2024-2025 / SPOL9210-1

Historical sociology of Belgian policy

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

 Master in political sciences : general, professional focus in public administration (Odd years, not organized in 2024-2025) 5 crédits 

Lecturer

Pierre Verjans

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Stein Rokkan, Barington Moore, Theda Skocpol, Immanuel Wallerstein...

And Sociologie historique du capitalisme, Pierre François andClaire Lemercier.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Students are able to understand the dialectic of struggle and compromises between elites in a consociationnal system.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Knowledge of Political History of Belgium and concepts of consociation.
Minimum: MOOC Histoire(s) de Belgique on France Université Numérique (FUN/Campus.Jobs@skills).

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Interactive ex-cathedra lessons.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Additional information:

Interactive discussion about the texts.

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Notes sur Barington Moore, Theda Skocpol et Jean-François Bayart.

MANIN, Bernard, Principes du gouvernement représentatif, Flammarion Champs, 2019.

ROKKAN S, "Un modèle géo-économique et géopolitique de quelques sources de variations en Europe occidentale", Communications, 1987, vol.45, 75-100, http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/comm_0588-8018_1987_num_45_1_1669

FRANCOIS Pierre, LEMERCIER Claire, Sociologie historique du capitalisme, La Découverte, 2021.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam


Additional information:

Belgium and the concepts of historic sociology of politics.

Work placement(s)

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

First meeting on september 26th.

Contacts

Pierre Verjans
pverjans (a) uliege.be

Association of one or more MOOCs