This course is designed as the second part of the introduction to the study of comparative politics for PhD students. It builds on and complements the material covered in POL2700H. The topics in this course include (but are not limited to) political regimes, parties, electoral behaviour, clientelism, populism, political economy, and courts. The main objective of the course is to introduce students to key questions, concepts, debates, explanations, and different approaches in comparative politics on these topics as well as to trace the intellectual evolution of these subfields. Students will be introduced to diverse substantive and methodological approaches in the study of these topics.