussion
Method of Evaluation
In-Class exam: (70% of grade)
Participation: attendance, participation, and effectiveness as point person (30%)
Required Textbook
NA
Reference Books
NA
Notes on Taking the Course
- Readings: All readings are required, unless noted otherwise.
- Missed Classes For Activities: If you have an unavoidable conflict, such as a sporting event, please notify me via email one week prior to the class you expect to miss. You will also be expected to submit a response paper by the start of the missed class that critically evaluates two of the assigned readings (unless it is for a week in which there is only one reading). The response paper should be approximately four double-spaced pages (12pt font, 1" margins), and it should go beyond a simple summary. Rather, I want you to really engage with the readings. Questions you might address include: what are the papers' weaknesses? Are the papers' conclusions supported by the evidence? What other research questions might be inspired by the papers, and how would you investigate those questions empirically? What additional evidence do you think the papers should have included? It is permissible to consider each paper separately or to think about them together (how do they reinforce or contradict each other).
- Missed Classes For Illness: If you need to miss a class for illness, please email me to let me know and also provide me with a doctor's note as soon as realistically possible. You will also be expected to submit a 4 page response (see above) due at 9:30am one week after your missed class.
