What is Comparative Politics?

In our topic comparative politics means comparing and contrasting the ways that Austria and Hungary dealt with changing their political and economic systems after the Soviet Union decided that Austria could remain outside its grasp.

In essence we have been comparing two nations that were on the same path for quite some time, until a crossroads was reached. We then get to see what Austria could have been like as a satellite and what Hungary could have been like as a Soviet-free state.

I see comparative politics as a way to see how future countries can turn out if faced with a similar situation. If a state is made part of a collective, it turns out like Hungary, sort of. By observing and comparing different states’ reactions to this type of adversity, one can then predict a future scenario.