POLS201 Институции и управление
Анотация:
COURSE ANNOTATION AND AIMS:
• The course aims to upgrade the knowledge which students gathered in their previous semesters about the origin, structure and functions of institutions in modern democratic state. The lectures will gradually present the genesis of contemporary notion for power and its applications through the instruments of state and international institutions. The accent will fall on the challenges which modern institutions face in the contemporary world as a result of the dynamics of the endo- and exogenous political conditions and realities. Special attention will be drawn to the broad array of concepts regarding modern institutions, power, authority and democracy.
Преподавател(и):
гл. ас. Любомир Стефанов д-р
Описание на курса:
Компетенции:
SKILLS:
After completing successfully this course the students will:
1) know:
o The basic theories which define modern institutions and governance
o The role and place of institutions in modern democratic state
o The role of state in global processes
2) be able to:
• Solve alone research and practical cases
• Carry in-depth analyses of specific cases and documents regarding the evolution, genesis and role of institutions and governance
Предварителни изисквания:
Students should have knowledge and / or skills:
•Excellent English language
•Basic knowledge of political science and international relations
• Familiarity Theories of Development of relations between state and citizens.
Форми на провеждане:
Редовен
Учебни форми:
Лекция
Език, на който се води курса:
Английски
Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:
SYLLABUS:
1.From geography to topography of Power and authority – evolution of the power resources
2.Processess and tendencies in the distribution of power resource and institution building in modern world:
2.1 The Ancient polity
2.2 Roy solei
2.3 Social contract
2.4 Liberal democracy
3.The role of institutions in modern democratic state – from Aristotle to Montesquieu and the Founding Fathers
4.Circles, levels and layers of governance
5.Bulgaria during the 1912-1918 Wars.
6.Vertical and horizontal modes of governance
7.Actors, scenic workers and public: who defines the quality of the democracy and influences in practice the process of decision-making in state?
8.National institutions and actors.
9.Regional and global actors. Pan-European political parties – necessary evil or next step in the right direction?
10.Practical dimensions in the policy-making process at national and global level – goals, tasks, methods and means.
11. Debate/Seminar
Литература по темите:
Suggested Readings
•Mandatory
Berglund, S., Aarebrot, F.H., Vogt, H. and Karasimeonov, G. “Challenges to Democracy”, Societal Fragmentation and Post-Communist Party Politics, Elgar, 2001
Caramani D. (eds.) Comparative Politics. Oxford University Press 2008
Lijphart, A. Electoral Systems and Party Systems, A Study of Twenty-Seven Democracies, 1945–1990, Oxford University Press 1994
Modern Political Thought: A reader
Politics: The Basics
Zakaria, Fareed The Future of Freedom-illiberal democracy at home and abroad, Norton, New York, 2007.
•Additional
Hood, Christopher The Art of the State: Culture, Rhetoric, and Public Management, Oxford University Press, 2000
Inglehart, R. The Silent Revolution: Changing Values and Political Styles among Western Politics, Princeton University Press,1977
Klingemann Hans-Dieter and Fuchs Dieter, Citizens and the State, Oxford University Press 1998, part III and IV
Morlino, Leonardo Changes for Democracy: Actors, Structures, Processes, Oxford University Press 2011
Средства за оценяване:
CONTROL DURING THE SEMESTER:
PARTICIPATION IN SEMINARS - 20%
COURSE WORK/PROJECT – 50 %
ESSAY - 30%