1624 Comparative Politics
Content
- Introduction to comparative politics
- Research methods in comparative politics
- Theoretical approaches
- Comparative electoral systems
- Comparative party systems
- Political language and electoral campaigns
- Democratic and autocratic regimes
- Brics countries and conventional powers
- Comparative security policies
- Systems of government
- Economic/societal development indicators
- Multilevel governance
Objectives and competences
Objectives:
- student understands and uses basic methods of comparative policies;
- student understands and uses research approaches to examine comparative policies in contemporary world;
- student discovers and relates different information on comparative policies;
- student discovers new phenomena and policies in contemporary world;
- student compares countries and public policies in an interdisciplinary way.
Competences
- ability to search, use and organize information about public policies in contemporary world;
- ability to perceive and understand public policies in contemporary world;
- ability to analyze comparative politics;
- ability to research with application of basic methods and research approaches in comparative politics;
- ability to combine theory and practice;
- ability to formulate and analyse problems in the area comparative politics.