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Comparative Politics

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Course ID: 2104-GPIR-D1COPO
Erasmus code / ISCED: 14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Comparative Politics
Name in Polish: Comparative Politics
Organizational unit: Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
Course groups: (in Polish) Stosunki Międzynarodowe -GPIR- DZIENNE 1 semestr 1 rok
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
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Language: English
Type of course:

obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):

The main purpose of the course is introduction to comparative politics as one of the subfields of political science, dealing with empirical questions and investigating internal and supranational political structures, actors and processes. Relevance of comparative politics, approaches in comparative politics, and comparative research methods will be presented.
Mode:

Classroom
Short description:

Comparative politics among sciences of politics. Theories and methods of comparative politics: the evolution of comparative politics; approaches in comparative politics; comparative research methods. Workshops: preparation and presentation of a complex comparative analysis by students.
Full description:

The range of comparative politics is very broad due to the ambition to answer the meta-questions: What is politics? How does it function? How can we interpret it? The underlying premise of research in the field of the comparative politics is to test theoretical concepts by using examples.

Detailed syllabus includes:

- Introduction to comparative politics.

- Comparative politics among sciences of politics. Comparative political economy.

- The evolution of comparative politics. Comparative politics in pre-modern, modern, and post-modern times.

- Political influences on comparative politics.

- Approaches to comparative politics: main schools and alternative perspectives. How to use theories in practice. The Five “I’s”.

- Comparative research methods. Application of methods in comparative politics. Case selection. Cases and variables in comparative analysis.

- Workshops: preparation and presentation of a complex comparative analysis by students.
Bibliography:

G.A. Almond, G. Bingham Powell Jr., Comparative Politics. System, Process, and Policy, Boston-Toronto, Little, Brown and Company, 1976 (second edition).

J. Blondel, Then and Now: Comparative Politics, “Political Studies” 1999, Vol. 47, No. 1.

P. Burnham et al., Research Methods in Politics, Basingstoke-New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

B. Clift, Comparative Political Economy: States, Markets and Global Capitalism, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2014.

Comparative Politics, D. Caramani (ed.), OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, first published 2008.

Comparative Politics: Explaining Democratic Systems, J. Bara, M. Pennington (eds.), Los Angeles, SAGE, 2009.

M.E. Ethridge, H. Handelman, Politics in a Changing World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science, Boston, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2010.

T. Landman, Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics: An Introduction, ROUTLEDGE, 2007, second edition.

A. Lijphart, Comparative Politics and Comparative Method, “The American Political Science Review” 1971, Vol. 65, Issue 3.

J.M. Magone, Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction, Abingdon-New York, Routledge, 2011.

K. Newton, J.W. van Deth, Foundations of Comparative Politics, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2010, second edition.

P.H. O’Neil, K. Fields, D. Share, Cases in Comparative Politics, New York-London, Norton Company 2009.

B.G. Peters, Comparative Politics: Theory and Methods, MACMILLAN, 1998.

G.B. Powell jr., R.J. Dalton, K. Stromm, Comparative Politics Today: A Theoretical Framework, PEARSON, 2011, sixth edition.

P.W. Zagorski, Comparative Politics: Continuity and Breakdown in the Contemporary World, London-New York, Routledge, 2009.

Sources selected by students according to the topics of their comparative analysis.
Learning outcomes:

Students have knowledge on comparative studies and are able to prepare complex comparative analysis themselves.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Students will get ranking on the basis of their attendance and work during the whole course, and – in particular - preparation and presentation of a complex comparative analysis.

Final test - ten open questions

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Seminar, 20 hours more information
Coordinators: Tomasz Łukaszuk
Group instructors: Tomasz Łukaszuk
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Seminar - Grading
Type of course:

obligatory courses
Mode:

Classroom
Short description:

Comparative politics among sciences of politics. Theories and methods of comparative politics: the evolution of comparative politics; approaches in comparative politics; comparative research methods. Workshops: preparation and presentation of a complex comparative analysis by students.
Full description:

The range of comparative politics is very broad due to the ambition to answer the meta-questions: What is politics? How does it function? How can we interpret it? The underlying premise of research in the field of the comparative politics is to test theoretical concepts by using examples.

Detailed sylabus includes:

- Introduction to comparative politics.

- Comparative politics among sciences of politics. Comparative political economy.

- The evolution of comparative politics. Comparative politics in pre-modern, modern, and post-modern Times.

- Political influences on comparative politics.

- Approaches to comparative politics: main schools and alternative perspectives. How to use theories in practice. The Five “I’s”.

- Comparative research methods. Application of methods in comparative politics. Case selection. Cases and variables in comparative analysis.

- Workshops: preparation and presentation of a complex comparative analysis by students.
Bibliography:

G.A. Almond, G. Bingham Powell Jr., Comparative Politics. System, Process, and Policy, Boston-Toronto, Little, Brown and Company, 1976 (second edition).

J. Blondel, Then and Now: Comparative Politics, “Political Studies” 1999, Vol. 47, No. 1.

P. Burnham et al., Research Methods in Politics, Basingstoke-New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

B. Clift, Comparative Political Economy: States, Markets and Global Capitalism, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2014.

Comparative Politics, D. Caramani (ed.), OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, first published 2008.

Comparative Politics: Explaining Democratic Systems, J. Bara, M. Pennington (eds.), Los Angeles, SAGE, 2009.

M.E. Ethridge, H. Handelman, Politics in a Changing World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science, Boston, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2010.

T. Landman, Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics: An Introduction, ROUTLEDGE, 2007, second edition.

A. Lijphart, Comparative Politics and Comparative Method, “The American Political Science Review” 1971, Vol. 65, Issue 3.

J.M. Magone, Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction, Abingdon-New York, Routledge, 2011.

K. Newton, J.W. van Deth, Foundations of Comparative Politics, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2010, second edition.

P.H. O’Neil, K. Fields, D. Share, Cases in Comparative Politics, New York-London, Norton Company 2009.

B.G. Peters, Comparative Politics: Theory and Methods, MACMILLAN, 1998.

G.B. Powell jr., R.J. Dalton, K. Stromm, Comparative Politics Today: A Theoretical Framework, PEARSON, 2011, sixth edition.

P.W. Zagorski, Comparative Politics: Continuity and Breakdown in the Contemporary World, London-New York, Routledge, 2009.

Sources selected by students according to the topics of their comparative analysis.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-26
Selected timetable range:
Navigate to timetable
Type of class:
Seminar, 20 hours more information
Coordinators: Tomasz Łukaszuk
Group instructors: Tomasz Łukaszuk
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Grading
Seminar - Grading
Type of course:

obligatory courses
Mode:

Classroom
Short description:

Comparative politics among sciences of politics. Theories and methods of comparative politics: the evolution of comparative politics; approaches in comparative politics; comparative research methods. Workshops: preparation and presentation of a complex comparative analysis by students.
Full description:

The range of comparative politics is very broad due to the ambition to answer the meta-questions: What is politics? How does it function? How can we interpret it? The underlying premise of research in the field of the comparative politics is to test theoretical concepts by using examples.

Detailed sylabus includes:

- Introduction to comparative politics.

- Comparative politics among sciences of politics. Comparative political economy.

- The evolution of comparative politics. Comparative politics in pre-modern, modern, and post-modern Times.

- Political influences on comparative politics.

- Approaches to comparative politics: main schools and alternative perspectives. How to use theories in practice. The Five “I’s”.

- Comparative research methods. Application of methods in comparative politics. Case selection. Cases and variables in comparative analysis.

- Workshops: preparation and presentation of a complex comparative analysis by students.
Bibliography:

G.A. Almond, G. Bingham Powell Jr., Comparative Politics. System, Process, and Policy, Boston-Toronto, Little, Brown and Company, 1976 (second edition).

J. Blondel, Then and Now: Comparative Politics, “Political Studies” 1999, Vol. 47, No. 1.

P. Burnham et al., Research Methods in Politics, Basingstoke-New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

B. Clift, Comparative Political Economy: States, Markets and Global Capitalism, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2014.

Comparative Politics, D. Caramani (ed.), OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, first published 2008.

Comparative Politics: Explaining Democratic Systems, J. Bara, M. Pennington (eds.), Los Angeles, SAGE, 2009.

M.E. Ethridge, H. Handelman, Politics in a Changing World: A Comparative Introduction to Political Science, Boston, Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2010.

T. Landman, Issues and Methods in Comparative Politics: An Introduction, ROUTLEDGE, 2007, second edition.

A. Lijphart, Comparative Politics and Comparative Method, “The American Political Science Review” 1971, Vol. 65, Issue 3.

J.M. Magone, Contemporary European Politics: A Comparative Introduction, Abingdon-New York, Routledge, 2011.

K. Newton, J.W. van Deth, Foundations of Comparative Politics, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2010, second edition.

P.H. O’Neil, K. Fields, D. Share, Cases in Comparative Politics, New York-London, Norton Company 2009.

B.G. Peters, Comparative Politics: Theory and Methods, MACMILLAN, 1998.

G.B. Powell jr., R.J. Dalton, K. Stromm, Comparative Politics Today: A Theoretical Framework, PEARSON, 2011, sixth edition.

P.W. Zagorski, Comparative Politics: Continuity and Breakdown in the Contemporary World, London-New York, Routledge, 2009.

Sources selected by students according to the topics of their comparative analysis.
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