Syllabus
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Learning Objectives
This course is an introduction to the study of politics. It aims at familiarizing students with the main concepts of political science with a focus on the concepts of public state, democracy, authoritarianism, representation. With special emphasis on the origins, evolution and the diversity of political institutions and attention to not only national but also local and global scales, we will compare and contrast the political systems of various countries of the world, the roles of key political and social actors, political institutions, political processes and patterns of political competition. We will be particularly interested in the genealogy of political systems and in comparing European and non European countries. The main objective for this course is to provide students with the broad context needed for analyzing the political phenomena of any country.