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Course: 2024/2025

Research Approaches and Theories in Political Science

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Bachelor in Political Science (Plan: 396 - Estudio: 205)

Coordinating teacher: LAVEZZOLO PEREZ, SEBASTIAN

Department assigned to the subject: Social Sciences Department

Type: Compulsory

ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course: 1º

Semester: 2º

Objectives

- Understanding of the main approaches, theories and models of contemporary political analysis. - Ability to link theoretical issues of contemporary politics with the empirical factors and the dynamics of political systems.

Skills and learning outcomes

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Description of contents: programme

1. Brief introduction to Political Science. 2. Research paradigms and explanations models in Political Science. 3. Normative theory. 4. Behaviorism. 5. Rational choice theory. 6. System Analysis and functionalism. 7. Institutionalism 8. New institutionalism. 9. Pluralism 10. Feminist theory.

Learning activities and methodology

Teaching time is distributed according to the following training activities: - Lectures on the development of theoretical contents: 50 per 100 of the course time. - Practical sessions aimed at implementing theoretical concepts through practical exercises: 50 per 100 of the course time.

Assessment System

% end-of-term-examination 50
% of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 50

Calendar of Continuous assessment

- Final exam on the syllabus contents and the basic readings: 50% of the final grade.
- Continuous assessment: 50% of the final grade.
                + Partial exam on main contents: 35% of the final grade.
                + Participation in practical sessions: 15% of the final mark.


The student must pass the exam to pass the subject. In case of an insufficient qualification, the student will have the possibility to take the extraordinary exam, on the date designated by the University. In this call, the note of the continuous evaluation process is saved in the event that the student had followed it. If she did not follow it, her grade will account for the 100% of her final grade.

Extraordinary call: regulations

Basic Bibliography

Badia, Miguel Caminal. Manual de Ciencia Política. Tecnos. 1996
Marsh, D.; Stoker, G. (eds.),. Theory and Methods in Political Science, 4rd ed.,. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.. Hay ediciones previas en español
VVAA. Diez textos básicos de Ciencia Política. Ariel. 2014
Vallès, Josep. M . Ciencia Política. Una introducción.. Ariel. 2007

Additional Bibliography

Díaz, Esther. Metodología de las Ciencias Sociales. Biblos. 2010
Guy, Peters. El nuevo institucionalismo:teoría institucional en Ciencia Política. Gedisa. 2003
Hall, P. y R. Taylor, . "Political Science and the Three New Institutionalisms",. en K. Sottan, E. Uslaner y V. Haufler (eds.), Institutions and Social Order, The University of Michigan Press,. 1998.
Nohlen, Dieter. ¿Cómo estudiar ciencia política? Una introducción en trece lecciones. Fondo Editorial. 2011
Sartori, G.. La política. Lógica y método de las ciencias sociales. Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1995

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.