Political Science - State of the Discipline

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1 Syllabus Political Science - State of the Discipline Last update HU Credits: 4 Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master) Responsible Department: political science Academic year: 0 Semester: Yearly Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Yitzhak Brudny Coordinator yitzhak.brudny@mail.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday 17:15 18:00 Teaching Staff: Dr. Yitzhak Brudny page 1 / 6

2 Course/Module description: The course aims to introduce M.A. students to main approaches and subjects in contemporary Political Science. We will present major methodological approaches to study political phenomena (cultural, rational choice, and institutionalist), as well as thirteen major subjects which preoccupy political scientists today. Course/Module aims: Enriching students' knowledge of main literature in contemporary Political Science Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: The students will acquaint themselves with main topics and debates in Political Science Attendance requirements(%): 100% Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Lecturing and discussion Course/Module Content: Approaches: 1-2. Political Science Rational Choice and Its Critics 4. Political Culture (behaviorist, social capital and anthropological approaches) 5. New Institutionalism: Rational Choice and Historical Subjects: 1. Origins, Evolution, Significance and the Future of Modern States 2. Political Regimes: Democracy, Authoritarianism, Hybrid Regimes 3. Democratization 4. Contentious Politics and Social Movements 5. Revolutions 6. Violence, Civil Wars and Genocides 7. Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict 8. Citizenship and Immigration 9. Corruption and Clientalism 10. Civil Society and Social Capital 11. Capitalism (Political Economy) 12. Welfare State 13. Resource Curse page 2 / 6

3 14. Politics: Global Dimension Required Reading: Approaches 1-2. Political Science Andrew C. Janos, Politics and Paradigms: Changing Theories of Change in Social Sciences (1986), Politics and Paradigms, pp Rational Choice and Its Critics Michael Lever, Private Desires, Political Action: An Invitation to the Politics of Rational Choice (1997), pp Brian Caterino, Rational Choice and Problem of Social Action, in Kristen Renwick Monroe, ed., Perestroika: The Raucous Rebellion in Political Science (2005), pp Political Culture (behaviorist, social capital and anthropological approaches) Ronald Inglehart, Culture and Democracy, in Lawrence E. Harrison and Samuel P. Huntington, eds., Culture Matters (2001), pp Robert Putnam, Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (1994), ch. 6. James C. Scott, Dominations and the Arts of Resistance: The Hidden Transcripts (1990), pp New Institutionalism: Rational Choice and Historical James G. March and Johan P. Olsen, Rediscovering Institutions: The Organizational Basis of Politics (1989), pp Peter A. Hall and Rosemary C. R. Taylor, Political Science and the New Institutionalisms, Political Studies, vol. 44, no. 5 (December 1996), pp Subjects: 1. Origins, Evolution, Significance and the Future of Modern States Thomas Ertman, Building States An Inherently Long Process? An Argument from Comparative History, in Matthew Lange and Dietrich Rueschemeyer, eds., States and Development: Historical Antecedents of Stagnation and Advance (2005), pp Michael Mann, Has Globalization Ended the Rise and Rise of the Nation-State? Review of International Political Economy, vol. 4, no. 3 (Autumn 1997), pp Political Regimes: Democracy, Authoritarianism, Hybrid Regimes Scott Mainwaring, and Matthew S. Shugart, Juan Linz, Presidentialism, and Democracy: A Critical Appraisal, Comparative Politics (July 1997), pp page 3 / 6

4 Steven Levitsky and Lucan A. Way, The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism, Journal of Democracy (April 2002), pp Mancur Olson, Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development, The American Political Science Review, vol. 87, no. 3 (September 1993), pp Democratization Adam Przeworski and Fernando Limongi, Modernization: Theories and Facts, World Politics (January 1997), pp Carles Boix and Susan C. Stokes, Endogenous Democratization, World Politics, vol. 55, no. 4 (July 2003), pp Joel S. Hellman, Winners Take All: The Politics of Partial Reform in Postcommunist Transitions, World Politics, vol. 50, no. 2 (January 1998), pp Contentious Politics and Social Movements Donatella Della Porta and Mario Diani, Social Movements, 2nd ed. (2006), pp Doug McAdam, Sidney Tarrow, and Charles Tilly, Dynamics of Contention (2001), pp Revolutions John Foran, The Comparative Historical Sociology of the Third Word Social Revolutions: Why a Few Succeed, While Most Failed, in John Foran, ed., Theorizing Revolutions (1997), pp Mark R. Beissinger, Structure and Example in Modular Political Phenomena: The Diffusion of Bulldozer/Rose/Orange/Tulip Revolutions, Perspectives on Politics, vol. 5, no. 2 (June 2007), pp Violence, Civil Wars and Genocides Stathis Kalyvas, The Ontology of Political Violence: Action and Identity in Civil Wars, Perspectives on Politics, vol. 1, no. 3 (September 2003), pp Jeffrey S. Kopstein and Jason Wittenberg, Deadly Communities: Local Political Milieus and Persecution of Jews, Comparative Political Studies, vol. 20, no. 10 (2010), pp Evgeny Finkel, The Phoenix Effect of State Repression: Jewish Resistance during the Holocaust, The American Political Science Review, vol. 109, no. 2 (May 2015), pp Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Ernest Gellner, Nations and Nationalism (1983), ch. 1-5, 8, 10. Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, rev. ed. (1991), ch. 1-5 Donald L. Horowitz, Ethnic Groups in Conflict (1985), ch. 1, Citizenship and Immigration Marc יMorj Howard, Comparative Citizenship: An Agenda for Cross-National Research, Perspectives on Politics, vol. 4, no. 3 (September 2006), pp Rafaela M. Dancygier and David D. Laitin, Immigration into Europe: Economic page 4 / 6

5 Discrimination, Violence and Public Policy, Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 17 (2014), pp Corruption and Clientalism Eric M. Uslaner, Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law: The Bulging Pocket Makes the Easy Life (2008), pp Kanchan Chandra, Counting Heads: A Theory of Voter and Elite Behavior in Patronage Democracies, in Herbert Kitschelt and Steven I. Wilkinson, eds., Patrons, Clients, and Policies Patterns of Democratic Accountability and Political Competition (2007), pp Civil Society and Social Capital Sheri Berman, Civil Society and the Collapse of the Weimar Republic, World Politics, vol. 49 (1997), pp Ronald Inglehart, Trust, Well-Being and Democracy, in Mark E. Warren, ed., Democracy and Trust (1999), pp Richard Rose and Craig Weller, What Does Social Capital Add to Democratic Values? in Gabriel Badescu and Eric M. Uslaner, eds., Social Capital and Transition to Democracy (2003), pp Capitalism (Political Economy) Douglas C. North and Barry R. Weingast, Constitutions and Commitment: The Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth Century England, Journal of Economic History, vol. 44 (1989), pp Margaret Weir, Ideas and Politics: The Acceptance of Keynesianism in Britain and the United States, in Peter A. Hall, ed., The Political Power of Economic Ideas: Keynesianism across Nations (1989), ch Welfare State Theda Skocpol, Protecting Soldiers and Mothers: The Political Origins of Social Policy in United States (1992), ch. 1. Paul Pierson, The New Politics of the Welfare State, World Politics, vol. 48, no. 2 (January 1996), pp Resource Curse Michael L. Ross, Does Oil Hinder Democracy? World Politics, vol. 53, no. 3 (April 2001), pp Pauline Jones Luong and Erika Weinthal, Combating the Resource Curse: An Alternative Solution to Managing Mineral Wealth, Perspectives on Politics, vol. 4, no. 1 (March 2006), pp Politics: Global Dimension John M. Hobson and M. Ramesh, Globalisation Makes of States What States Make of It: Between Agency and Structure in the State/Globalisation Debate, New Political Economy, vol. 7, no. 1 (2002), pp Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, Globalization, Nation-State and Catching Up, Brazilian page 5 / 6

6 Powered by TCPDF ( Journal of Political Economy, vol. 28, no. 4 (October-December 2008), pp Additional Reading Material: For supplemental reading see course syllabus (Moodle) Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 60 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 10 % Project work 0 % Assignments 30 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information: None page 6 / 6