Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4H · CSU GE Area D8DescriptionCal-GETC Area 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) This course surveys the scope and methods of comparative political analysis. It examines democratic, authoritarian, and transitional political systems to illustrate the central theories and ideas in comparative politics. It compares the political structures, processes, and cultures of countries at different levels of economic and social development in several world regions (e.g. Central and Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Central, South and East Asia, and Western and Central Europe). 