This is definitely a class that's easy to do well in. I didn't do any of the readings (there's a ton of them each week and they really vary in quality and relevance), but I took good notes in lecture (you really have to listen since his slides are just pictures and graphs) and got an A. Posner addresses interesting ideas and concepts but I found his lecture style to be repetitive and pretty wishy-washy. He doesn't take a stance on most things and I would say greatly oversimplifies a lot without much explanation.

Daniel Posner is awesome. I actually didn't want to take his class when I enrolled because I am not a fan of comparative politics, but the material was enlightening and Posner really knows his stuff. He has contributed a lot to the literature on much of what is discussed in the course, and did a good job organizing the class generally. His slides are just charts and graphs and pictures, which can be annoying if you take bad notes. But the studies he discusses in class are really interesting. Always approachable before and after class. For what it is worth, he also wore cool blazers to class on occasion.

The exams are really not that bad if you go to class and at least skim the readings. He will pull ID terms from the readings, so just going to class isn't going to cut it. As for my TA, she did a good job bringing key ideas from his lectures and readings into a condensed summary. The take-home midterm was doable. The final exam was a little much just because it also included short and long answer questions, but all-in-all not an insurmountable challenge.

Posner is great. This class isn't as interesting as his Africa class - perhaps I just find the topic somewhat dry - but it's an important one to take. Exams are reasonable.

An excellent professor and lecturer, makes complex ideas easily understood. You must attend every lecture as there is a ton of information, but it is manageable

Posner is an amazing professor and I'm very glad I took him. It is not an easy class - you must show up and take thorough notes. He does not podcast and the slides are just statistics and images, which won't make any sense without the context of the lecture. If you put in the work, you will learn so much.