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Public Opinion and Electoral Behaviour
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:32
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PZK_104 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | International Politics; The Theory of Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Mārtiņš Daugulis | ||||||||
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| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
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| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Secondary school education. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim of the course is to introduce students to the basic principles of public opinion formation, as well as models for the formation and forecasting of voter behaviour. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 8.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 2 | Classes | 4.00 | auditorium | ||||||
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| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
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| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | A.Vorobjovs. Sociālā psiholoģija. R., 2003. | ||||||||
| 2 | Butterick, Keith Introducing public relations :theory and practice. Los Angeles [etc.] : Sage, 2011. | ||||||||
| 3 | Consumer behavior: the psychology of marketing. http://www.consumerpsychologist.com/ | ||||||||
| 4 | Gilpin, R. Global Political Economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. | ||||||||
| 5 | Jevons, W.S. The theory of political economy. New York: Elibron, 2006. | ||||||||
| 6 | Karpova Ā. Personība.Teorijas un to radītāji. R., 1997. | ||||||||
| 7 | Keynes, J.M. The general theory of employment, interest and money. - London: Prometheus Books, 1997. | ||||||||
| 8 | Lees-Marshment, Jennifer. Political marketing :principles and applications /Jennifer Lees-Marshment.London ; New York : Routledge, 2009. | ||||||||
| 9 | Marx, K. A Contribution to the Critique of Political economy. - New York, International Publishers, 1979. | ||||||||
| 10 | Myers D.Social Psychology, 9 ed., 2010 | ||||||||
| 11 | Political Parties & Electoral Change. Ed. by Mair, P., Muller, W.C., Plasser, F. - London, Thousand Oaks; New Delhi: SAGE. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Political Parties. Old Concepts and New Challenges. Ed. by Gunther, R., Montero, J. R., Linz, Juan J. - Oxford University Press, 2002. | ||||||||
| 2 | Reņģe V. Sociālā psiholoģija.R., 2002 | ||||||||
| 3 | Rima, I. Development of economic analysis. - London: Routledge, 2009. | ||||||||
| 4 | Routledge handbook of political management /edited by Dennis W. Johnson. New York ; London : Routledge, 2009. | ||||||||
| 5 | S.Omārova.Cilvēks dzīvo grupā. R.,2002. | ||||||||
| 6 | Sartori, G. Parties and Party Systems: a Framework for Analysis. - Colchester, 2005. | ||||||||
| 7 | Ware, A. Political Parties and Party Systems. - Oxford, 1996. | ||||||||
| 8 | Wilcox, Dennis L. Public relations :strategies and tactics. Boston, MA : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2012 | ||||||||
