Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
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
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
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 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, hybrid learning)
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.
Recommended or required readings
- 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
Assessment methods and criteria
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )
- Remote
oral exam
Additional information:
- Final written exam date: January 2022
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.
**Due to Covid-19 reasons: possiblity to organise onine exam via Collaborate, Lifesize or other appropriate platform.
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
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
Items online
Course syllabus
Course syllabus
Readings
Readings of the course
Slides
Slides