Бакалавриат
2023/2024
Сравнительная политика
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Лучший по критерию «Полезность курса для расширения кругозора и разностороннего развития»
Статус:
Курс обязательный
Направление:
41.03.05. Международные отношения
Кто читает:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Где читается:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 3 модуль
Формат изучения:
без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Руднева Татьяна Сергеевна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
3
Контактные часы:
40
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course is designed to introduce the students to Comparative Politics. Comparative analysis of political institutions and how they function in different settings will help the students understand what determines the differences in political outcomes which Political Science in general and Comparative Politics in particular are trying to explain. During the course, the students will learn the necessary concepts, acquaint themselves with classic readings and learn to compare different forms of government and their consequences.
Learning Objectives
- The primary goal of the course is to acquaint the students with Comparative Politics.
- The students should learn some basic theoretical and practical problems in the area of Comparative Politics.
- The students should learn to identify differences and similarities and how they relate to outcomes.
- The students should learn to compare different forms of government.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Students are familiar with the concepts of legitimacy and constitutionalism and how they relate to political culture.
- Students are able to explain the concept of federalism and how it differs from local government.
- Students are able to explain how presidential systems differ from parliamentary ones.
- Students are able to analyze whether the EU is a federation or not.
- Students are able to show the advantages and drawbacks of specific electoral systems.
Course Contents
- Modes of comparing political systems
- Legitimacy, constitutionalism and political culture
- #3 Constitutions and judicial power
- #4 Individual rights
- Presidential and parliamentary systems
- # 6 Presidential and parliamentary systems (advantages and disadvantages)
- # 7 Party systems
- Electoral systems
- # 9 Representation
- # 10 Local government
- # 11 Federal and unitary states
- # 12 Bureaucracy
- # 13 Clientelism
Assessment Elements
- Seminar participationQuestions pertaining to the course readings.
- Oral examination
- Mock
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 3rd module0.2 * Mock + 0.4 * Oral examination + 0.4 * Seminar participation
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Dahl, R. A. (1989). Democracy and Its Critics. New Haven: Yale University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=52831
- Heinelt, H., Egner, B., & Bertrana, X. (2016). Policy Making at the Second Tier of Local Government in Europe : What Is Happening in Provinces, Counties, Départements and Landkreise in the On-going Re-scaling of Statehood? London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1061410
- Leonardo Morlino, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, & Bertrand Badie. (2017). Political Science : A Global Perspective. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2273334
- Niskanen, W. A. (2017). Bureaucracy and Representative Government. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1608574
- Robert A. Dahl. (2020). On Democracy. Yale University Press.
- Strohmeier, G. (2015). Does Westminster (still) represent the Westminster model? An analysis of the changing nature of the UK’s political system. European View, 14(2), 303–315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12290-015-0368-0
- The civic culture : political attitudes and democracy in five nations, Almond, G. A., 1989
- The Oxford handbook of electoral systems / edited by Erik S. Herron, Robert J. Pekkanen, and Matthew S. Shugart. (2018). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.50224433X
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Barisione, M., & Michailidou, A. (2017). Social Media and European Politics : Rethinking Power and Legitimacy in the Digital Era. London, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1362963
- Bonneau, C., & Cann, D. (2015). Party Identification and Vote Choice in Partisan and Nonpartisan Elections. Political Behavior, 37(1), 43–66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-013-9260-2
- Croissant, A. V. (DE-588)120357321, (DE-627)080624138, (DE-576)178221074, aut. (2018). Comparative politics of Southeast Asia an introduction to governments and political regimes by Aurel Croissant, Philip Lorenz. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.496911902
- Laffin, M. (2018). Beyond Bureaucracy? : The Professions in the Contemporary Public Sector. Abingdon: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1984789
- Qingmin, Z. (2016). Bureaucratic Politics and Chinese Foreign Policy-making. Chinese Journal of International Politics, 9(4), 435–458. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/pow007
- Reinhard Steurer, & Christoph Clar. (2015). Is decentralisation always good for climate change mitigation? How federalism has complicated the greening of building policies in Austria. Policy Sciences, (1), 85. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11077-014-9206-5
- Scott Gehlbach, & Alberto Simpser. (2015). Electoral Manipulation as Bureaucratic Control. American Journal of Political Science, (1), 212. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12122