2021-2022 / SPOL0966-1

Comparative Politics in a Globalized World

Durée

30h Th

Nombre de crédits

 Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité (années impaires, organisé en 2021-2022) 5 crédits 
 Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité (CATANE (OUT))5 crédits 
 Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité (en Science, Technologie et Société (STS))5 crédits 
 Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale, à finalité (CATANE (IN)), 1re année5 crédits 
 Master en sciences politiques, orientation générale5 crédits 
 Cours supplémentaires destinés aux étudiants d'échange - Erasmus (Faculté de Droit, de Sciences politique et de Criminologie)5 crédits 

Enseignant

Antonios Vlassis

Langue(s) de l'unité d'enseignement

Langue anglaise

Organisation et évaluation

Enseignement au premier quadrimestre, examen en janvier

Horaire

Horaire en ligne

Unités d'enseignement prérequises et corequises

Les unités prérequises ou corequises sont présentées au sein de chaque programme

Contenus de l'unité d'enseignement

The State
Globalization debate and the nation-state
Democratic Rule
Promoting democracy
Authoritarian Rule
Executives and Legislatures
Bureaucracies
Sub-national governments
Interest groups and NGOs in world politics
International organizations
Comparative regionalism(s)
European Union as a new political system

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.
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
 
The course will be taught entirely in English. Students will be required to read scientific articles, to participate in class and to pass a written exam, all in English. Therefore advanced notions of English are required.

Activités d'apprentissage prévues et méthodes d'enseignement

- Cours ex cathedra
- Students will have to actively participate in class

Mode d'enseignement (présentiel, à distance, hybride)

All the sessions will be taught onsite in a classroom setting.
Online viewing with live course instruction using the platform Lifesize following the existing course and module timetables. 
 

Lectures recommandées ou obligatoires et notes de cours

  • Daniele Caramani (Ed), Comparative politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2017.
  • 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. 
 
The readings for each session are available on the following links: 
sessionsII-V: http://hdl.handle.net/2268/263035
sessionsVI-X: http://hdl.handle.net/2268/263036
The PPTs are available on the following link: 
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/263037
 

Modalités d'évaluation et critères

Examen(s) en session

Toutes sessions confondues

- En présentiel

évaluation écrite ( QCM, questions ouvertes )

- En distanciel

évaluation orale


Explications complémentaires:

- Final written exam, date: January 2022
The questions of the exam will be based on the compulsory readings and on the power-points of the course. It is a closed-book examination.
  **Due to Covid-19 reasons: possibility to organise online exam via Collaborate, Lifesize or other appropriate platform.

Stage(s)

Remarques organisationnelles

Schedule
Thursdays 10.30AM - 12.30PM  On-site classes  

Contacts

Dr. Antonios Vlassis
Senior Lecturer, Political Science Department
Bât. B31 Relations internationales Quartier Agora place des Orateurs 3 4000 Liège 1 Belgique
office R.81, level 0 email: avlassis@uliege.be

Notes en ligne

Course syllabus
Course syllabus

Readings
Readings of the course

Slides
Slides