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| SPOL0093-1 | Opinion, attitudes and political behaviour
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en administration publique, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en politiques européennes, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité spécialisée en relations internationales, 2nd year | | 5 |
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| Master en sciences politiques, à finalité spécialisée en science, technologie et société, 1st year | | 5 |
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| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) | | 5 |
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| Lecturer : | Geoffrey Grandjean |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| How can the territorial environment influence electoral choices?
Does the rational voter exist?
Where in the political arena should a political party position itself if it wants to obtain the maximum number of votes?
Do young people tend to vote to the left and older people to the right?
How can the red belt around the city of Liege be explained?
How can the importance of the CDH in Luxembourg be explained?
How can the success of MR in the electoral district of Verviers be explained?
How do certain emotions influence electoral choices?
What are the effects of opinion polls?
How can young people become politically active?
These are questions that will be dealt with during lectures. To meet this objective, the course aims to give an understanding of the construction of a whole series of opinions, attitudes and political behaviors through the ages. By presenting rational sociological and psychological approaches, it equips students with the necessary tools to understand and decode the construction of the different political universes of citizens. Two main threads make up this course: 1) the course aims, in a general way, to study the way opinions develop (affirmations on a given subject), attitudes (general terms) and behaviors (actions) of individuals with regard to the political system and political players. It is therefore about grasping the positioning of citizens with regard to political power. 2) the course aims to evaluate the influence that current norms can have on opinions, attitudes and behaviors of citizens. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The course should make it possible to better grasp the multiple influences that can explain the political positions of citizens in our contemporary societies and to better understand political information (in terms of opinion pools, political barometers and broad socio-political surveys). |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| The course will be made up of ex cathedra lessons and short presentations by the students on a given question linked to the course topic. |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Course notes (available online and at the Press Shop) :
GRANDJEAN Geoffrey, Opinions, attitudes et comportements politiques. Tome 1. Notes provisoires, Liège, Presses Universitaires de Liège, 2014-2015, 183 p.
GRANDJEAN Geoffrey, Opinions, attitudes et comportements politiques. Tome 2. Dossier de documentation, Liège, Presses Universitaires de Liège, 2014-2015, 218 p.
Recommended reading:
MUXEL Anne, 20 years of politics. The children of disillusionment, Paris, Seuil, 2010, 237 p. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral exam (70% of the final mark).
Writing a short research paper (3 pages maximum) stemming from the oral presentation (30% of the final mark) |
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| Dr. Geoffrey Grandjean
Lecturer
Department of Political Science
University of Liege
Boulevard du Rectorat 7 (Bât. B31)
4000 Liège
Box 33
Office r. 16
Tel. / +32 (0)4/366.96.60
Mail : Geoffrey.Grandjean@ulg.ac.be |
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