Last update: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D. (17.09.2023)
The project-based course will introduce students to the political analysis of governing in contemporary societies. The lectures will provide an overview of the main political science and policy studies perspectives and key concepts from the three dimensions – policy, polity, and politics. The students will engage these concepts in the simulation game where they will analyze and communicate a position of particular political actor toward a selected policy measure within a political system. The students will thus learn how to understand governing liberal democracies through the lens of political analysis.
Literature
Last update: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D. (19.09.2022)
Essential reading: Caramani, Daniele (ed.) (2020). Comparative Politics (5th edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press. - selected chapters Dahl, Robert A., & Stinebrickner, Bruce (2003). Modern Political Analysis (6th edition). Upper Saddle River: Pearson.
Further recommended reading: Colebatch, Hal K. (2009). Policy: Concepts in the Social Sciences. (3rd edition). Maidenhead & New York: Open University Press. Dahl, Robert A. (2015). On Democracy (2nd edition). New Haven & Yale: Yale University Press. John, Peter (2012). Analyzing Public Policy (2nd edition). London: Routledge.
Topical texts to each studied case will be determined ad hoc for particular issues. Extracts from these books and all other required readings listed in the schedule will be provided in the course electronically via Moodle (https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=11512).
Teaching methods
Last update: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D. (04.10.2023)
The course takes place in the block lecture/seminar (2/2) in person from 11.00 to 13.50 on Fridays 6.10., 20.10., 3.11., 24.11., 15.12. 2023 and on Friday 20.10. at 11.00-15.20. (for more details see the Moodle https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=11512).
Hours requirements for students (1 ECTS = 30h): Lectures and seminars attendance 18 h Reading of the background texts for each topic (6x 2 texts) 48 h Paper-related tasks (+ team work) 40 h Feedback to final draft of the analytical paper 8 h Analytical paper (+ team work) 60 h Preparation for the final simulation game (presentation + negotiations) 24 h Self-study 12 h Total 210 h
Entry requirements
Last update: PhDr. Vilém Novotný, Ph.D. (17.09.2023)
This course is open only to the Social Sciences program’s students. Please note that the course is not opened to students of the following Czech undergraduate ISS programs: (1) Sociologie se specializacemi, (2) Sociologie a sociální politika, (3) Politologie a veřejná politika.
