Daniel Lazar offers analysis of the six AP CoGoPo countries: Britain, Russia, China, Iran, Nigeria, and Mexico.
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I sat down with esteemed AP CoGoPo teachers Ryan DeMarco and Anthony Peek just as we finished reading AP CoGoPo exams in Salt Lake City. Together we grapple with the dreaded Question 4. Please support the CoGoPod here. Every little bit helps. Thank you! Anthony recommends The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920.…
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Dr. Ryan Daugherty is an AP CoGoPo Reader and a professor of political science at Butler University. His students read: Most of the dense Orvis and Drogus textbook that podcast alum Karen Waples used as a basis for her AP CoGoPo textbook. Ziblatt and Levitsky's How Democracies Die. Too many articles to list! He recommends On Populist Reason by Erne…
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Talking Comparative with Dr. Anne Marie Choup
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Dr. Anne Marie Choup is a professor of political science and an AP CoGoPo Reader. Here is her CV. Her students read: Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong, by Louisa Lim. Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria, by Noo Saro-Wiwa. Yo…
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All Hail the Chief! Dr. Eduardo Magalhães III, Chief Reader of AP CoGoPo.
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Eduardo Magalhães III is a Professor of Political Science at Simpson College and currently serves as the Chief Reader of the AP Comparative Government and Politics exam. Dr. Magalhães recommends that listeners of this podcast read Mexican Lives by Judith Adler Hellman as well as Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. On behalf of Dr. Magalhães…
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In Conversation with Hugh Williams of Human Rights Watch
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I am joined by Hugh Williamson, Director of the Europe and Central Asia Division of Human Rights Watch. Check out... -Hugh's website and his writing for Human Rights Watch -A collection of Hugh's writing and speaking about worker priests -The 1982 film, The MIssing. Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit …
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A couple days after the AP CoGoPo exam and a couple weeks before graduation, I sat down with my students to reflect on GoGoPo. We explored the most valuable lessons they learned, the concepts they struggled with, and the countries they were most and least interested in. We wrapped with some gentle advice for students new to CoGoPo. Please support t…
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I am joined by a virtual Mt. Rushmore of CoGoPo teachers: Ryan DeMarco, Lisa Dudgeon, Jane Highley, and Anthony Peek. They explore their favorite countries to teach and the most challenging concepts to communicate to students. Then they offer advice to students who are to beginning their studies of CoGoPo. Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly a…
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I sit down with four esteemed CoGoPo teachers--Ryan DeMarco, Lisa Dudgeon, Jane Highley, and Anthony Peek--who just finished reading AP CoGoPo exams in Salt Lake City. We reflect on our week in assessing exams, giving a little extra focus to the argument essay. Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps…
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Karen Waples is an educator, an AP Consultant, and a textbook author. We discuss her new textbook, Comparative Government and Politics: Stories of the World. Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you! Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our the…
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In commemoration of Russia's 1994 New Year's Eve assault on Chechnya (28 years ago today), this episode explores the Chechen struggle for independence in the 1990's, how Yeltsin failed, and how Putin's weaponized Chechnya to bolster his legitimacy. Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you! …
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Russian Political Culture & Participation: Apathetic Engagement Among the Keenly Disillusioned
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Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you! My notes for this talk are available here. Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast ★…
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This talk explores how and why Yeltsin and the rest of the world failed to see the revolutionary situation in which Russia found itself in the 1990's and how Putin capitalized on that chaos. Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Every little bit helps. Thank you! My notes for this talk are available here. Contact Daniel …
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What does the upper house of Parliament do and what should be done about this esteemed, if sometimes anachronistic legislative body? Please support the CoGoPod here. I truly appreciate your support. Thank you! My notes for this talk are available here. Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme son…
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This talk seeks to summarize and sometimes analyze the functions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in the UK. Please support the CoGoPod here. Your donations are truly appreciated. Thank you! Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License)…
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Please support the CoGoPod here. Your donations are truly appreciated. Thank you! Here are the lecture notes. Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Thank you for listening. ★ Support this podcast ★توسط Daniel Lazar
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This short talk defines political culture then explores Almond's three levels of political culture before diving into cultural congruence and consensual vs. conflictual political cultures. Please support the CoGoPod here. Your donations are truly appreciated. Thank you! Here are the lecture notes. Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail…
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In Conversation with Vincent Okwechime, Formerly of Shell Oil Nigeria
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Trained in law, Vincent Okwechime worked for Shell Oil Nigeria as a lawyer, manager of oil spill cleanup and compensation, head of security, and lastly as brand manager. He retired in 2010. We have been friends ever since. He is an earnest, kind, and wise man. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! …
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This short talk offers considerations from which to launch scholarly pursuits of Mexican politics and discusses the many policy challenges that the Mexican regime faces. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaro…
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In Conversation with Obi: Life in Port Hartcourt, Nigeria
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The CoGoPod welcomes my pal Obi. Born in Texas, raised in Port Harcourt, and now, like me, an immigrant in Berlin, Obi and I dive into his Nigerian youth. This is the narrative of but one man. A good man. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License).…
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This talk explores the domestic and global reactions to the political, economic, and environmental impacts of oil in Nigeria. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comm…
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This short talk explores the causes and consequences of ubiquitous corruption for Nigerian politics. While there is a virtual cornucopia of corruption cases from which to choose, I dive into three illustrative cases while focusing on the implications of corruption on the broader political landscape. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. Al…
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This short talk offers considerations from which to launch our scholarly pursuit of Nigerian politics. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (at) gmail.com with questions or comments. Thank you for lis…
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This talk offers some introductory insights into Persian political culture, with a particular focus on political socialization, elite recruitment, and interest articulation and aggregation. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Contact Daniel…
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My students discuss my lecture (in the previous episode) on China's long struggle for internal sovereignty. They discuss the key questions raised by the lecture, they share the most important lessons, and they offer some comparative analyses along the way. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our …
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Students debate the motion: “Western Liberal Democracy Would Be Wrong for China". While they did not have the luxury of choosing their side of the debate, given the choice, most or all would rather argue against the motion. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin…
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A Prelude to Studying Iranian Politics
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This talk offers considerations from which to launch our scholarly pursuits of Iranian politics and concludes by diving into policy challenges that the Iranian regime faces. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Contact Daniel Lazar at daniel…
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The "One China" Myth: Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong
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This lecture explores China's long struggle for internal sovereignty. Despite PRC claims of being "Zhong Guo Ren" (Chinese People with Universal Values), China is a fragmented society bound by the chains of the CCP. To illustrate this, we dive into the long struggles with Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong. (0:00 - 16:25) Setting the Table (16:25-74:30…
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This talk offers considerations from which to commence scholarly inquiries into Chinese politics before diving into ten policy challenges that the PRC is facing. Please support the CoGoPod at Buy Me a Coffee. All donations are appreciated. Thank you! Our theme song is "Inspired" by Kevin MacLeod (License). Contact Daniel Lazar at danielaaronlazar (…
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