Bachelor
2023/2024
Political Science
Type:
Elective course (International Programme in Economics and Finance)
Area of studies:
Economics
Delivered by:
International College of Economics and Finance
When:
2 year, 3, 4 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Anastasia Poretskova
Language:
English
ECTS credits:
3
Contact hours:
52
Course Syllabus
Abstract
Political science is an optional one semester course for the second year students (HSE program). The course is taught in English and Russian. Students are supposed to be familiar with Intellectual history of Europe and World history. This course provides an introduction to key topics in political science with a focus on topics in comparative politics and current empirical research.
Learning Objectives
- As a result of taking this course the student is expected to have a fundamental understanding of major areas of political science and the related state-of-the-art quantitative empirical research.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Assess major opportunities and challenges to democratic and non-democratic politics created by social media
- Assess the role of constitutional design for political outcomes
- Describe key theories of the state in political science and their relation to empirical research on state capacity
- Differenciate between different types of non-democratic regimes and explain the roles of different institutions in these regimes
- Evaluate the role of parties in different national contexts and the role of the party system
- Explain how people can make voting decisions and how to study this empirically
- Explain the fundamental principles of classical and new forms of ideologies
- Explain what democracy is and how it can be measured
- Explain why and how people participation in political protests
- Outline key differences in major approaches to studying politics
- Outline major types of electoral systems and understand the role of elections in democratic and non-democratic regimes
Course Contents
- Topic 1. What is politics?
- Topic 2. Political ideologies: classics
- Topic 3. Politics and the State
- Topic 4. Democracy
- Topic 5. Non-democratic regimes
- Topic 6. Constitutions, parliamentary and presidential systems
- Topic 7. Parties and party systems
- Topic 8. Elections and electoral systems
- Topic 9. Voting behavior
- Topic 10. Political protest
- Topic 11. Social media and politics
