Comparative Political Institutions
Level:
Master's Course Status:
Core Course Status:
Mandatory CEU credits:
4 Academic year:
2011/2012 Semester:
Winter Start and end dates:
9 Jan 2012 - 30 Mar 2012 Co-hosting Unit(s) [if applicable]:
Department of Public Policy CEU Instructor(s):
Youngmi Kim CEU Instructor(s):
Kristina Irion CEU Instructor(s):
Evelyne Hübscher Additional information:
The full course outline is available on http://e-learning.ceu.hu Full description:
The course is aimed at analysing the policy process as embedded in a comprehensive legal and institutional framework. The course highlights the dual nature of the institutional framework in which politics and policies are made. On the one hand, institutions structure the policy process. Decision-making does not take place within a vacuum but is based on rules and procedures. The practice of decision-making alters the use and meaning of core constitutional concepts. Effective decision-making requires awareness of this inter-relationship between politics, law and public policy. This course takes a comparative perspective and reviews political institutions across countries and different levels of governance. It studies core political institutions and the challenges related to their functioning in an increasingly independent environment at the national, European and global level.
