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2021　Political Science B

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Academic unit or major
Humanities and social science courses
Instructor(s)
Yasui Kiyotaka 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon1-2(W621)  Thr1-2(W241)  
Group
-
Course number
LAH.S203
Credits
2
Academic year
2021
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2021/5/11
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

This course introduces basic theories and empirics in political science. Topics include elections, parties, and congress in domestic politics as well as war and peace in international politics. The course also covers applications of game theory and quantitative analysis in political science.

Today social media and the internet are flooded with political information. This course is designed to faicilitate students with the abilities to interpret these information and to understand the causes and mechanisms of various political phenomena.

Student learning outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand basic theories and models in political science.
2) Analyze various political phenomena from their own perspectives.

Keywords

Politics, Political Science, International Politics, International Relations, Game Theory, Quantitative Analysis

Competencies that will be developed

✔ Specialist skills ✔ Intercultural skills Communication skills ✔ Critical thinking skills ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

The course will be conducted online. It consists of 7 on-demand classes and 7 real-time online classes over Zoom. The schedule will be announced on Portal/OCW. Q&A is available via email or Slack.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Introduction Read the related chapter of the textbook below: Hajimeni
Class 2 How to understand politics Read chapter (ch. hereinafter). 1 of the textbook
Class 3 Framework of states Read ch. 2 of the textbook
Class 4 Political regimes Read ch. 3 of the textbook
Class 5 Election and voting Read ch. 4 of the textbook
Class 6 Political parties and party systems Read ch. 5 of the textbook
Class 7 Governments and accountability Read ch. 6 of the textbook
Class 8 Executive power, legistration and judiciary Read ch. 7 of the textbook
Class 9 Policy process, bureaucracy and interest group Read ch. 8 of the textbook
Class 10 Federalism and local government system Read ch. 9 of the textbook
Class 11 Security and peace Read ch. 10 of the textbook
Class 12 International political economy Read ch. 11 of the textbook
Class 13 International society and groups/individuals Read ch. 12 of the textbook
Class 14 Summary

Out-of-Class Study Time (Preparation and Review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards for each class. They should do so by referring to textbooks.

Textbook(s)

Sunahara, Yosuke, Takeshi Hieda, and Atsushi Tago, 2020, Introduction to Political Science, Yuhikaku (Japanese).

Reference books, course materials, etc.

NA.

Assessment criteria and methods

Mid-term report 40% (Scheduled on July 8); Final report 60%.

Related courses

  • LAH.S103 ： Political Science A
  • LAH.S304 ： Political Science C

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

NA.

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