Duration
15h Pr, 15h Lect.
Number of credits
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- A skin, not a sweater: ontology and epistemology in Political science
- Behaviouralism
- Rational choice theory
- Institutionnalism and neo-institutionnalism
- Structuralism, marxism and neo-marxism
- Constructivism
- Post-modernism
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course focuses on some methodological and theoretical issues in Political Science.
First, the aim is to analyse in historical and comparative perspective key theoretical approaches both in Political Science - such as behaviouralism, institutionalism and neo-institutionalism, rational choice theory, interpretive theory, structuralism - and in International Relations, such as realism, liberalism, neo-marxism and constructivism.
Second, the goal is to highlight how different theoretical perspectives deal with key methodological issues in Political Science.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex-cathedra course based on interaction with students
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Recommended or required readings
Readings
David March and Gerry Stoker, Theory and Methods in Political Science, Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Christopher Lamont, Research Methods in International Relations, London, SAGE Publication, 2015.
Peter Hall and Rosemary Taylor, Political Science and the Three Institutionnalisms, Political Studies, XILV, 1996: 936-957.
Stephen Walt, International Relations: One World, Many Theories, Foreign Policy, 1998: 29-45.
Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink, The Constructivist Research Program in International Relations and Comparative Politics, American Review of Political Science, 2001: 391-416.
Andrew Bennett and Colin Elman, Case study methods in the International Relations Subfield, Comparative Political Studies, 40(2), 2007: 179-195.
Assessment methods and criteria
- Critical Article Reviews
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Tuesdays, 3pm-5pm
Contacts
Dr. Antonios Vlassis avlassis@uliege.be