Analytical approaches in social science and studies of politics, in English

The aim of this course is to give students a deeper knowledge on a number of central analytical approaches to the study of politics, as well as a deeper knowledge on how politics can be understood - both explicit and implicit - and studied with these analytical approaches as a basis. The students shall reach a deepened understanding of how various theoretical and empirical studies are more or less characterized, or affected, by the choice of analytical approach. The analytical perspectives are: political science and its conceptions of politics; empirical actor theory; empirical structure theory; empirical process theory; normative political theory.

Students in Studenthuset, the student center at Frescati campus. Photo: Jens Olof Lasthein/Stockholm University

Students in Studenthuset, the student center at Frescati campus. Photo: Jens Olof Lasthein/Stockholm University

Teaching Format

The teaching consists of lectures and seminars.

Assessment

The course is examined by one sit-in examination.

The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.
Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.
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