Bachelor
2022/2023
Power and Urban Politics
Category 'Best Course for Career Development'
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Elective course (Political Science and World Politics)
Area of studies:
Political Science
When:
3 year, 3 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Andrey Semyonov
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
4
Contact hours:
32
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Cities constitute the backbone of modern politics: from the Ancient Greek's polis to contemporary metropolis and global cities, they provide space and resources for major political battles and mundane everydaylife operations. The elective course on Power and Urban Politics is designed for BA-level students of "Political Science and World Politics" program. It covers theoretical and methodological foundations of studying the cities as well as policy implications for urban development and institutional design of urban governance. Students will learn about the varieties of theoretical approaches to urban politics and build their own analytical kit for assessing urban policy instruments and their implementation. Also, they will discuss critical challenges faced by the cities and propose promising re-sponses that can make our cities better places for living and acting politically.
Learning Objectives
- to learn about the varieties of theoretical approaches to urban politics and build the analytical kit for assessing urban policy instruments and their implementation
Expected Learning Outcomes
- knows the theories of urban politics and urban governance
- knows the institutional design of urban governance in Russia, Europe, and Asia.
- knows the urban development policies and instruments in different contexts
- is able to design case studies about urban politics and urban governance
Course Contents
- Imagining Cities: Theories of Urban Politics
- Political Economy of Urban Politics
- Urban Political Regimes
- Urban Governances
- Urban Movements
- Global Cities
- Urban Governance in Europe
- Urban Governance in Asia
- Urban Adaptation to Climate Change
- Challenges in Urban Politics
- Reading responses
- Quizzes
- Case studies
Assessment Elements
- case studyThe case study will be exercised individually or in groups (depend-ing on the class size) and will take upon the issues of urban govern-ance in one of the European / Asian country. The students must use conceptual and analytical tools delivered in the course and present their findings in 7-10 minutes talk followed by a constructive and collegial class discussion.
- quizzesQuizzes to test students' comprehension of the week’s assigned material will be taken periodically in the third part of the course.
- class participation
- reading responsesReading responses must be delivered on a weekly basis one day pri-or to the seminar. It must be 1000-1500 words long, contain a sum-mary of the argument and its critical assessment, and 2-3 questions for in-class discussion. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited.
Interim Assessment
- 2022/2023 3rd module0.2 * class participation + 0.3 * reading responses + 0.3 * case study + 0.2 * quizzes
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics / Ed. by Peter John, Karen Mossberger, and Susan E. Clarke. – Oxford, et al.: Oxford University Press, 2012. – SBN 978-0-19-536786-7. – Режим доступа: http://proxylibrary.hse.ru:2089/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195367867.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780195367867
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Терборн, Й. Города власти. Город, нация, народ, глобальность / Й. Терборн , под редакцией В. Данилова , переводчик А. Королев. — Москва : Высшая школа экономики, 2020. — 472 с. — ISBN 978-5-7598-1787-1. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/173430 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.