POLITICAL SCIENCE
GRADO EN ESTUDIOS GLOBALES/GLOBAL STUDIES
Curso 2023/2024
1. Subject Information
(Date last modified: 09-01-24 11:36)- Code
- 109004
- Plan
- 290
- ECTS
- 6.00
- Type
- Basic
- Year
- 1
- Duration
- First semester
- Area
- -
- Departament
- -
- Virtual platform
Professor Information
- Profesor/Profesora
- Fátima María García Díez
- Group/s
- Único
- Centre
- Fac. Derecho
- Office
- 147
- Office hours
- Previa cita por correo electrónico
- Web address
- http://campus.usal.es/~acpa/
- fatima@usal.es
- Telephone
- 923294500 Ext. 1608 / 600583205 /Ext. 1675
2. Association of the subject matter within the study plan
Curricular area to which the subject matter pertains.
Formación Básica
Purpose of the subject within the curricular area and study plan.
Obligatoria
Professional profile.
Ciencia Política
3. Prerequisites
No son necesarios requisitos previos
4. Learning objectives
This course is a general introduction to Political Science, with an effort to take a global perspective. It will familiarize students with concepts, methods, frameworks, and findings of the field, as well as main authors, useful data-bases, on line resources and practical examples of real-world policy and practice. Students will also learn how political scientists address some important issues of our time, and criticize how others address these issues.
5. Contents
Theory.
Politics and the scientific study of politics
Democracy and democratization
Non-democratic and hybrid regimes
Voting and elections
Institutional design
Political behavior
Political parties and party systems
Social movements and collective action
Political culture and public opinion
Public policy
6. Competences acquired
Basic / General.
CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4, CB5
Specific.
CE2, CE8, CE11, CE12, CE15, CE20
Transversal.
A1, A2, A3, A4, A5
7. Teaching methods
There is no teaching but the student may arrange office hours based on needs
8. Anticipated distribution of the use of the different teaching methods
9. Resources
Reference books.
- Morlino, Leonardo A. (2017): Political Science: a global perspective. Sage Publications
- Parsons, Craig (2016): Introduction to Political Science. Pearson.
- Grigsby, Ellen (2014): Analyzing Politics. Cengage Advantage Books.
- Shively, Phillips (2014): Power and choice: an introduction to Political Science. McGraw-Hill Education.
- Gooding, Ribert. E (2011): The Oxford Handbook of Political Science. Oxford Handbooks.
- Colomer, Josep M. (2010) The Science of Politics. An introduction. OUP USA.
- Mintz, E. Close, D. and Croci, O (2018): Politics, Power and the Common Good”. Pearson Canada.
10. Assessment
Assessment tools.
Final exam