SCHOOL

Economic and Regional Studies

ACADEMIC UNIT

Department of Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies

LEVEL OF STUDIES

Undergraduate

COURSE CODE

ΒΣΑ204-Ι

SEMESTER

C

COURSE TITLE

Comparative Politics

INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
if credits are awarded for separate components of the course, e.g. lectures, laboratory exercises, etc. If the credits are awarded for the whole of the course, give the weekly teaching hours and the total credits

WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS

CREDITS

4

6

Add rows if necessary. The organisation of teaching and the teaching methods used are described in detail at (d).

COURSE TYPE

general background,
special background, specialised general knowledge, skills development

General background

PREREQUISITE COURSES:

No

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS:

Greek

IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS

No

COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

Open eClass

Learning outcomes

The course learning outcomes, specific knowledge, skills and competences of an appropriate level, which the students will acquire with the successful completion of the course are described.

Consult Appendix A

• Description of the level of learning outcomes for each qualifications cycle, according to the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area
• Descriptors for Levels 6, 7 & 8 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and Appendix B
• Guidelines for writing Learning Outcomes

To provide the ability to students to comprehend basic concepts in the field of Comparative Politics as well as the methodological tools that will enable them not only to understand the connection between the main theories of the field and their application to reality but also to analyze and stand critically vis-à-vis political issues.

General Competences

Taking into consideration the general competences that the degree-holder must acquire (as these appear in the Diploma Supplement and appear below), at which of the following does the course aim?

Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology

Adapting to new situations

Decision-making

Working independently

Team work

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project planning and management

Respect for difference and multiculturalism

Respect for the natural environment

Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Criticism and self-criticism

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

……

Others…

…….

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

This is an introductory course and its basic aim is the comparative study and analysis of different political systems and their main characteristics. A series of basic concepts, like power, state, political system, democracy, authoritarianism, political parties and political culture are being examined in a comparative way. The course examines the main institutions and power relations that allow a political system to function.

DELIVERY
Face-to-face, Distance learning, etc.

Face-to-face, in exceptional cases use of distance learning

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students

Use of ICT

TEACHING METHODS

The manner and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, seminars, laboratory practice, fieldwork, study and analysis of bibliography, tutorials, placements, clinical practice, art workshop, interactive teaching, educational visits, project, essay writing, artistic creativity, etc.

The student's study hours for each learning activity are given as well as the hours of non-directed study according to the principles of the ECTS

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Description of the evaluation procedure

Language of evaluation, methods of evaluation, summative or conclusive, multiple choice questionnaires, short-answer questions, open-ended questions, problem solving, written work, essay/report, oral examination, public presentation, laboratory work, clinical examination of patient, art interpretation, other

Specifically-defined evaluation criteria are given, and if and where they are accessible to students.

Oral examination

- Suggested bibliography:

Hague and Harrop (2020), Συγκριτική Πολιτική και Διακυβέρνηση, Κριτική

Lehner, Franc and Wildmaier (2007), Συγκριτική Πολιτική, Επίκεντρο

- Related academic journals:

SCHOOL

Economic and Regional Studies

ACADEMIC UNIT

Department of Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies

LEVEL OF STUDIES

Undergraduate

COURSE CODE

A217-I

SEMESTER

H

COURSE TITLE

Israeli Politics and Society

INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
if credits are awarded for separate components of the course, e.g. lectures, laboratory exercises, etc. If the credits are awarded for the whole of the course, give the weekly teaching hours and the total credits

WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS

CREDITS

4

6

Add rows if necessary. The organisation of teaching and the teaching methods used are described in detail at (d).

COURSE TYPE

general background,
special background, specialised general knowledge, skills development

Specialized general knowledge

PREREQUISITE COURSES:

None

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS:

English

IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS

Yes

COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

OpeneClass

Learning outcomes

The course learning outcomes, specific knowledge, skills and competences of an appropriate level, which the students will acquire with the successful completion of the course are described.

Consult Appendix A

• Description of the level of learning outcomes for each qualifications cycle, according to the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area
• Descriptors for Levels 6, 7 & 8 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and Appendix B
• Guidelines for writing Learning Outcomes

The general aim of the course is to offer to students the necessary methodological tools and knowledge in order to be able to understand and analyze a series of issues relating a) to the period of the reconstruction of the Jewish community in Palestine (end of 19^th Century – 1947), b) to the period from the establishment of the State of Israel (1948) until today.

General Competences

Taking into consideration the general competences that the degree-holder must acquire (as these appear in the Diploma Supplement and appear below), at which of the following does the course aim?

Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology

Adapting to new situations

Decision-making

Working independently

Team work

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project planning and management

Respect for difference and multiculturalism

Respect for the natural environment

Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Criticism and self-criticism

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

……

Others…

…….

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking.

This is an introductory course to modern Israeli history and politics, beginning with the period of the consolidation of the Yishuv (end of 19^th Century -1947), before moving on the period from the establishment of the State of Israel (1948) until today. During the first period, the student will have the opportunity to acquaint himself with issues, like the main ideological features and aims of Zionism and the institutional-political structure of the Yishuv; the second period analyzes issues such as the main constitutional and political features of the State of Israel, the consequences of the Arab-Israeli conflict upon Israel’s political life and the political consequences of Israel’s demographic shifts. In addition, cases-studies concerning Israel’s foreign policy and its relationship with the Jewish diaspora will be examined. Finally, there is an overview of the evolution of Greek-Israeli relations   

DELIVERY
Face-to-face, Distance learning, etc.

Face-to-face, distance learning

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students

Use of ICT

TEACHING METHODS

The manner and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, seminars, laboratory practice, fieldwork, study and analysis of bibliography, tutorials, placements, clinical practice, art workshop, interactive teaching, educational visits, project, essay writing, artistic creativity, etc.

The student's study hours for each learning activity are given as well as the hours of non-directed study according to the principles of the ECTS

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Description of the evaluation procedure

Language of evaluation, methods of evaluation, summative or conclusive, multiple choice questionnaires, short-answer questions, open-ended questions, problem solving, written work, essay/report, oral examination, public presentation, laboratory work, clinical examination of patient, art interpretation, other

Specifically-defined evaluation criteria are given, and if and where they are accessible to students.

Submission-presentation of an essay

- Suggested bibliography:

• Garfinkle Adam, Politics and Society in Modern Israel. Myths and Realities, Sharp, New York, 1997
• Horowitz, D., and Moshe Lissak. Trouble in Utopia: The Overburdened Polity of Israel. State University of New York Press, 1989
•  Shimoni, G. The Zionist Ideology. Waltham: Brandeis University Press, 1995
• Dowty, A. The Jewish State: A Century Later. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001
• Stanislawski, Michael. Zionism and the Fin de Siecle. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2001

• Strenhell, Z. The Founding Myths of Israel. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999,
• Laqueur, W. A History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel. New York: Schoken Books, 2003
• Kimmerling, B. The Invention and Decline of Israeliness: State, Society and the Military. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005
• Troen, I. S. Imagining Zion: Dreams, Designs, and Realities in a Century of Jewish Settlement. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003
• Dowty, A. "Israel's First Decade: Building a Civic State." In Israel: The First Decade of Independence. Edited by S. Ilan Troen, and Noah Lucas. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995
• Arian, A. Politics in Israel: The Second Republic. Washington DC: CQ Press, 2004
• Smith, C. D. Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Boston: St. Martin's, 2009
• Bickerton, I. J. Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History. London: Reaktion Books, 2009
• Smooha, S. "Arab-Jewish Relations in Israel: A Deeply Divided Society." In Israeli Identity in Transition. Edited by Anita Shapria. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2004
• Horowitz, Dan, and Moshe Lissak. Trouble in Utopia: The Overburdened Polity of Israel. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1989 

- Related academic journals:

SCHOOL

Economic and Regional Studies

ACADEMIC UNIT

Department of Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies

LEVEL OF STUDIES

Undergraduate

COURSE CODE

ΒΣ208-Ι

SEMESTER

D

COURSE TITLE

Political Developments in Southeastern Europe

INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
if credits are awarded for separate components of the course, e.g. lectures, laboratory exercises, etc. If the credits are awarded for the whole of the course, give the weekly teaching hours and the total credits

WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS

CREDITS

4

6

Add rows if necessary. The organisation of teaching and the teaching methods used are described in detail at (d).

COURSE TYPE

general background,
special background, specialised general knowledge, skills development

Special background

PREREQUISITE COURSES:

No

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS:

Greek

IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS

No

COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

Open eClass

Learning outcomes

The course learning outcomes, specific knowledge, skills and competences of an appropriate level, which the students will acquire with the successful completion of the course are described.

Consult Appendix A

• Description of the level of learning outcomes for each qualifications cycle, according to the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area
• Descriptors for Levels 6, 7 & 8 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and Appendix B
• Guidelines for writing Learning Outcomes

The general aim of the course is to offer to students the necessary methodological tools and knowledge in order to be able to understand and analyse a series of issues that relate to the so-called transition that the ex-Communist states of south-eastern Europe went through after 1990. The course seeks to identify the main features of internal political developments as well as of foreign policy developments that have affected the region.

General Competences

Taking into consideration the general competences that the degree-holder must acquire (as these appear in the Diploma Supplement and appear below), at which of the following does the course aim?

Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology

Adapting to new situations

Decision-making

Working independently

Team work

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project planning and management

Respect for difference and multiculturalism

Respect for the natural environment

Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Criticism and self-criticism

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

……

Others…

…….

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

The course begins with an introduction to the political geography of the region (south-eastern Europe) and an examination of the main post-Second World War developments that saw the emergence and consolidation of Communist regimes in the region. It continues with an analysis of the violent dissolution of the SFR of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, that totally reshaped the map of the region, with the emergence of new states. Then it examines the main political developments in a series of states (Serbia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania), analyzing the main features and problems of their so-called transition to a parliamentary democracy and free market economy. At the same time, minority, foreign policy issues and EU’s policy in the region are being discussed.  

DELIVERY
Face-to-face, Distance learning, etc.

Face-to-face, in exceptional cases use of distance learning

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students

Use of ICT

TEACHING METHODS

The manner and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, seminars, laboratory practice, fieldwork, study and analysis of bibliography, tutorials, placements, clinical practice, art workshop, interactive teaching, educational visits, project, essay writing, artistic creativity, etc.

The student's study hours for each learning activity are given as well as the hours of non-directed study according to the principles of the ECTS

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Description of the evaluation procedure

Language of evaluation, methods of evaluation, summative or conclusive, multiple choice questionnaires, short-answer questions, open-ended questions, problem solving, written work, essay/report, oral examination, public presentation, laboratory work, clinical examination of patient, art interpretation, other

Specifically-defined evaluation criteria are given, and if and where they are accessible to students.

Oral examination (the students have also the choice to complete and present a short essay, that will be taken into account in their final assessment

- Suggested bibliography:

Γ. Χρηστίδης, Βόρεια Μακεδονία. Πολιτική και κοινωνία. Από την ανεξαρτησία στη Συμφωνία των Πρεσπών (1991-2019), (Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδόσεις Επίκεντρο 2023).

Γ. Χρηστίδης, Η σερβική πολιτική στο Κόσοβο (Ιούνιος 1999 – 2016) (Θεσσαλονίκη: Εκδόσεις Πανεπιστημίου Μακεδονίας, 2017).

- Related academic journals:

SCHOOL

Economic and Regional Studies

ACADEMIC UNIT

Department of Balkan, Slavonic and Oriental Studies

LEVEL OF STUDIES

Undergraduate

COURSE CODE

Σ210-Ι

SEMESTER

E

COURSE TITLE

Politics in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia

INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
if credits are awarded for separate components of the course, e.g. lectures, laboratory exercises, etc. If the credits are awarded for the whole of the course, give the weekly teaching hours and the total credits

WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS

CREDITS

4

6

Add rows if necessary. The organisation of teaching and the teaching methods used are described in detail at (d).

COURSE TYPE

general background,
special background, specialised general knowledge, skills development

Specialized general knowledge

PREREQUISITE COURSES:

No

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS:

Greek

IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS

No

COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

Open eClass

Learning outcomes

The course learning outcomes, specific knowledge, skills and competences of an appropriate level, which the students will acquire with the successful completion of the course are described.

Consult Appendix A

• Description of the level of learning outcomes for each qualifications cycle, according to the Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area
• Descriptors for Levels 6, 7 & 8 of the European Qualifications Framework for Lifelong Learning and Appendix B
• Guidelines for writing Learning Outcomes

The general aim of the course is to offer to students the necessary methodological tools and knowledge in order to understand and analyze a series of issues concerning Russia during a. the Soviet period of its history and b. the period following the dissolution of the Soviet state and the reemergence of an independent Russian state. Central issues of analysis and discussion are the ideological and institutional features of the political system in the Soviet and post-Soviet period.

General Competences

Taking into consideration the general competences that the degree-holder must acquire (as these appear in the Diploma Supplement and appear below), at which of the following does the course aim?

Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology

Adapting to new situations

Decision-making

Working independently

Team work

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project planning and management

Respect for difference and multiculturalism

Respect for the natural environment

Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Criticism and self-criticism

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

……

Others…

…….

Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

This is an introductory course to modern Russian history and politics, beginning with the Soviet period of rule (1917 – 1991), before moving to the reemergence of an independent Russian state and its reconstruction (1991 – till today). During the first period, the student will have the opportunity to acquaint itself with issues like the crisis of Tsarist Russia and the takeover of power by the Bolsheviks, the Civil War and the initial building of Socialism, the succession of Lenin and the main features of Stalinism, the post-war de-Stalinization and the main policies followed by Stalin’s successors, like Nikita Khruschev and Leonid Brezhnev, the crisis of the Soviet state and the futile reform attempts by Michael Gorbachev. The second period examines the main policies of Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s and Vladimir Putin following his accession to power in the 2000s, in domestic politics and selective foreign policy issues (like Ukraine).

DELIVERY
Face-to-face, Distance learning, etc.

Face-to-face, in exceptional cases use of distance learning

USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students

Use of ICT

TEACHING METHODS

The manner and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, seminars, laboratory practice, fieldwork, study and analysis of bibliography, tutorials, placements, clinical practice, art workshop, interactive teaching, educational visits, project, essay writing, artistic creativity, etc.

The student's study hours for each learning activity are given as well as the hours of non-directed study according to the principles of the ECTS

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Description of the evaluation procedure

Language of evaluation, methods of evaluation, summative or conclusive, multiple choice questionnaires, short-answer questions, open-ended questions, problem solving, written work, essay/report, oral examination, public presentation, laboratory work, clinical examination of patient, art interpretation, other

Specifically-defined evaluation criteria are given, and if and where they are accessible to students.

Oral examination (the students have also the choice to complete and present a short essay, that will be taken into account in their final assessment)

- Suggested bibliography:

Μαλιγκούδη-Κατσόβσκα Γιάννα, Η Iστορία της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης, 1917-1991, Εκδόσεις Gutenberg 2012

Οστρόφσκι Αρκάντι, Η Επινόηση της Σύγχρονης Ρωσίας, Εκδόσεις Επίκεντρο 2017

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