Postgraduate course
2021/2022
Current Trends in Political Science
Type:
Compulsory course
Area of studies:
Political Science and Area Studies
Delivered by:
School of Politics and Governance
When:
2 year, 1 semester
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Yury Gaivoronsky,
Dmitry V. Goncharov,
Mikhail Ilyin,
Boris Makarenko,
Israel Marques II,
Mikhail Mironyuk,
Andrey N. Scherbak,
Evgeny Sedashov,
Andrey Starodubtsev,
Alexander Sungurov
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
48
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The program of the course builds up the minimum requirements to the knowledge and skills of an PhD student and determines the content and types of classes and assessment. The program is designed for teachers of this discipline, learning assistants and students of political science PhD programs. The program is developed according to: (1) Educational Program «Political science», (2) University Academic Plan of NRU HSE for PhD level education. The course is delivered to the first year PhD students, as a part of their professional development. The course is mandatory. The course is closely tied to the following disciplines: (1) Research Seminar, (2) Writing PhD dissertation.
Learning Objectives
- The course explores current tendencies, topical issues and prospective advances in political science.
- The course concentrates on recent achievements and results of political research that are particularly significant for the academic agenda and ongoing research of political science community of the National Research University “Higher School of Economics”.
- The course also exposes critical junctures of contemporary political research and challenges that haunt present-day political science.
- The course encourages PhD students to read and interpret current achievements in political studies, particularly those that are topical for their own research and provide PhD students with pioneering guidance.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Be able to develop coherent and persuasive argumentation in their own academic work
- Be able to interpret texts of political investigations, their context and prospects of further development
- Be able to use novel ideas and research results in one’s own studies; to use appropriate research principles, designs and framework in one’s own dissertation research
- Gain experience in professional use of achievements of alternative scholarly trends and traditions
- Know specific achievements and publications that are recognized in the world-wide political science community
- Know the core of ideas and scientific results that shape the present profile of political science and some of its trends and subdisciplines
- Know the main breakthroughs and advancements in the current political science research
- A student knows the history of the discipline and subfields
- A student knows the main approaches in the field and can use the main methods in political science
Course Contents
- Part 1. Advancement of Political Studies.
- Unit 1. Making Political Science genuinely scientific.
- Unit 2. Fallacies in Political Science.
- Part 2. Political Order and Institutions
- Unit 3. The Study of Political Regimes
- Unit 4. Institutional design and good governance.
- Part 3. Political Process
- Unit 5. The Political Economy of Development.
- Units 6. Migration and global refugee crisis.
- Part 4. Political Communication and Media.
- Unit 7. Public Opinion and Political Science.
- Unit 8. Media and Public Opinion in New Media Environment.
- Part 4. Russian Studies.
- Unit 9. Russian Studies. Political parties and elections in Russia.
- Unit 10. Russian Studies. State-territorial composition, its evolution.
