Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Comparative Political Regimes | ||
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Duration :
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| 45h Th | ||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| 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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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||
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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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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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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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| Active participation needed. | ||
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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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| Evaluated participation during the meetings. 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, 2019-2020...) | ||
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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( a )ulg.ac.be +32 4 366 30 34 | ||
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Items online :
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 | compared political regimes Barrington Moore and Theda Skocpol |
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