Durée
30h Th
Nombre de crédits
| Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale | 5 crédits | |||
| Cours supplémentaires destinés aux étudiants d'échange - Erasmus | 5 crédits |
Enseignant
Langue(s) de l'unité d'enseignement
Langue anglaise
Organisation et évaluation
Enseignement au premier quadrimestre, examen en janvier
Horaire
Unités d'enseignement prérequises et corequises
Les unités prérequises ou corequises sont présentées au sein de chaque programme
Contenus de l'unité d'enseignement
- L'État
- Régimes démocratiques et autoritaires
- Gouvernements, legislatures et bureaucraties
- Culture politique
- Groupes d'intérêt
- Organisations internationales
- Union européenne
- Pauvreté et développement
- Questions environnementales dans une perspective comparative
Acquis d'apprentissage (objectifs d'apprentissage) de l'unité d'enseignement
This course is an essential introduction to the study of comparative politics for students of political science. In fact, comparative politics scholars are required to understand the structures that shape political decisions, the processes making those decisions, and the actors who oversee the process in a variety of settings.
The goal is to acquire a basic knowledge of the main concerns and approaches of the field. This means that our course will be primarily thematic.
This course aims to introduce students to the key concepts, approaches and arguments that will enable them to successfully compare the fundamentals, structures and processes of political systems across the globe.
Taking into account the institutions of government on local, sub-national, national, regional and international levels, the course includes a wide range of case studies, focusing on the foundations of the political phenomenon, on institutions, as well as on wider political processes.
Savoirs et compétences prérequis
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Activités d'apprentissage prévues et méthodes d'enseignement
Cours ex cathedra
Mode d'enseignement (présentiel ; enseignement à distance)
Lectures recommandées ou obligatoires et notes de cours
- Daniele Caramani (Ed), Comparative politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Tyler Dickovick, Jonathan Eastwood, Comparative politics : integrating theories, methods and cases, New York, Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Rod Hague, Martin Harrop, Shaun Breslin, Comparative government and politics: an introduction, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 2016.
- Lowell Barrington, Comparative politics: structures and choices, Boston, Wadsworth, 2013.
- Various, "The role of theory in Comparative politics: a symposium", World Politics, vol. 48, n°1, 1995, p. 1-49.
Modalités d'évaluation et critères
- Final written examination, date: January 2019: 70%
The questions of the exam will be based on the recommended readings and on the power-points of the course. It is a closed-book examination.
- Critical article review: 30% (in total 2 500 words, deadline: 13 December 2018)
*The work must be turned in before or on the due date. Late work will receive a 1-point reduction each day delayed.
Stage(s)
Remarques organisationnelles
Contacts
Dr. Antonios Vlassis
avlassis@ulg.ac.be