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Comparative Politics of European States
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:17.08.2023
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | PZK_194 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Politics; Comparative Politics | Target Audience: | Political Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lelde Metla-Rozentāle | ||||||||
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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) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 7 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 14 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 28 | ||||||||
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| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | ||||||
| 2 | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | ||||||
| 3 | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | ||||||
| 4 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 5 | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | ||||||
| 6 | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | ||||||
| 7 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 8 | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | ||||||
| 9 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 10 | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | ||||||
| 11 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 12 | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | ||||||
| 13 | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | ||||||
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| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
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| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Chilcote, Ronald H. 1994. Theories of comparative politics :the search for a paradigm reconsidered. 2nd ed. Boulder, San Francisko, Oxford: Westview Press. | ||||||||
| 2 | Introduction to comparative politics: political challenges and changing agendas. 2016. Ed.by M. Kesselman, J.Krieger, W.A. Joseph. Boston [etc.]: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning. | ||||||||
| 3 | Hopkin, J. 2010. The Comparative Method. In: Theory and Methods in Political Science. 3rd ed. D. Marsh and G. Stoker, eds. UK: Palgrave Macmillan. | ||||||||
| 4 | Hague, R. 2016. Comparative government and politics : an introduction. 10th ed. New York: Palgrave. | ||||||||
| 5 | Morlino, L. 2009. Qualities of Democracy: How to Analyze Them. Llorence: Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane. | ||||||||
| 6 | Auers, D. 2015. Comparative politics and government of the Baltic states :Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the 21st century. Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York: Palgrave Macmillan. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Hampton N.M., Hancock D.M. 2015. Baltic security puzzle : regional patterns of democratization, integration, and authoritarianism. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield. | ||||||||
