Political Science

The primary aim of the course is to introduce the key topics in the study of political science and the key tools for the study of politics. The list of topics includes: the origin of states, regime determinants and regime transitions, collective action problem, group decision-making, legislative-executive relations, electoral systems, parties and party systems, electoral competition, institutional veto players, and the consequences of adopting different varieties of democratic institutions

By the end of the course the student will be able to:
- interpret the results of statistical analyses related to scientific research in the political science domain;
- solve simple exercises concerning game theory or veto player theory;
- classify countries according to their level of democracy;
- distinguish and compare different types of political systems, electoral systems or party systems;
- interpret current political events in light of the political theories studied during the course.