Course POLITICAL SCIENCE
The purpose of mastering the discipline:
Global processes and setting geopolitical priorities for countries and regions
“He who owns information owns the world!”
🔸Have you ever felt lost in the maze of political events? Would you like to look behind the scenes of the government and reveal the secrets of the political world? Do you want to become a change agent who understands how politics works and knows how to influence it?
If so, the Political Science course is for you!
- Duration: 7 lectures
- Price: 2300 UAH.
ABOUT THE COURSE
In today’s world, a special place is given to coverage of the nature and peculiarities of political conflicts, crises, and geopolitical challenges.
Modern achievements of Ukrainian and foreign scholars, taking into account interdisciplinary approaches, cover the main issues of modern political science, in particular, the subject and method of political science, the development of politics as a social phenomenon, the history of political thought, the functioning of political life, the establishment of civil society and democracy, the structure of the political system and its institutions, issues of political consciousness and culture, ideological doctrines, the specifics of the functioning of political regimes, the role of the political elite in the implementation of political
In today’s world, a special place is given to coverage of the nature and peculiarities of political conflicts, crises, and geopolitical challenges.
In this regard, modern developments in applied political science are also very relevant, in particular, through the prism of studying political technologies, in particular, electoral technologies and modern tools of political PR.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To acquaint students with the knowledge of the main challenges of politics as a real social phenomenon, the historical development of political thought, the latest approaches to solving pressing issues of the present, taking into account global processes and the definition of geopolitical priorities for countries and regions.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This course will be interesting and useful for:
- Schoolchildren and students interested in politics. It will help them to better understand how the political system works and provide them with the knowledge they need to succeed in their studies and careers in the political sphere.
- Active citizens who want to influence political processes. This course will provide them with the necessary knowledge and skills to participate in political life and contribute to the development of society.
- People who want to better understand current political events. This course will help them analyze political news, understand its essence and draw their own conclusions.
- People who want to broaden their horizons and knowledge of the world. This course will give them an understanding of different political systems, ideologies and regimes.
- Professionals working in politics, public administration, business, media and other fields, public figures. This course will help them to deepen their knowledge and skills, which can be useful for their career.
This course is intended for anyone interested in politics and wishing to gain a deeper understanding of the current challenges of the political world.
For those who want to develop their understanding of political processes and their impact on society. It will be interesting and useful for people with different interests and goals.
If you want to better understand the political world, this course is for you!
After completing the course, you will be able to:
- use the basics of political science knowledge to form a worldview position;
- analyze the main stages and patterns of political development of society to form a civic position;
- use the basics of political science knowledge in various spheres of life;
- tolerate political, social, ethnic, and cultural differences.
- have a civic position on politically significant issues of our time;
- be able to explain the main political challenges and give a professional assessment of them;
- be based on a modern understanding of the role of citizens, their activity in current political processes, etc.
- understand the nature and role of political conflicts, know the technologies for their prevention and resolution.
- the ability to exercise one’s rights and responsibilities as a member of society, to realize the values of a civil (free democratic) society and the need for its sustainable development, the rule of law, human and civil rights and freedoms in Ukraine;
- search, process, and analyze information from various sources.
- to identify facts, events, information, and trends in political processes about which there is a lack of knowledge, and to reveal ways and sources of knowledge;
- The knowledge gained will allow them to navigate the current socio-political realities at both the national and global levels.
Lecturer:
Larysa Kochubey
Doctor of Political Sciences, Candidate of Historical Sciences, Professor, Chief Scientific Secretary of the Association of Political Sciences of Ukraine, Academician of the Academy of Political Sciences.
Member of the Association of Political Sciences of Ukraine.
He is the author of more than 150 scientific and methodological publications.
Research interests:
- election processes, PR activities, political technologies, the French political system, conservatism as a modern ideology, information and communication technologies, etc.
Content of the discipline:
POLITICAL CLASS. POLITICAL ELITES AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP
The concepts of political elite and political class.
- Classical and modern theories of elites.
- The concept of political leadership.
- Concepts and classification of political leadership.
- The main trends in the formation of political elites and political leaders in modern Ukraine.
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF SOCIETY. ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
The concept and components of the political system.
- Formation of the political system in Ukraine.
- Forms of organization of state power and forms of state structure.
- Civil society as a prerequisite for creating a dynamic political system.
- Features of the electoral system in modern Ukraine. Types of electoral systems
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY. POLITICAL REGIMES
- The concept of political ideology and doctrine.
- The essence and functions of political ideology. Levels of political ideology.
- Characterization of the main ideological trends in the modern world.
- The concept of a political regime.
- Types of political regimes.
- Features of the current political regime in Ukraine.
POLITICAL CULTURE. POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
- The content and structure of the concepts of “political culture” and “political consciousness”.
- Types of political cultures.
- Political participation and political behavior.
- Protest moods.
- Political culture in modern Ukraine.
POLITICAL TECHNOLOGIES. POLITICAL PR.
- Conceptual and categorical understanding of political technologies.
- Classification of political technologies.
- Evolution of electoral technologies in the world.
- PR in the political sphere: definition, essence, specifics.
POLITICAL CONFLICTS. ETHNO-POLITICAL CONFLICTS
- The essence of political conflict.
- Causes of the conflict.
- Functions of political conflicts.
- Types of conflicts.
- Ways to resolve political conflicts.
- Peculiarities of ethno-political conflicts.
DEMOCRACY AS A WAY OF ORGANIZING SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE
- The concept of democracy.
- Preconditions for the emergence of democracy and its historical forms.
- The basic concepts and means of exercising democracy.
- Elitist democracy.
- Democracy in Modern Ukraine: Theory and Reality.
GEOPOLITICS. MODERN DEVELOPMENT TRENDS
- Geopolitics as a science.
- Classical and modern scientific schools of geopolitics.
- Categories, methods, functions, and subject matter of geopolitics.
- The geopolitical field of Europe.
- Building a geostrategy.
- Ukraine in the system of geopolitical relations.
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"Political Science"
Duration: 7 lectures
Price: 2300 UAH.
Lecturer: Larysa Kochubey
