Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in political sciences : general (60 ECTS) | 5 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté de Droit, de Sciences politique et de Criminologie) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
1) The State
2) Democratic and Authoritarian Rule
3) Executives, Legislatures, Courts
4) Bureaucracies and sub-national governments
5) Political communication
6) Interest groups and NGOs in world politics
7) International organizations
8) Compative regionalism(s)
9) European Union as a new political system
10) Globalization and the nation-state
11) Promoting democracy
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course is an essential introduction to the study of comparative politics for students of political science.
This course aims to introduce students to the key concepts, approaches and arguments that will enable them to successfully compare the structures of political systems, actors and political processes across the globe.
Taking into account the institutions of government on 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.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
The course will be taught entirely in English. Students will be required to read scientific articles, to write critical analysis note, to participate in class and to pass a written exam, all in English. Therefore advanced notions of English are required
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
- Cours ex cathedra
- Students will have to actively participate in class ;
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
Recommended or required readings
- 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.
- John Baylis, Steve Smith, Patricia Owens, The globalisation of world politics: an introduction to international relations, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Margaret Karns and Karen Mingst, International Organizations: the politics and processes of global governance, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2015.
Assessment methods and criteria
- Final written exam date: January 2020
The questions of the exam will be based on recommended readings and on the power-points of the course. It is a closed-book examination.
- Critical article review
*The work must be turned in before or on the due date. Late work will receive a 1-point reduction each day delayed.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
Schedule
Thursdays 11AM - 1PM -
Classes will go from September 26 to December 12
Contacts
Dr. Antonios Vlassis
avlassis@ulg.ac.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
All the questions of the oral exam will be based on the detailed PPTs, which are available on MyUliege.
Assessment methods
Oral exam by lifesize
Duration of the exam for each student: 20-25 minutes
Contacts
Dr. Antonios Vlassis
avlassis@uliege.be
Dr. Antonios Vlassis
avlassis@ulg.ac.be