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Business Adm and Social Science

IES602 Political Science, advanced course, B 30.0 ECTS credits

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TIMEPERIOD: III + IV


LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
H Myrlund Univ adj


PREREQUISITES
Basic course.

COURSE AIM
- To broaden and deepen the students knowledge of political theory as well as other areas in the discipline of political science. - To give an understanding of methods and technics used in social science. - To train ones ability to treat questions within social science by writing and defending a scientific thesis.

CONTENTS
Course A: Political Theory. - How the political variety was observed by prominant figures within the discipline. - Classics like Marx, Weber and Durkheim are given an important scope in this course but even modern political theory is brought up. Course B: Own Choice 1-6 1: Basic Theori of Science. - To give a basic understanding of science theory as well as an introduktion into scientific working methods. - A view of mankind and mans nature. - The concepts science and scientificness and also the meaning theese concepts have in different ideas of science theory. 2: The New East Europe. - Political systems in the former USSR and East Europe. - The historical developement until 1989. - Analysis of the communistic systems collapse. - The building of a new democratic society. 3: Political Parties and the Moulding of Public Opinion. - Political parties roll as mediaters of political ideas between voters and descision makers. - Comparitive study of political parties in other West European countries. 4: European Integration. - Deals with the ongoing European integration. - A brief look at a few integration theories and the integration process after WWII. - A study of the central political areas of influence within the union. 5: Swedish Politics. - To widen and depeen the students knowledge of the following areas: Actual Swedish politics, the development of political ideas, the moulding of opinion and behaviour of voters. 6: Administration This course treats the organisation of public administration on different levels in society as well as aspects on pover, government and development. Course C: Method - To give the student the necessary analytical tools that are needed to carry out political analysis. - To study different scientific rules. - The formation of concepts and model construction to illustrate other methodical considerations, that must also be considered by the trained political scientist. - The study of quantitive and qualititive methods. Course D: Independent Thesis. - The idea behind an independent thesis is that the student formulates a number of questions which will be systematicly answered in the thesis. - The students thesis will be opposed by another student and vice versa.

TEACHING


EXAMINATION
Written exams, seminars and group assignments. Grading system: Fail, Pass or Honours.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: G, VG

ITEMS/CREDITS

                                                            	9.0ECTS
                                                            	1.5ECTS
Written exam                                                	4.5ECTS
                                                            	3.0ECTS
Written exam - Optional course                              	4.5ECTS
                                                            	3.0ECTS
Written exam                                                	4.5ECTS


COURSE LITTERATURE
Course A: Political Theory. Kymlicka, W. (1995): Modern poltisk filosofi. En introduktion. Nya Doxa. Falun. Lewin, L. (1989): Det gemensamma bästa: Om egenintresset och allmänintresset i västerländskt poltik. Carlssons. Stockholm. Articles will be included later. Course B: Own Choice. Literature will be decided in consultation with student. Course C: Method Andersson, S. (1979): Positivism kontra hermeneutik. Korpen. Göteborg. Hammersly, M. ed. (1993): Social Research. Philosophy, Politics and Practice. Sage. London. Svenning (1996): Metodboken. Lorentz. Lund. Course D: Independent Thesis. Literature will be decided in consultation with student.

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