Бакалавриат
2025/2026
Введение в политологию
Статус:
Курс обязательный (Международная программа «Международные отношения и глобальные исследования»)
Кто читает:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Где читается:
Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики
Когда читается:
2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Руднева Татьяна Сергеевна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
4
Контактные часы:
56
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The working language of the course is English. The course is designed to serve as an introduction to politics in a globalised world, with a particular focus on how political science tries to understand and explain cross-country differences and cross-time differences between countries.
Learning Objectives
- Introduce students to the main differences between democratic and non-democratic regimes, and between different models of democratic government
- Introduce students to how political preferences are formed, how voters behave, how parties compete, how interest groups form, and how electoral systems shape behaviour
- Explain how political institutions work, such as presidential and parliamentary systems, single-party and coalition governments, federalism, and courts and central banks
- Explain how political behaviour and institutions shape policy outcomes, such as economic performance, public spending, and immigration and environmental policies
- Prepare students for further courses in political science
Expected Learning Outcomes
- A student knows the history of the discipline and subfields
- A student knows the main approaches in the field and can use the main methods in political science
- A student analyzes and compares types of electoral systems and political consequences of electoral systems
- A student analyzes majoritarian and consensus democracies, parliamentary, presidential and mixed systems, and knows political implications of regime types
- A student analyzes non-elected institutions and democracies, knows the principal-agent framework
- A student analyzes social movements, knows political explanations for interest group influence
- A student analyzes vertical designs of government and understands what states are federal
- A student compares types and patterns of government and knows theories of coalition formation
- A student knows and can compare basic approaches to explaining democracy
- A student knows approaches to measuring democracy
Course Contents
- What is Political Science? Main approaches in the field. Methods in Political Science.
- Democracies and democratisation
- Political preferences and voting behavior
- Electoral systems
- Political parties
- Social movements and interest groups
- Regime types
- Coalition and single-party government
- Federalism and decentralization
- Delegation of power
- Politics and economic performance
- Political accountability and representation.
- Non-democratic regimes
- Voter turnout
- Non-democratic regimes.
Assessment Elements
- Written assignment 1The duration of the in-class written assignment is three hours, during which time a student is expected to write three essays answering three questions (one question per essay) related to the course material. As the assignment is of a closed-book type, unauthorised materials including electronic devices are prohibited. Only materials specifically approved by the instructor may be used, stored at the desk or on the person.
- Quizzes and testsQuizzes and tests are short in-class tests with true/false, multiple choice or open-ended questions, designed to check understanding of the material and students' ability to apply it.
- Class participationStudents’ class participation is graded on the basis of students' participation in seminar discussions. Class participation refers to discussion performance rather than mere attendance. All students are expected to attend seminars and participate by listening attentively, contributing to discussions and participating in in-class group projects. Students’ statements and answers to questions must contain well formulated arguments that clearly show their position. To do this, students must demonstrate a quality preparation for the seminar: do their homework, read the assigned literature and be ready to perform a critical evaluation of it. All students are expected to attend seminars and participate by listening attentively, contributing to discussions and participating in in-class group projects. Students’ statements and answers to questions must contain well formulated arguments that clearly show their position. To do this, students must demonstrate a quality preparation for the seminar: do their homework, read the assigned literature and be ready to perform a critical evaluation of it.
- Oral examinationAt the exam, a student will receive a set of three questions related to the course material. After a ten-minute preparation, a student is expected to orally answer those questions. The exam instructor may ask follow-up questions if necessary. Unauthorised materials including electronic devices are prohibited. Only materials specifically approved by the instructor may be used, stored at the desk or on the person during the exam.
- Written assignment 2The duration of the in-class written assignment is three hours, during which time a student is expected to write three essays answering three questions (one question per essay) related to the course material. As the assignment is of a closed-book type, unauthorised materials including electronic devices are prohibited. Only materials specifically approved by the instructor may be used, stored at the desk or on the person.
Interim Assessment
- 2025/2026 2nd module0.25 * Class participation + 0.45 * Oral examination + 0.1 * Quizzes and tests + 0.1 * Written assignment 1 + 0.1 * Written assignment 2
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- 9781292156286 - Michael G. Roskin; Robert L. Cord; James A. Medeiros; Walter S. Jones - Political Science: An Introduction, Global Edition - 2014 - Pearson - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1419818 - nlebk - 1419818
- Hosein, A. (2016). Political Science : The Study of Nations, Government, and Governing. New York: Britannica Educational Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1151416
- Leonardo Morlino, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, & Bertrand Badie. (2017). Political Science : A Global Perspective. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=2273334
- Levitsky, S., & Way, L. (2010). Competitive Authoritarianism : Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=331320
- Party policy in modern democracies, Benoit, K., 2009
- Power in movement : social movements and contentious politics, Tarrow, S., 2002
- The Oxford handbook of political behavior / ed. by Russell J. Dalton . (2007). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.253058147
- The paradox of federalism : does self-rule accommodate or exacerbate ethnic divisions?, , 2012
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy, Acemoglu, D., 2006
- Potz, M. V. aut. (2020). Political Science of Religion Theorising the Political Role of Religion by Maciej Potz. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edswao&AN=edswao.1676310614