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Course Syllabus

Бакалавриат 2024/2025

Сравнительная политика

Статус: Курс обязательный
Направление: 41.03.06. Публичная политика и социальные науки
Кто читает: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Где читается: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается: 4-й курс, 1-3 модуль
Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса
Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса
Преподаватели: Руднева Татьяна Сергеевна
Язык: английский
Кредиты: 4

Course Syllabus

Full 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

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

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

Course Contents

  • Modes of comparing political systems
  • Legitimacy, constitutionalism and political culture
  • Electoral systems
  • Presidential and parliamentary systems
  • Levels of government
  • Bureaucracy and the democratic state
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • blocking Oral exam
    At the exam, a student will receive a set of three questions related to the course material. After a ten-minute preparation, a student is expected to orally answer those questions. The exam instructor may ask follow-up questions if necessary.
  • non-blocking Mock 1
    The duration of the mock is three hours, during which a student is expected to write three essays answering three questions related to the course material. The mock will be evaluated according to the completeness and correctness of the answers provided.
  • non-blocking Mock 2
    The duration of the mock is three hours, during which a student is expected to write three essays answering three questions related to the course material. The mock will be evaluated according to the completeness and correctness of the answers provided.
  • non-blocking Class participation
    Students’ class participation is graded on the basis of students' participation in seminar discussions. Class participation refers to discussion performance rather than mere attendance. All students are expected to attend seminars and participate by listening attentively, contributing to discussions and participating in in-class group projects. Students’ statements and answers to questions must contain well formulated arguments that clearly show their position. To do this, students must demonstrate a quality preparation for the seminar: do their homework, read the assigned literature and be ready to perform a critical evaluation of it.
  • non-blocking Structured Debate
    Structured Debate is a group project where students debate a specific position related to the course material.
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2024/2025 2nd module
    0.25 * Class participation + 0.1 * Mock 1 + 0.1 * Mock 2 + 0.45 * Oral exam + 0.1 * Structured Debate
Bibliography

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
  • Embedded autonomy : states and industrial transformation, Evans, P., 1995
  • 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
  • Robert A. Dahl. (2020). On Democracy. Yale University Press.
  • 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

Authors

  • Vaneev Mikhail Alekseevich
  • RUDNEVA TATYANA SERGEEVNA