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Instructors: Ilayda Yücel
Event type:
Reading course
Displayed in timetable as:
BM3: LK Comparative
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 22
Registration group: AG_BM3 (neu, ab WiSe 13/14)
Comments/contents:
The course introduces students to central topics in comparative politics and has three main parts. Part I focuses on one key element of democracies: elections. We will discuss different aspects of electoral systems and how they influence party systems and government responsiveness. Part II evaluates different regime types. We discuss central theories related to democratization, democratic consolidation and dictatorship. Part III assesses current societal challenges from a comparative politics perspective. Our interests will lie in questions on economic inequality and redistribution, climate change and migration.
Learning objectives:
The purpose of this course is to give students a comprehensive overview over the field of comparative political science. The focus is on analytical and methodological approaches to conducting research with a comparative focus on political and institutional development.
This course aims to:
1. provide a rich understanding of the origins, processes, and consequences of political, institutional, and economic developments from a comparative perspective
2. increase student’s interest in rigorous political economic analysis,
3. discuss the similarities and dissimilarities of economics, politics, and institutions across different countries and different political regimes and systems
4. provide students with a firm knowledge of major applications and topics in comparative and regional politics,
5. develop students abilities to conduct rigorous analyses in comparative political science,
6. enable students to organize their written texts in way that mirrors scholarly work.
Didactic concept:
Participants should actively take part in weekly discussions. Regular participation is a prerequisite for passing the seminar.
Literature:
All the readings will be available on OpenOlat.
Additional examination information:
Each student submits two analytical summaries to the instructor during the course of the seminar. Each analytical summary should not be longer than 3-4 pages (double spaced, 12pt font, justified text, header specifying university, course, lecturer, your name and date, title) and focus on the required class readings. Further information on this will be available at a later date.
Deadline for the analytical summaries: The summaries are to be uploaded on OpenOlat no later than Friday, 5pm, before the respective session. The document title is in the format: Lastname Firstname Essay Number and is being submitted as a PDF.
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