Duration
15h Pr, 15h Lect.
Number of credits
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Substitute(s)
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course is composed of the following sections:
- Ontology and epistemology in Political science
- Behaviouralism
- Rational choice theory
- Institutionnalism and new institutionnalism
- Structuralism, marxism and post-marxism
- Constructivism
- Post-modernism
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The course focuses on several methodological and theoretical issues in Political Science.
First, the aim is to analyse in historical and comparative perspective key theoretical approaches both in Political Science - such as behaviouralism, institutionalism and neo-institutionalism, rational choice theory, interpretive theory, structuralism and post-structuralism - and in International Relations, such as realism, liberalism, post-marxism and constructivism.
Second, the goal is to highlight in which ways various theoretical perspectives deal with key methodological issues in Political Science.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The course will be taught entirely in English. Students will be required to read scientific articles, to carry out a team oral presentation, to participate in class and to pass a written exam, all in English. Therefore advanced notions of English are required.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex-cathedra course based on interaction with students
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
All the sessions will be taught onsite in a classroom setting.
Recommended or required readings
The readings and PPTs are available on the following link:
http://hdl.handle.net/2268/263229
Recommended readings
David March and Gerry Stoker, Theory and Methods in Political Science, Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
Christopher Lamont, Research Methods in International Relations, London, SAGE Publication, 2015.
Peter Hall and Rosemary Taylor, Political Science and the Three Institutionnalisms, Political Studies, XILV, 1996: 936-957.
Stephen Walt, International Relations: One World, Many Theories, Foreign Policy, 1998: 29-45.
Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink, The Constructivist Research Program in International Relations and Comparative Politics, American Review of Political Science, 2001: 391-416.
Andrew Bennett and Colin Elman, Case study methods in the International Relations Subfield, Comparative Political Studies, 40(2), 2007: 179-195.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam
- Remote
oral exam
Additional information:
- Final exam and
- Oral presentation
** Due to Covid-19 reasons, possibility to organise online exam
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Wednesdays, 1pm-3pm
Contacts
Dr. Antonios Vlassis
Assistant Professor, Political Science Department
Bât. B31 Relations internationales
Quartier Agora
place des Orateurs 3
4000 Liège 1
Belgique
office R.11, level 0
email: avlassis@uliege.be