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Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction |
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2) |
What is comparative politics? |
Arend Lijphardt, “Comparative politics and comparative method,” The American Political Science Review, Vol. 65, No. 3 (September 1971), pp. 682-693.
David Collier, “The comparative method” in Political Science: The state of the discipline II, edited by A.W. Finifter, Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association.
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3) |
Thinking about Power |
John Gaventa, Power and Powerlessness. Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley (University of Illinois Press, 1982), 3-32.
Jeffrey C. Isaac, “Beyond the Three Faces of Power: A Realist Critique,” Polity, Vol. 20, No.1 (Autumn 1987), pp.4-31.
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4) |
State building |
Thomas Ertman, Birth of the Leviathan : Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Cambridge University Press, 1997) |
5) |
Democracy and Social Classes |
Barrington Moore, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World (Beacon Press, 1993) |
6) |
States and Revolutions |
Theda Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China (Cambridge University Press, 1979) |
7) |
Regimes and Performance |
Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Crown Business, 2012) |
8) |
Nationalism |
Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Verso, 2006) |
9) |
Political Culture |
Robert D. Putnam, Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (Princeton, 1994) |
10) |
Social Movements |
Sidney Tarrow, Power in Movement (Cambridge, 2011) |
11) |
Institutions and Interests |
Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (Harvard, 1970) |
12) |
Institutions and Political Development |
Samuel P. Huntington, Political Order in Changing Societies (Yale, 2006) |
13) |
Political Violence |
Stathis Kalyvas, The Logic of Violence in Civil War |
14) |
Overview and general assessment of the course |
Acedemic Articles and related books |
Course Notes: |
Thomas Ertman, Birth of the Leviathan : Building States and Regimes in Medieval and Early Modern Europe (Cambridge University Press, 1997)
Barrington Moore, Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World (Beacon Press, 1993)
Theda Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China (Cambridge University Press, 1979)
Daron Acemoglu & James Robinson, Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty (Crown Business, 2012)
Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (Verso, 2006)
Robert D. Putnam, Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (Princeton, 1994)
Sidney Tarrow, Power in Movement (Cambridge, 2011)
Albert O. Hirschman, Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organizations, and States (Harvard, 1970)
Samuel P. Huntington, Political Order in Changing Societies (Yale, 2006)
Stathis Kalyvas, The Logic of Violence in Civil War (Cambridge, 2006) |
References: |
Arend Lijphardt, “Comparative politics and comparative method,” The American Political Science Review, Vol. 65, No. 3 (September 1971), pp. 682-693
David Collier, “The comparative method” in Political Science: The state of the discipline II, edited by A.W. Finifter, Washington, D.C.: American Political Science Association
John Gaventa, Power and Powerlessness. Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley (University of Illinois Press, 1982), 3-32
Jeffrey C. Isaac, “Beyond the Three Faces of Power: A Realist Critique,” Polity, Vol. 20, No.1 (Autumn 1987), pp.4-31 |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Grasp advanced theoretical and conceptual knowledge about the field and the dynamic relations between them at the level of practice. |
5 |
2) |
Possess advanced knowledge about the causes and effects of political transformations in societies. |
5 |
3) |
Possess knowledge about quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods in Social and Behavioral Sciences. |
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4) |
Possess the skill to use field-related advanced knowledge in decision-making and implementation. |
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5) |
Communicate with ease the theoretical and practical implications of their innovative ideas, techniques, designs and/or practices to related audience. |
3 |
6) |
Contribute innovative ideas, techniques, designs and practices to the field professionally, either independently or as a team member. |
5 |
7) |
Publish in national and/or international peer-reviewed scholarly journals either independently or as a team member. |
5 |
8) |
Organize various activities and projects related to the field. |
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9) |
Follow contemporary scholarly publications related to the field. |
5 |
10) |
Recognize the gaps in the field as regards theory and practice. |
5 |
11) |
Communicate with peers both orally and in writing, by using a foreign language at least at a level of European Language Portfolio C1 General Level and the necessary informatics and communication technologies. |
5 |
12) |
Establish an effective dialogue with experts demonstrating their field-related competence. |
5 |
13) |
Possess competence to interpret the new political actors, theories and concepts in a global era. |
5 |
14) |
Contribute solutions to field-related social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems at the national and international levels. |
5 |