Politics Outside of Europe 2102-ANG-L-D6POEU

The student will have:
- advanced knowledge of the historical, economic, social, and cultural determinants of political life in selected countries from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania
- advanced knowledge of the principles of operation of the state's political system and its components in selected countries from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania
- advanced knowledge of the essence of democracy, civil society, and political culture from the historical and contemporary perspectives of selected countries from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania
- advanced knowledge of the mechanisms of political action, governance, and decision-making, as well as the processes of communication in the political sphere in selected countries from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania
Student is able to:
- Identify the causes, course, and forecast phenomena related to politics in selected countries in the regions discussed.
- Use basic theoretical approaches and research methods and techniques to diagnose and forecast selected phenomena in the politics of the regions discussed.
- Identify the assumptions of various policy concepts and assess their effectiveness, as well as recognize the relationships between politics and historical, economic, social, and cultural phenomena and processes in selected regions.

The student is able to:
- observe and critically evaluate political phenomena in selected countries of the regions discussed.

K_W04, K_W06,
K_W07, K_W09
K_U01, K_U03,
K_U04 K_K03

Attendance is mandatory (two unexcused absences are allowed).

Active participation (preparing a presentation during each of the three parts of the course): 30%

Final test: 70%

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The final list of recommended readings will be sent to students by the instructors of individual modules.

USA politics module:
Beckley, Michael. 2024. “The Strange Triumph of Broken America: Why Power Abroad Comes with Dysfunction at Home.” Foreign Affairs 104 (1): 50–71.
Constitution of the United States. https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-constitution/constitution.htm
Jillson Cal. 2025. American Government: Political Development and Institutional Change, New York, Oxon: Routledge.
Lepore Jill. 2018. These Truths: A History of the United States. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Moe, Terry M., and William G. Howell. 1999. “Unilateral Action and Presidential Power: A Theory”. Presidential Studies Quarterly 29 (4): 850–873.
Smith, Rogers M. 1993. “Beyond Tocqueville, Myrdal, and Hartz: The Multiple Traditions in America.” The American Political Science Review 87 (3): 549–566.
Sullivan, Jake. 2023. “The Sources of American Power: A Foreign Policy for a Changed World.” Foreign Affairs 102 (6): 8–29.
Thompson, C. Bradley. 2019. “John Locke and the American Mind.” American Political Thought 8 (4): 463–500.

Latin America politics module:
Meade, Teresa A. 2022. History of Modern Latin America: 1800 to the Present, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Lawrence A. Clayton, Michael L. Conniff, Susan M. Gauss. 2017. New History of Modern Latin America. University of California Press.
Peter H. Smith, James N. Green, and Thomas E. Skidmore. 2018. Modern Latin America. Ninth Edition. Oxford Univ. Press.
Virginia Garrard, Peter Henderson, and Bryan McCann. 2022. Latin America in the Modern World. Second Edition. Oxford Univ. Press.
James Green and Thomas E. Skidmore. 2022. Brazil. Five Centuries of Change. Third Edition. Oxford Univ. Press.

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