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GU-Q: GOVT-1400: Comparative Political Systems

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Click on "Advanced Search" on the library homepage. Combine your keywords with AND | OR | NOT to expand or limit your searches accordingly. Some suggested searches for this course include:

"Comparative Politics" OR "Comparative government" (very broad search but includes all possible results)

Democracy AND Nationalism (narrow search)

Revolution NOT "Arab Spring" (search results will not include the topic you are not interested in)

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Example search: Subject - "Comparative Politics" AND Subject - Authoritarianism.