Political regimes

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Political regimes

• Syllabus
• Prepared by Vlad Martirosyan
• Doctor of Political Sciences
• Députy dean Faculty of International Relations
• Vladm-31_at_ rambler.ru

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Total of 68 academic hours, including 40 hours
of lectures and 28 hours of seminars

• The course Political Regimes embraces a
  broad sphere of issues on regimes. Within
  the frames of the course the following
  questions are touched upon Characteristic
  Features of a Political Regime Regime in
  the System of Political Categories The
  Measures of Regime Typology and its
  Systematization The Principle of their
  (Regimes) Legitimacy and Efficiency The
  Structural Elements of Regimes The Types
  and Variety of Political Regimes The Period
  of Transition and Transformation of
  Political Regimes.
• In particular the course is aimed at the
  characterization of democratic and not
  democratic regimes, putting stress on the
  theoretical context, historical examples and
  transformation of totalitarian and
  authoritarian regimes. The course includes a
  wide spectrum of problems concerning
  Democratic Regime such as The Global Issue
  of Democratization, Transition from
  Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes to
  Democracy The Stages of Transitions, Reasons
  and Duration, as well as the strengthening
  of democratic institutions, the realization,
  development and unavoidability issues.

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Thematic Plan Total of 68 academic hours,
including 40 hours of lectures and 288 hours of
seminars

• The caracterization,Definitions, Functions and
  the Essence of Political Regimes.
• Regime in the System of Political
  Categories
• Traditional Types of Political Regime
• The Measures of Regime Typology and its
  Systematization
• The Structural Elements of Regimes
• Legitimacy and Efficiency of Political Regimes
• The Types and Variety of Political Regimes
• Caracteristic Features Historical Types of
  Totalitarian Regime
• Peculiarities of Authoritarian Regime.
• The Essence of Democracy.
• Transformation of Political Regimes
• Transition from Totalitarian and
  Authoritarian Regimes to Democracy
• The Stages of Transitions, Reasons and
  Duration

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Evaluation of the students work

• The final mark consists of the marks of the
  following activities
• - Seminars
  25
• - Essays
  20
• - Mid-term exam 25
• - Oral examination 30

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Topic 1. The caracterization,definitions,
functions and the essence of political regimes
(4 hours of lectures 2 hours of seminars)

• The definition of political regimes. The
  characterazation of political scientists
  referring to the definition of these regimes. The
  narrow and wide essense/circle of "Regime"
  definition. political regime as an intersubject
  category of Political and State sciences.

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Topic 2. Regime in the system of political
categories (2 hours of lectures 2 hours of
seminars)

• The relation of political regimes with such
  notions as political power, political process.
  The transitional role of the political regime in
  the process of state system and exercise
  formation. Political regime as a basic means of
  exercise and interconnection of the political
  system.

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Topic 3. Traditional types of political regime
(4 hours of lectures 2 hours of seminars)

• The origin of political regimes. On the meaning,
  significance and types of regimes (Plato,
  Sokrates, Aristotel). On oligarchy, aristocracy
  and other historical types of regimes. Modern
  development of the concept of "regime".

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Topic 4. The Measures of Regime Typology and
its Systematization (2hours of lectures 2
hours of seminars)

• Differentiation of political regime standards.
  The basic approach to regime classification.
  Democratic principles and institutions as the
  basic standard of regime classification. The
  controvercy between democracy and anti-democracy
  as the basic political controvercy of the
  modern development.

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Topic 5. The Structural Elements of Regimes
(4 hours of lectures 2 hours of seminars)

• Structural elements of regimes. Political
  institutions and their structure. Types of state
  government as elements of regime structure. Main
  types and peculiarities of government. The role
  of parties and party systems in practice.

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Topic 6. Legitimacy and Efficiency of
Political Regimes (4 hours of lectures 2 hours
of seminars)

• The legitimacy of political regime and its
  horizontal levels. The analysis of the
  ideology of institutional and private/separate
  types of legitimacy. The efficiency of political
  regime as s significant resours.

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Topic 7. The Types and Variety of Political
Regimes (2 hours of lectures 2 hours of seminars)

• The prinnciples of the types of political regimes
  classification in the literature of political
  science the basic characteristics of
  totalitarin, authoritarian and democratic types.
  Various classifications and approaches to
  political regimes and their division within the
  totalitarian, authoritarian and democratic types
  of regimes existing in political science
  literature.

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Topic 8. Caracteristic features historical types
of totalitarian egime (4 hours of lectures 2
hours of seminars)

• Theoretical approaches and fundamantals of
  totalitarian regime. Ways of exercising
  totalitarian regime.
• The expression of totalitarism in social
  political, social economical and cultural
  spheres. Peculiarities and features of
  totalitarian regime. Historical types of
  totalitarian regimes on the examples of the
  Soviet Union, Communist China, Fascist Germany.
  Unavoidability of the collapse of totalitarian
  regime.

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Topic 9. Peculiarities of Authoritarian Regime.
(4 hours of lectures 2 hours of seminars)

• The origin, character and ways of expression of
  authoritarian regime. The comparative analysis of
  authoritarian and totalitarian regimes.
  Structural features and characteristics of
  authoritarian regime. Authoritarian regime as a
  transitional period from totalitarian regime to a
  democratic one.

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Topic 10. The essence of democracy. (4 hours of
lectures )

• The essense of democracy. Democracy as a way of
  government and its characteristic features. The
  essensial characteristics of democratic political
  regimes. Fundamental types, chracteristic
  features and their comparative analyses of
  democratic regime.

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Topic 11 Transformation of Political Regimes
(4 hours of lectures )

• The period of transition from a non-democratic
  regime to a democratic one, its ways, methods.
  Difficultie and peculiarities of the transition
  period. The formation of democratic institiutions.

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Topic 12 Transition from Totalitarian and
Authoritarian Regimes to Democracy ,The
Stages of Transitions, Reasons and
Duration(6hours of lectures 2 hours of seminars)

• Reasons for transformation of political regimes
  in the period of political regime transition. The
  process of its development, its standards, ways
  of expression, duration and results. Reasons for
  passing from authoritarian regime /here the
  soviet/ to a democratic one, its starting point,
  periods, ways of transition, duration, the impact
  of external and internal factors and their
  results.

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Thank you

• Dr. Vlad Martirosyan
• Doctor of Political Sciences
• Department of Political Science
• Faculty of International Relations
• Yerevan State University
• E-mail Vladm-31_at_rambler.ru