Introduction to Political Science
This introductory political science course approaches basic concepts and the most common central objects and approaches. It enables students to acquire concepts and tools that provide them with the conditions for understanding a political situation, whether it is local, regional or global in scale.
The course presents both the discipline of political science and its evolution over time from a few major figures of the discipline from yesterday to today. It also deals with the different historical and contemporary approaches that mark the reflection of the discipline. Finally, he is interested in objects studied as such: the state, war, nationalism, development, political regimes, institutions in modern democracies...
This course aims to familiarize the public with the basic concepts and main approaches to political science. One of the overriding pedagogical objectives is the acquisition of language and methodology that can stimulate critical thinking with regard to contemporary political issues and address key reference authors of political thought. It is complemented by a presentation of the most important approaches to contemporary political science. More in-depth reflections on this subject will allow us to illustrate the links between society, facts and political choices on the basis of specific themes. This course also aims to provide an overview of the main sub-disciplines of political science, particularly electoral studies, Swiss politics, comparative politics, public policy analysis, international relations and normative political theory.
Courses[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
Foundations[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
Intellectual legacy of Émile Durkheim and Pierre Bourdieu in social theory
The origins of the fall of the Weimar Republic
Intellectual legacy of Max Weber and Vilfredo Pareto in social theory
The notion of "concept" in social sciences
History of the discipline of political science: theories and concepts
Approaches[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
Interactionism and Constructivism
The theories of political anthropology
The three I's debate: interests, institutions and ideas
Rational choice theory and the analysis of interests in political science
An analytical approach to institutions in political science
The study of ideas and ideologies in political science
Objects[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
Theories of war in political science
The War: Concepts and Evolutions
State, sovereignty, globalization and multi-level governance
Theories of violence in political science
Analysis of democratic regimes and democratisation processes
Electoral Systems: Mechanisms, Issues and Consequences
The system of government in democracies
The main areas of political science[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
Introduction to Swiss politics
Introduction to political behaviour
Public Policy Analysis: Definition and cycle of public policy
Public Policy Analysis: agenda setting and formulation
Public Policy Analysis: Implementation and Evaluation
Introduction to the sub-discipline of international relations
Introduction to Political Theory
Bibliography[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
- Caramani Daniele (2011) Comparative Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Hermet, Guy ; Badie, Bertrand; Birbaum Pierre; Braud, Philippe, (2010)Dictionnaire de la science politique et des institutions politiques
- Katzelson Ira; Milner V. Helen (2002), Political Science : The State of the Discipline, New York, Norton
- Schemeil Yves, (2010), Introduction à la science politique : Objets, méthodes, résultats, Paris, Presses de Science po et Dalloz
- Knoepfel, Peter, Larue Corinne, Savard François et Varone Frédéric,(2015). Analyse et pilotage des politiques publiques : France, Suisse, Canada, Québec, Presses de l'Université du Québec, 452 p.
- Schemeil, Yves, Introduction à la science politique, objets, méthodes, résultats, objectifs, 2015, Paris, Dalloz, 773 p.
References[modifier | modifier le wikicode]
- ↑ Page personnelle de Rémi Baudoui sur le site de l'Université de Genève
- ↑ Page personnelle de Damien Raess sur le site de l'Université de Genève
- ↑ CV de Damien Raess en anglais
- ↑ [Davidshofer | University of Geneva] - Academia.edu
- ↑ Publications de Stephan Davidshofer | Cairn.info
- ↑ Davidshofer, Stephan. “La Gestion De Crise Européenne Ou Quand L'Europe Rencontre La Sécurité : Modalités Pratiques Et Symboliques D'une Autonomisation.” Http://Www.theses.fr/, Paris, Institut D'études Politiques, 1 Jan. 2009
- ↑ Page personnelle de Pascal Sciarini sur le site de l'Université de Genève
- ↑ CV de Pascal Sciarinni en anglais
- ↑ Page personnelle de Frédéric Varone sur le site de l'Université de Genève
- ↑ CV de Frédéric Varone en français
- ↑ Page personnelle de Sandra Lavenex sur le site de l'Université de Genève
- ↑ CV de Sandra Lavenex en anglais
- ↑ Page personnelle de Omar Serrano sur le site de l'Université de Genève
- ↑ Page personnelle de Omar Serrano sur le site de l'Université de Lucerne
- ↑ CV de Omar Serrano en anglais
- ↑ Page personnelle de Annabelle Lever sur le site de l'Université de Genève
- ↑ CV de Annabelle Lever en anglais (2015)