Duration
45h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
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 (2017-2018, 2019-2020...)
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Grounded knowledge of basics social mechanisms.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Active participation needed.
Recommended or required readings
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.
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluated participation during the meetings. Written examination both in the first and second session.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
"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 (2017-2018, 2019-2020...)
Contacts
Pierre Verjans; pverjans( a )ulg.ac.be Philippe vincent; ph.vincent(a)ulg.ac.be