Political Science

Major: International Relations
Code of subject: 6.291.01.O.007
Credits: 5.00
Department: Political Science and International Relations
Lecturer: Dr. of Polit. Sc., doc. Mykola Buchyn
Semester: 1 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: PH01. To know and understand the nature of international relations and regional development, evolution, the state of theoretical research of international relations and world politics, as well as the nature and sources of state policy in the international arena and the activities of other participants of international relations. PH02. To know and understand the nature and dynamics of international security, understanding of the peculiarities of its provision at the global, regional and national levels, knowledge of the nature and approaches to resolving international and international conflicts. PH03. To know the nature of international cooperation, the nature of interaction between international actors, the correlation of state and non-state actors in world politics. PH04. To know the principles, mechanisms and processes of ensuring the foreign policy of states, the interaction between foreign and domestic policy, the definition and implementation in the international arena of national interests of states, the process of formation and implementation of foreign policy decisions. РН07. Carry out a description and analysis of the international situation, collect from various sources the necessary information about international and foreign policy events and processes. РН09. Investigate the problems of international relations, regional development, foreign policy, international communications, using modern political, economic and legal theories and concepts, scientific methods and interdisciplinary approaches, present research results, provide appropriate recommendations. PH11. Carry out an applied analysis of international relations, foreign policy of Ukraine and other states, international processes and the international situation in accordance with the objectives, prepare information and analytical documents. PH15. Understand and apply current legislation, international regulations and agreements, reference materials, current standards and specifications, etc. to solve complex specialized problems of international relations, public communications and regional studies. PH16. Understand and defend the national interests of Ukraine in international activities. РНВБ2.3 To know modern ethnopolitical processes, their influence on regional and cross-border cooperation, to be able to analyze the basic tendencies of development of regional processes in modern international relations. КОМ 2. Ability in communication to defend the patriotic state position on the place of Ukraine in the system of international relations
Required prior and related subjects: • Prerequisites: • Corequisites: Theory of International Relations, Country-Specific Studies, History of Political (Legal and Economic) Sciences, Foreign Countries' Political Systems in Conditions of Globalization.
Summary of the subject: Politics as a social phenomenon. The subject, functions and methods of political science. Subjects of policy. Political power. The legitimacy of the power. Forms and types of political power. Political system. Political process. Political activity. Political technologies. Political decisions. The process of political socialization. Political participation and its forms. Institute of Political Leadership. Political elites as a subjects of politics. Political parties. Typology of party systems. The democratic principles of elections. The main electoral systems. The evolution of the electoral system of Ukraine. Essence, features, functions and structure of the state. Form of state. State-territorial structure. Monarchical and republican form of government. The lawful state and civil society. Democracy and democratic political regimes. The modern concepts of democracy. The main features of a totalitarian regime. The essence and features of authoritarianism. The system of government in Ukraine. Peculiarity of municipal self-government in Ukraine. Foreign policy. International relations: the essence, types, principles and actors. Factors of force in international politics. Causes and typology of international conflicts. Ukraine in the system of international relations.
Assessment methods and criteria: • Current control: (40%): recitation, speeches during practical classes. • Final control: (60%): exam (tests and theoretical questions).
Recommended books: • Politolohiia: navchalnyi posibnyk / M.P. Hetmanchuk, V.K. Hryshchuk, Ya.B. Turchyn ta in.; Za zah. red. M.P. Hetmanchuka. – K.: Znannia, 2011. – 415 s. • Helei S. D., Rutar S.M. Politolohiia [Tekst] : navchalnyi posibn. 9-te vyd., pererobl. i dop. Lviv : Vydavnytstvo Lvivskoi komertsiinoi akademii, 2015. 370 s. • Picha V. M., Khoma N. M. Politolohiia: pidruchnyk dlia stud. vyshch. zakladiv osvity. 5-te vyd., ster. L. : Novyi Svit-2000, 2008. 304 s. • Politolohiia. Kn. persha: Polityka i suspilstvo. Kn. druha: Derzhava i polityka // A. Kolodii, L. Klymanska, Ya. Kosmyna, V. Kharchenko.– 2-e vyd., pererob. ta dop. – K.: Elha, Nika – • Politolohiia: navchalnyi posibnyk / M.P. Hetmanchuk, V.K. Hryshchuk, Ya.B. Turchyn ta in.; Za zah. red. M.P. Hetmanchuka. – K.: Znannia, 2011. – 415 s. • Helei S. D., Rutar S.M. Politolohiia [Tekst] : navchalnyi posibn. 9-te vyd., pererobl. i dop. Lviv : Vydavnytstvo Lvivskoi komertsiinoi akademii, 2015. 370 s. • Picha V. M., Khoma N. M. Politolohiia: pidruchnyk dlia stud. vyshch. zakladiv osvity. 5-te vyd., ster. L. : Novyi Svit-2000, 2008. 304 s. • Politolohiia. Kn. persha: Polityka i suspilstvo. Kn. druha: Derzhava i polityka // A. Kolodii, L. Klymanska, Ya. Kosmyna, V. Kharchenko.– 2-e vyd., pererob. ta dop. – K.: Elha, Nika – Tsentr, 2003.– 664 s. • Horbach O. N., Demchyshak R. B. Politolohiia [Tekst] : navch. posib. 3-tie vyd., dopov. ta pererob. Lviv : Vyd-vo Lviv. politekhniky, 2016. 259 s. • Politolohiia: Navch. posibnyk / O.O. Volynets ta in. – Seriia "Dystantsiine navchannia". – № 28. – Lviv: Vyd-vo Natsionalnoho universytetu "Lvivska politekhnika", 2005. – 360 s. • Shliakhtun P.P. Politolohiia (teoriia ta istoriia politychnoi nauky): pidruchnyk P.P. Shliakhtun. – K.: Lybid, 2002. – 576 s. Tsentr, 2003.– 664 s. • Horbach O. N., Demchyshak R. B. Politolohiia [Tekst] : navch. posib. 3-tie vyd., dopov. ta pererob. Lviv : Vyd-vo Lviv. politekhniky, 2016. 259 s. • Politolohiia: Navch. posibnyk / O.O. Volynets ta in. – Seriia "Dystantsiine navchannia". – № 28. – Lviv: Vyd-vo Natsionalnoho universytetu "Lvivska politekhnika", 2005. – 360 s. • Shliakhtun P.P. Politolohiia (teoriia ta istoriia politychnoi nauky): pidruchnyk P.P. Shliakhtun. – K.: Lybid, 2002. – 576 s.