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| SPOL2201-3 | Comparative Political Regimes
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| Duration : | 45h Th |
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| Number of credits : |
| 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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| Master in Population and Development studies, Research Focus, 2nd year | | 6 |
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| Lecturer : | Pierre Verjans |
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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 first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| The course focuses on modernization, long-time waves, critical approach to the concepts of social cleavages, mass organization, legitimation of power, on the basis of theories developed by some political scientists and of the comparison between various contemporary political systems both within Europe and outside Europe. Case studies illustrate each of the various concepts we consider.
The course is held every odd year (2015-2016, 2017-2018...) |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Help students to understand, that is, give meaning to, a particular
action or the way an institution functions, or the recurrent use of a
political practice. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Grounded knowledge of basics social mechanisms. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Ex cathedra lectures though students are warmly invited to participate. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Recommended reading:
MENY, Y, SUREL Y, Politique comparée - Les démocraties : Allemagne, Etats-Unis, France, Grande-Bretagne, Italie, Monstchréstien, 2009.
ROKKAN S, "Un modèle géo-économique et géopolitique de quelques sources de variations en Europe occidentale", Communications, 1987, vol.45, 75-100, http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/comm_0588-8018_1987_num_45_1_1669
BAYART J.-F., L'Etat en Afrique. La Politique du ventre, Fayard, 2006.
BAYLY C.A., The birth of the modern world (1780-1914), Blackwell, Oxford, 2004. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written examination both in the first and second session. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| "To give knowledge and ways of thinking, not to learn to pass exams, are the aims of university".
The course is held every odd year (2015-2016, 2017-2018...) |
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Contacts :
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| Pierre Verjans
Département de science politique
Faculté de Droit, de science politique et de Criminologie.
Université de Liège
Boulevard du Rectorat, 7, B31
4000 Liège
pverjans@ulg.ac.be
+32 4 366 30 34 |
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