Introduction to Political Science

Introduction to Political Science

Données clés

Faculté	Faculté des sciences de la société
Département	Département de science politique et relations internationales
Professeur(s)	Rémi Baudoui (2011 - ) Damian Raess (2011 - 2014) Stephan Davidshofer (2015) Pascal Sciarini (2015) Frédéric Varone (2015) Sandra Lavenex (2015) Omar Serrano (2015) Annabelle Lever (2015)
Enregistrement(s)	2015
Cours	Introduction à la science politique

Lectures

• Les approches en sciences politiques de Durkheim à Bourdieu
• Aux origines de la chute de la République de Weimar
• Les approches en science-politique : Max Weber et Vilfredo Pareto
• La notion de « concept » en sciences-sociales
• Marxisme et Structuralisme
• Fonctionnalisme et Systémisme
• Interactionnisme et Constructivisme
• Intérêts
• Institutions
• Idées
• Les théories de l’anthropologie politique
• La Guerre
• La Guerre : conceptions et évolutions
• La raison d’État
• État, souveraineté, mondialisation, gouvernance multiniveaux
• La Violence
• Welfare State et biopouvoir
• Institutions politiques I : Régimes politiques, démocratisation
• Institutions politiques II : systèmes électoraux
• Institutions politiques III : Gouvernements – Parlements
• Morphologie des contestations
• Régimes politiques, démocratisation
• L’action dans la théorie politique
• Introduction à la politique suisse
• Analyse des Politiques Publiques : définition et cycle d'une politique publique
• Analyse des Politiques Publiques : mise à l'agenda et formulation
• Analyse des Politiques Publiques : mise en œuvre et évaluation
• Introduction à la sous-discipline des relations internationales
• Introduction à la théorie politique

This introductory course in political science approaches basic concepts as well as the most common central objects and approaches. It enables students to acquire concepts and tools that provide them with the conditions for understanding a political situation, whether it is local, regional or global in scale.

The course presents both the discipline of political science and its evolution over time from a few major figures of the discipline from yesterday to today. It also deals with the different historical and contemporary approaches that mark the reflection of the discipline. Finally, he is interested in objects studied as such: the state, war, nationalism, development, political regimes, institutions in modern democracies...

This course aims to familiarize the public with the basic concepts and main approaches to political science. One of the overriding pedagogical objectives is the acquisition of language and methodology that can stimulate critical thinking with regard to contemporary political issues and address key reference authors of political thought. It is complemented by a presentation of the most important approaches to contemporary political science. More in-depth reflections on this subject will allow us to illustrate the links between society, facts and political choices on the basis of specific themes. This course also aims to provide an overview of the main sub-disciplines of political science, particularly electoral studies, Swiss politics, comparative politics, public policy analysis, international relations and normative political theory.

Courses

Foundations

From Durkheim to Bourdieu (Rémi Baudoui)

The origins of the fall of the Weimar Republic (Damian Raess)

Max Weber and Vilfredo Pareto (Rémi Baudoui)

The notion of "concept" in social sciences (Damian Raess)

Approaches

Marxism and Structuralism (Rémi Baudoui)

Functionalism and Systemism (Rémi Baudoui)

Interactionism and Constructivism (Rémi Baudoui)

Interests (Damian Raess)

The institutions (Damian Raess)

Ideas (Damian Raess)

The theories of political anthropology (Rémi Baudoui)

Objects

What is War (Rémi Baudoui)

The War: Concepts and Evolutions (Stephan Davidshofer)

The reason of State (Rémi Baudoui)

State, sovereignty, globalization and multi-level governance (Damian Raess)

What is Violence (Rémi Baudoui)

Welfare State and Biopower (Rémi Baudoui)

Political regimes and democratisation (Damian Raess)

Electoral systems (Damian Raess)

Governments and Parliaments (Damian Raess)

Morphology of contestations (Rémi Baudoui)

Régimes politiques, démocratisation (Damian Raess)

Action in Political Theory (Rémi Baudoui)

The main areas of political science

Introduction to Swiss politics (Pascal Sciarini)

Introduction to political behaviour (Pascal Sciarini)

Public Policy Analysis: Definition and cycle of public policy (Frédéric Varone)

Public Policy Analysis: agenda setting and formulation (Frédéric Varone)

Public Policy Analysis: Implementation and Evaluation (Frédéric Varone)

Introduction to the sub-discipline of international relations (Sandra Lavenex et Omar Serrano)

Introduction to Political Theory (Annabelle Lever)

Bibliography

• Caramani Daniele (2011) Comparative Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
• Hermet, Guy ; Badie, Bertrand; Birbaum Pierre; Braud, Philippe, (2010)Dictionnaire de la science politique et des institutions politiques
• Katzelson Ira; Milner V. Helen (2002), Political Science : The State of the Discipline, New York, Norton
• Schemeil Yves, (2010), Introduction à la science politique : Objets, méthodes, résultats, Paris, Presses de Science po et Dalloz
• Knoepfel, Peter, Larue Corinne, Savard François et Varone Frédéric,(2015). Analyse et pilotage des politiques publiques : France, Suisse, Canada, Québec, Presses de l'Université du Québec, 452 p.
• Schemeil, Yves, Introduction à la science politique, objets, méthodes, résultats, objectifs, 2015, Paris, Dalloz, 773 p.