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PN20-16 - Comparative political systems (PN20-16)

Course specification
Type of study Bachelor academic studies
Study programme
Course title Comparative political systems (PN20-16)
Acronym Status Semester Number of classes ECTS
PN20-16 mandatory 3 3L + 1E 6.0
Lecturers
Lecturer
Lecturer/Associate (practicals)
Prerequisite Form of prerequisites
Learning objectives
Through the study of this subject, students deepen the knowledge they have acquired in the previous year and learn to look at the concepts and institutes they have met through some other subjects from a different angle; Students are also taught to use the comparative method. Specific teaching objectives are: - introducing students to the entire political system and the processes that take place in it, as well as detailed knowledge of the most important terms in this field; - developing the ability to think critically about current political processes; - analysis of the political process and procedures for arriving at enforceable policies in certain areas.
Learning outcomes
After successfully completing the course, students should have - knowledge about the most important theoretical categories of the political system and political process, and - the ability to apply theoretical knowledge to political practice, i.e. to independently analyze the functioning of current political systems, to evaluate contemporary ideologies and understand the unfolding of the political process and draw conclusions about it.
Content
1. The concept of political system, its structure and elements of that structure; political system and politics; 2. Methods of studying political systems; 3. Political system and religion; state and church; 4. Political ideologies; 5. Democracy; 6. Political culture; 7. State and political system; problems of the modern state; 8. Political parties: their functions in politics. system, development, classification, organization, financing; 9. Public opinion; interest groups; lobbying and advocacy; NGOs; 10. Political representation and representative bodies; 11. Elections, electoral behavior of citizens and electoral systems; 12. Parliamentarism; presidential and semi-presidential systems; parliamentary system; political systems of developing countries; 13. Transition and globalization; 14. Problems of political development; 15. Examples of comparative analysis of political systems: Great Britain and the USA.
Teaching Methods
Since the subject is of a theoretical nature, the teaching is carried out partly through lectures, but also through debates and discussions and through public advocacy of certain problems.
Literature
  1. - G. A. Almond., G. B. Pauel., R.J. Dalton., K. Strem., Komparativna politika danas, ažurirano deveto izdanje, MATE, Zagreb, 2018. (neka poglavlja) (Original title)
  2. - E. Hejvud, Politika, Klio, Beograd, 2004. (neka poglavlja) (Original title)
  3. - E. Hejvud, Političke ideologije, Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva, Beograd, 2005. (neka poglavlja) (Original title)
  4. - R. Hague., M.Harrop., S.Breslin., Komparativna vladavina i politika, Zagreb, 2001. (neka poglavlja) (Original title)
Evaluation and grading
During the semester, knowledge is checked through two written colloquiums (twenty points each) and through discussions with students during lectures and exercises. The final exam is oral and covers the entire material. Through the pre-examination requirements, the student can achieve a maximum of fifty points (two colloquiums of 20 points each + attendance at lectures and activity in exercises 5 points + seminar paper 5 points) and another 50 points in the oral exam.