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FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, POLITICS AND EUROPEAN STUDIES
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Politics through Literary Lenses
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
How political activity is understood through drama and novels particularly utopian and dystopian novels. Do different genres such as drama or utopian writing offer different insights into politics? Is the concreteness of literature compatible with the search of generalization in political science?
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Introduction to Politics
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
This course is imagined as a journey through history and ideas of politics. During the ‘journey’, students will study and discuss political phenomena such as: Greek and Roman notions of politics; Christianity and the Rise of Individual; Modern State and the Relations between states; Parties, Political Doctrines and Civil society; Justice, Freedom and Democracy. At the and of the course students will have developed their own ideas about Politics as a science.
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Classics of Political Thought
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The course is designed to introduce students to the work of major political writers, from the Ancient Greeks to our contemporaries. Since themes of politics are a product of a social milieu understanding the historical context is part of the teaching method. Students will then have the opportunity to read and analyze texts from the authors studied. Concepts such as authority, legitimacy, law, justice, constitution, and public good are being studied. It should be noted that classics of political thought are remarkably readable – one of the reasons why they became classics.
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Introduction to International Relations
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The goal of the course is to provide students with the intellectual tools necessary to analyze developments in international relations critically and creatively. The system of states from the Peace of Westphalia to the present is a starting point, followed by understanding the basic values that states are usually expected to uphold today: security, freedom, order, justice and welfare. The course continues with the study of theories of International Relations: Realism, Liberalism, International Society and International Political Economy.
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European Integration, Politics and Institution
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The course introduces the students to the theory and practice of the European integration process, the main events on the European political scene in the past decades, as well as basic knowledge of the institutional structure of the EU.
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The Political System
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The course introduces the student to the main elements of a political system: Political Culture and Political Socialization; Political Structure and Political Recruitment; Interest Groups and Interest Articulation; Interest Aggregation and Political Parties; Government and Policymaking and Public Policy.
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Research Methodology and Methods in Politics
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The course offers an overview of types and techniques of research. Students explore sources of research literature, and perform library and Internet searches for appropriate materials. They investigate methods on how to read research reports, including critical thinking about the various elements of these reports. Examples of qualitative and quantitative methods will be introduced. Topics include: Problem Formulation and Development; Data Collection and Analysis; Documentary Analysis; Survey Interviewing; Participant-Observation and Experimentation.
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Global Issues
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
This course introduces the students to major global issues that confront us today. Students will understand the globalized environment of mutual interdependence, and promote a cosmopolitan identity by understanding the common problems and values of our contemporary world. Topics included are: European and Regional Integration; Nuclear Proliferation; Nationalism; Human Rights; Poverty Development and Hunger; Humanitarian Intervention in World Politics; Environmental Issues; Culture in World Affairs.
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Human Rights and the International Civil Society
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
The course will give a historical sketch of the development of the idea of human rights through history. The development of human rights regime after the Second World War and the Holocaust will be at the center of our studies. Parallel to this, students will be introduced to the role of international civil society through the activity of the main human rights NGO's.
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Comparative Politics
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
This course explains the key similarities and differences among democracies: The Parliamentarian Majority System (Great Britain); The Presidential and Federal System (USA); The Controlled Democracy (Germany); The Democracy of Consensus (Switzerland); The Semi-Presidential System (France).
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Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
6
ECTS /
3
ACTS
Ethnic Conflict as an academic field has come into being as a result of a desperate search for a solution for bloody ethnic conflicts around the world that endanger international security. In this course students will learn about ethnicity, sources of ethnic conflicts, conflict resolution and conflict prevention, as well as post-settlement peace – building.
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Public Policy, Administration and Public Law
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course will analyze the relations between Public Administration and other powers, in the light of the public good and the defense of fundamental rights: Public Administration and the rule of law; Principles of Administrative Law and their new developments; The Administrative act, classification and its nature, its enforcement; Administrative litigation; A study of the nature and function of public law, with special reference to constitutional law and judicial behavior.
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Local and Regional Politics
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
Local political developments will be examined, including the patterns of the country’s political system and the behavior of political elites. The course also will introduce the students to the concept of interdisciplinary international area studies and will examine the fundamentals and processes that shape the development of the world’s most important geographic regions. The course will stress the need to use and share knowledge about world culture, history, international relations, politics and geography in order to succeed in an interdependent global community.
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Parties, Interest Groups and Public Opinion
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
Parties and interest groups are an enduring part of politics. In fact, parties and interest groups represent a major way citizens become active in politics. To understand politics we must understand where parties and interest groups come from, what they do and how they influence public policy.
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International Law
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course will introduce the students to the origins and foundations of the international community: the main legal features of the international community; the historical evolution of the international community; states as the primary subjects of international law; other international legal subjects; the fundamental principles governing international relations.
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American Foreign Policy
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This course is a survey of American Foreign Policy. An accent will be placed on understanding American foreign policy since World War II. Particular attention will be paid to the formulation of U.S. policies in the post-Cold War era. Students will leave the course understanding the content of the current American foreign policy, how that content evolved, the major theories that explain this evolution. Students will be aware of the interaction of America's foreign and domestic policies, and of the impact of popular opinion and interest group pressures upon foreign policymaking.
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International Relations in Europe
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course will examine the relations among the European states, their historic, political and economic aspects, cooperation in the framework of the international organizations in Europe, as well as outside them.
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Common Foreign and Security Policy in Europe
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course includes study of the political development of the CFSP, its legal basis, as well as efficiency. The possibilities and the support for a stronger CFSP will be examined. The CFSP actions across the world will also be analyzed in class.
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Democracies: Patterns of Majority and Consensus Governments
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
Students will explore the majority and the consensus model in 22 democracies. The subject of comparison will be: Parliaments, Executive Power, Administrations, Political Parties, Electoral Systems, Division of Power and Constitutions.
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Electoral Laws and Their Political Consequences
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
Majority and proportional electoral laws have political consequences, which are especially important in multiethnic societies, contributing to political stability of those societies. This will be the focal point of the course.
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The Political System of Macedonia
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course examines the Macedonian Constitution adopted in 1991 and its amendments adopted in 2001. The structure of the Macedonian political system, its efficiency and problems will also be analyzed.
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Macedonia in World Politics
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This course will analyze Macedonia's road to independence in the early 1990’s. It will explain the circumstances of the dissolution of the Yugoslav federation amidst bloody ethnic war and a successful policy of Peaceful self-determination that launched Macedonia on the world stage.
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Trans-Atlantic Relations
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course will analyze relations between the EU and the US through their political, military and economic dimensions. Cooperation and conflict over certain issues and the prospects for the future will be part of the debate in class.
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Diplomacy
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This course offers an overview of the history of diplomacy and the way the art of diplomacy and the balance of power have created the world we live in, as well as the development of a foreign policy based not on the way we want the world to be, but the way it really is. Students will learn how modern diplomacy emerged from the trails and experiences of the balance of power of warfare and peacemaking.
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International Organizations
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This course focuses on the development of world organizations culminating in the United Nations; its purposes, structure, operation, relations with other groupings, current problems and prospects. Furthermore, the course entails an overview of the structure of international organizations and some of the basic principles that underpin them.
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The European Union Law
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course introduces the students to the basics of the EU law, i.e. the four freedoms: free movements of goods, services, people and capital. Case studies will be essential part of the course. The judicial structure of the EU will also be included.
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Political Theory Today
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course includes topics as: political obligations; equality and liberty; the theory of prosperity; the possibility of rational politics; democratic institutions and moral resources; democracy, the nation-state and global system; forms of representation and systems of voting; sovereignty and morality in international affairs; violence, war and the rule of law in the international community; transnational justice.
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The State and Public Policy
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This course examines competing theories, models, and analytical frameworks for understanding policymaking. The course answers the questions: why government gets involved in some things and not in others, how public problems are framed and described, what criteria are useful in developing and assessing policy choices, how policy choices and outcomes are mediated and influenced by individuals, organizations and political institutions; fairness and efficiency.
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International Politics
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course aims to enable students develop an analytical approach towards politics at the international level. Students will be introduced to the concepts, issues and theoretical debates concerning the international political system. This entails an understanding of historic developments and their impact on the nature of the ever-changing international political system. Contemporary world political issues will be discussed.
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International Political Economy
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
Globalization is the hallmark of the world today. This course will focus on the growing economic integration and will analyze the politics of this emerging global economy: the way it is organized, who controls it and what are the benefits and the costs of the increasing interdependence.
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European Politics
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
This course is designed to comprehensively explore contemporary European politics. The students will understand and analyze current trends and concepts in European politics in general as well as in specific case studies. Democracy in Europe is the starting point of this course, its evolution since the II world war, current developments and issues. Internal policymaking, political change and European integration will be studied.
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The Citizen and the Regime
7,5
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4
ACTS
This course studies the relationship between citizen and the regime through the elaboration of the following topics: Authority and Legitimacy; Democracy and its recent surge in the World, as well as Autocratic Government
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The Apparatus of Governance
7,5
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4
ACTS
This course includes: Constitutions and Design of Government; Elections; Parties; Interest Groups; Parliamentary Government; Presidential Government; Bureaucracy and the Public Sector and Law and the Courts.
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International Law (Advanced course)
7,5
ECTS /
4
ACTS
The course concentrates on contemporary issues in international law such as: The role of the United Nations; Collective Security and the prohibition of Force; Legal Restraint on Violence in Armed Conflict; Protection of Human Rights; Protection of the Environment; Legal Attempts at Narrowing the Gap between North and South.
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Politics of Global Environment
7,5
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4
ACTS
Students will be introduced to one of the major issues in international relations of the 21st. century – the need to protect the global environment. The course will concentrate on the following topics: a historic outline on environmental issues on the international agenda; issues and challenges in international environmental politics; the development and implementation of environmental regimes.
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European Law (Advanced course)
7,5
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4
ACTS
The course will examine the prospect of EU constitutional law, the areas of EU competition and anti-trust law, consumer law, environmental law, labor and social law and EU criminal and civil code.
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Principles of Political Analysis – Research Project
7,5
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4
ACTS
Students will work on a Research Project, applying the main principles of political analyses: What makes a statement interesting; Causation and Explanation; Historical Explanation; Quantitative and qualitative analyses
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The U.S. and Europe in World Politics
7,5
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4
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The course will analyze the role of the U.S. and Europe in the creation of the world politics agenda. This entails discussion of specific world politics issues, the cooperation and the discrepancy in positions between the U.S and Europe.
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East European States: Domestic Politics and European Integration
7,5
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4
ACTS
This course will address the issues facing East-Central Europe as a region, beginning with an historical overview of the region, followed by a discussion of the 1989 revolutions and the collapse of communism. Students will address issues such as the reemergence of nationalism, the break-up of states, the desire to join Western security institutions, and will study how specific countries in the region are addressing the political and economic challenges of transition to the present.
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International Relations in the Balkans
7,5
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4
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The course will elaborate on past and present relations between Balkan states and the prospects for their future relations as part of the Euro-Atlantic integrations.
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The United Nations
7,5
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4
ACTS
This course focuses on the development of the United Nations; its origins, purpose and structure. The course will focus on the decision making process and the enforcement of the decisions. Case studies will be employed for that purpose. Furthermore, the course will discuss the challenges that face the UN in the light of the changing global arena; issues of power and influence will be tackled.
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International Relations of Russia
7,5
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4
ACTS
This course will focus on Russia as an important player on the global political scene. Current issues in Russian politics will be explored as well as analyzes of Russia’s relations with the USA, EU and the global society.
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International Relations of the Middle East and North Africa
7,5
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4
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Study focuses on issues of modernization; the nature of Middle East and African governments; the past and present impact of religion on the region’s culture and socio-political system; the Arab-Israeli conflict and its implications for world peace; and the impact of oil on the economy and regime stability in the Persian Gulf region.
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International Relations of China
7,5
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4
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The course focuses on the growing role of China on the international arena and analyzes its relations with the USA and the EU. The Taiwan and Tibet issues are being examined.
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International Political Economy of Development
7,5
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4
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This course examines the political economy of “North-South” relations, focusing on how changes at the international level affect developing countries' national-level strategies for interaction with and integration into the global economy. Our focus on the 'international political economy' is broad, including changes in multilateral economic organizations (MEOs), foreign policies of key countries in the 'North', and changing political and economic strategies of important business constituencies in the developed countries.
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War and Society
7,5
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4
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The course focuses on the causes of war and its historic, political and military aspects. Furthermore it analyzes its impact on society and the consequences on culture and tradition caused by the experience of war.
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Problems of International Environment Policy
7,5
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4
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This course will analyze the politics of international environmental problems. This includes study of the actors in the global arena, including states, intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, and corporations. In addition, through the theories of international politics the causes for tension and conflict in international environmental governance will be examined.
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Minority Rights and Minority Question in Europe
7,5
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4
ACTS
The Course deals with National Minority issues, more specifically with definition of minorities and co-nations, sovereignty and self-determination issues, mechanisms for protection of the minority rights, current developments.
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Comparative Public Administration
7,5
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4
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The objective of the course is to provide an introduction to selected issues in comparative public administration, drawing mainly but not exclusively from European and OECD countries. The course is designed to introduce students to explore generic and comparative themes in public administration. It aims to introduce students to a range of analytical perspectives rather than any single one approach. Topics discussed include: the factors which influence the structure and working of public administration; control over bureaucracies, organizational design, representative bureaucracy; co-ordination and incentive systems; special types of bureaucrats and bureaucracies, administrative reform.
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Political Economy of the State
7,5
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4
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Topics include social choice, the interaction between public institutions and the economy, the effects of lobbying and interest groups on politics, the role of information in determining legislative structure, and elections as a mechanism for controlling versus selecting politicians. Topics that may be covered include the role of politi¬cal institutions in developing nations and campaign finance reform in the U.S.
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Education and Language Policy
7,5
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4
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The course will cover the political process in the field of education and language, as well as the law-making role of the state. Problems and challenges of multilingual societies will also be part of the studies.
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Econometrics and Data Analysis
7,5
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4
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This course focuses on the use of statistical and mathematical methods in analysing economic data and econometric modeling using applications in finance. As such, the course utilizes concepts from microeconomics, finance, mathematical optimization, data analysis, probability models, statistical analysis, and econometrics.
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