Study of state and politics 2100-BW-L-Z1NOPA
Basic questions of the theory of state and politics.
Concept and substance of the state.
Concepts of state's genesis.
State, the society, the nation and the individual and their relations in the historical developments.
Forms of the state.
Objectives, functions and tasks of the state.
Concepts of state in modern political thought. The nation state and its metamorphosis.
Metamorphosis in the state's history: reform, revolution, transformation, globalization.
The state and war.
Notion and concepts of political power.
The idea and institutions of modern democracy.
Definitions of politics.
Concept of political system and its elements - main apprehensions.
Typology of political systems. Typology of political regimes.
Basic political categories. Political subjects. Political actions. Political relations. Political institutions. Political decisions. Political values and norms.
Judicial power in the political system.
Placing the parties, interest groups and social movements in the political system.
Political minorities, their types and their protection.
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Bibliography
Zieliński E., Nauka o państwie i polityce, Warszawa 2001.
van Dyke V., Wprowadzenie do polityki, Poznań 2000.
Żyro T., Wstęp do politologii, Warszawa 2004.
Dubel L., Korybski A., Markwart Z., Wprowadzenie do nauki o państwie i polityce, Kraków 2002.
Chmaj M., Żmigrodzki M., Wprowadzenie do teorii polityki, Lublin 1996.
Ryszka F., Nauka o polityce. Rozważania metodologiczne, Warszawa 1984.
Szmulik B., Żmigrodzki M. (red.), Wprowadzenie do nauki o państwie i polityce, Lublin 2002.
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