SYLLABUS CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORIES

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SYLLABUS CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORIES

• On-line at www.politickistudii.blog.com.mk
• Blog www.teorii2.tk
• Professor
• Prof. d-r. Gjogre Ivanov
• Assistant  
• Zoran Ilievski (zoc01_at_yahoo.com)

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Expected results

• It is expected that the students 
• understand the basic movements in contemporary
  understanding of politics and their chronology,
• be able to recognize the relevant contemporary
  political thinkers and to summarize their
  theoretical thought
• analyze the mobilizing societal force and the
  consequences from different political theories
  and the ideologies that are based on them

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Expected results

• be able to explain the dominant political debates
  on democracy and the contemporary challenges
  which it is facing
• be able to draw parallels between the theoretical
  discourse and the conditions of the contemporary
  Macedonian history, as well as the present in
  Republic of Macedonia
• upgrade their theoretical and analytical
  capabilities.

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Grading policy (in accordance with ECTS criteria
at the Faculty of Law)

• Grading
• Test I 35 points
• Test II 35 points
• Essay 10 points
• Activity 10 points
• Presence 10 points
• Total 100 points

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Grading policy (in accordance with ECTS criteria
at the Faculty of Law)

• Grade
• (10) 95-100 points
• (9) 79-94 points
• (8) 73-78 points
• (7) 67-72 points
• (6) 61-66 points
• (5) 0-60 points

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Presence

• Presence at the lectures is obligatory.
• The minimum presence at the lectures is 60.
  Presence below this minimum will mean failing the
  exam.
• Presence at class will be noted electronically
  through an electronic index. If the student has
  forgotten his/hers electronic index, his/hers
  presence will not be noted.

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Tests

• The tests ( one at the middle of the semester and
  one at the end) are based on the principal of
  multiple choice.
• Each test has a total of 35 questions each
  bringing one point. The maximum number of points
  from both tests is 70.
• The minimum for passing each test is 18 points,
  and each result under this minimum means failure
  at the test and re-sitting the test in a later
  session.

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Essay

• - The essay should show that the student has
  understood the basic concepts and political
  theories connected to given topics.
• The topics of the essay can range from
• explanations of a certain political theory which
  appears at a certain group of authors and
  presentation of its basic philosophical concepts,
  
• a concrete political theory of a certain author
  or
• explanation of certain parts which are crucial
  for a certain political theory.
• The essay is written in class and it is not
  announced before hand.

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Class activity

• Class activity is marked on every class.
• Class activity is measured with taking part in
  debates in class, presented works, presentations
  on a specific topics from the subject in front of
  the class etc. Activity brings points anywhere
  between 0-10. The maximum is 10 points or 10 of
  the grade.

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Extra credit

• Students that are not satisfied with their final
  grade or have not earned a passing grade, have
  the opportunity to earn extra credit of 5 points.
  This will be calculated on base of their
  extracurricular work. Extracurricular work is
  contained with research and analyses on some of
  the topics that will be lectured, but with a
  focus on the Republic of Macedonia. This essay
  should be anywhere between 1000-1500 words, with
  font Times New Roman 12, spacing 1.5.

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Summarizing the grade

• The student is considered that he passed the
  exam only if he/she fulfils the criteria
• Necessary minimums points from the tests
  points from activity points from essay more
  or equal to 61 point (percent)
• Necessary minimums
• - Passed two tests (more than 18 points)
• - Handed down essay ( independent from the grade
  the essay is not with eliminatory nature)
• - Minimum presence of 60

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Rules regarding cheating and plagiarism

• Cheating, plagiarism and other forms of non
  academic behaviour. This type of behaviour will
  be sanctioned, by means that the essays written
  in this way will not be taken into consideration.
  
• Cheating during the tests will be sanctioned.
  Those students which will show this type of non
  academic behaviour will be forbidden to take
  exams in the next three sessions. Their tests
  will not be taken into consideration for their
  grades.

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Expectations from the students

• Students are asked to read and analyze the
  assigned literature for the class before the
  class starts with the goal of easier inclusion in
  the debate on the actual class. We suggest that
  the students read at least two works from the
  recommended literature, as well as make at least
  one presentation on a given topic. Activity and
  taking part in class debates are a crucial
  precondition for a higher grade.

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Tips for thorough comprehension of the literature

• Which is the main argument (theses) of the text.
• How many cases does the author point out?
• Factors/Variables.
• What is the logic behind the argumentation of the
  author?
• Methodology.
• Is the authors data supporting his argument?

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Structure and schedule of classes

• Assigned literature Ljubomir D. Frchkoski,
  Gjorge Ivanov, Sovremeni Politicki Teorii, Praven
  Fakultet "Justinijan Prvi", Skopje 2003.
• The page numbers of the assigned literature
  will appear after each heading in each week of
  classes. The recommended reading list will be
  given separately for each week of lectures.

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Week 1

• - Fundaments and periodisation of the scientific
  discipline Contemporary Political Theories and
  introduction to the basic concepts (Ljubomir D.
  Frchkoski, Gjorge Ivanov, Sovremeni Politiki
  Teorii, Praven Fakultet "Justinijan Prvi", Skopje
  2003, page 11-15 and page 75-88)

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Week 2

• Liberalism
• What is liberalism? (page 88-90)
• Types of liberalism- classical vs modern (page
  90-93)
• Variants of liberalism liberalism and
  libertarianism (page 93-95)
• Liberal antipathies (page 95-102)
• Liberal recommendations theories on individuals,
  theories on society and theories on state (page
  102-108)
• Successes and failures? (page 108-110)

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Recommended literature Week 2

• John Dunn, The History of Political Theory,
  (Cambridge University Press, London 1998).
• Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy,
  (Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Robert E. Goodin and Philip Pettit (ed.),
  Contemporary Political Philosophy, (Blackwell
  Publishers, Oxford, 1998).
• ?????? ?????? ??? ???????? ??????? ???. 49-64
  ?? ????????? ????????? ?????????? ??????? ?????
  ???, ????????? ?????????? ?????? ???????????,
  1998, ???? ???.
• John Stuart Mill On Liberty (selections)
  Mitchell Cohen and Nicole Fermon editors,
  Princeton Readings in Political Thought,
  Princeton Princeton University Press, 1996.
  http//www.utilitarianism.com/ol/one.html

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Week 3

• Constitutionalism, rule of law and Rechtsstaat
• Constitutionalism and the rule of law( page
  120-125)
• Rechtsstaat (page 125-129)
• Authoritarian and totalitarian political theories
  I
• Authority and authoritarianism (page 130-155)
• Authoritarian person and charismatic authority
  (page 155-157)
• Totalitarianism (page 158-164)
• Post-totalitarianism (page 164-167)

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Recommended literature Week 3

• A.V Dicey, Introduction to the Study of the Law
  of the Constitution (1885), (London, Macmillan,
  1961)
• Hana Arent, Izvorite na totalitarizmot, (Kultura,
  Skopje, 1990)
• John Dunn, The History of Political Theory,
  (Cambridge University Press, London 1998).
• Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy,
  (Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Robert E. Goodin and Philip Pettit (ed.),
  Contemporary Political Philosophy, (Blackwell
  Publishers, Oxford, 1998).

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Week 4

• Authoritarian and totalitarian political
  theories II
• Fascism (page 176- 196)
• Nazism (page 197- 208)
• Theory of dictatorship (page 209-216)
• Total state in the work of Karl Smit (page
  217-257)

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Recommended literature Week 4

• ????? ??????, ?????? ?????, (???? ?????, ??????,
  2006)
• ???? ????, ????????? ?????????, (???????,
  ??????,1993)
• John Dunn, The History of Political Theory,
  (Cambridge University Press, London 1998).
• Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy,
  (Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Robert E. Goodin and Philip Pettit (ed.),
  Contemporary Political Philosophy, (Blackwell
  Publishers, Oxford, 1998).

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Week 5

• Communism - Marxism, Stalinism, Maoism
• Communism - Marxism (page 271- 278)
• Leninism (page 278-280)
• Stalinism (page 280- 285)
• Modern Marxism (page 285-286)
• Maoism as a political theory (page 287- 296)
• Socialism (297-303)

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Recommended literature Week 5

• ???? ????? ? ??????? ??????, ???????? ??
  ????????????? ???????, http//www.marxists.org/mak
  edonski/m-e/1848/index.html
• John Dunn, The History of Political Theory,
  (Cambridge University Press, London 1998).
• Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy,
  (Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Robert E. Goodin and Philip Pettit (ed.),
  Contemporary Political Philosophy, (Blackwell
  Publishers, Oxford, 1998).

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Week 6

• Social democratic political theories
• Social democracy as political theory (322- 338)
• Programmatic evolution of the social democratic
  parties in Europe (page 338-345)
• Anarchism
• Anarchism (page 345-364)
• Variants and alternatives in anarchism (page
  364-374)
• Roads that lead to anarchy old ways and new
  influences (page 374-376)

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Recommended literature Week 6

• ?????? ?????? ??????? ???  ?????? ??
  ???????????????????? (IDSCO, Skopje, 2002)
• ??????? ????????, ???? ?? ????????????????????,
  (??????? 21, ??????, 1991)
• John Dunn, The History of Political Theory,
  (Cambridge University Press, London 1998).
• Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy,
  (Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Robert E. Goodin and Philip Pettit (ed.),
  Contemporary Political Philosophy, (Blackwell
  Publishers, Oxford, 1998).

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Week 7

• Reactionary and conservative political theories  
• Reactionary political theories (page 377- 386)
• Conservativism (page 386-409)
• Ideologies of the non- conservative right (page
  409-413)
• Positivism and political theories
• Positivism and political theories (page 413-424)

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Recommended literature Week 7

• Works of Josef de Maistre in English translation,
  http//maistre.ath.cx8000/
• Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in
  France 1790 (Penguin Classics, 1986)
• John Dunn, The History of Political Theory,
  (Cambridge University Press, London 1998).
• Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy,
  (Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Robert E. Goodin and Philip Pettit (ed.),
  Contemporary Political Philosophy, (Blackwell
  Publishers, Oxford, 1998).

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Week 8

• Theories of democracy I  
• Elitist theories of democracy
• The classical vs. new theory for democracy
  (page 425-442)
• Basics of the contemporary theories for democracy
  (page 446-460)
• Pluralist theories of democracy (page 461- 467)

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Recommended literature Week 8

• ??????? ????????, ???? ?? ????????????????????,
  (??????? 21, ??????, 1991)
• John Dunn, The History of Political Theory,
  (Cambridge University Press, London 1998).
• Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy,
  (Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Robert E. Goodin and Philip Pettit (ed.),
  Contemporary Political Philosophy, (Blackwell
  Publishers, Oxford, 1998).

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Week 9

• Theories of democracy II  
• Theories of democracy of groups (page 468-476)
• Consocial theory of democracy (page 477-481)
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• Workshop Determining ideological affiliation on
  a coordinate axis of values (http//www.politicalc
  ompass.org/)

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Recommended literature Week 9

• ??????? ????????, ???? ?? ????????????????????,
  (??????? 21, ??????, 1991)
• ?????? ???? ? ?????? ??????, ??????????? ???????,
  (???????, ??????, 2002)
• John Dunn, The History of Political Theory,
  (Cambridge University Press, London 1998).
• Will Kymlicka, Contemporary Political Philosophy,
  (Oxford University Press, 2002).
• Robert E. Goodin and Philip Pettit (ed.),
  Contemporary Political Philosophy, (Blackwell
  Publishers, Oxford, 1998).

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Week 10

• Political theories in the post-modern society
• Globalization and the political theories (page
  498-503)
• Globalization of the world politics new
  revolutionary phenomenon? (page 503-511)
• Key concepts of the realistic thought (page
  511-517)
• Transnational subjects and international
  organizations in the global politics (page
  518-521)
• Humanitarian intervention and world politics
  (page 522-523)

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Recommended literature Week 10

• ????? ??????, ?????????? ? ??? ??????????,
  (????????? ????? ??.4, 81-96)
• ????? ????????, ?????????????- ??????????? ?
  ?????????, (????????? ????? ??.4, 23-30)
• Walters, Malcolm, Globalization, (London
  Routledge . 2001)

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Week 11

• Political theories of transition towards
  democracy and transitology
• Defining the concept and methodological problems
  (page 524-527)
• Phases of transitology (page 527-530)
• Transition crises of the post communist
  societies (page 530-549)
• Democracy in ethnic?lly heterogenic, transitonal
  societies I
• Introduction (page 549-553)
• Multi-ethnic democracy (553-556)

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Recommended literature Week 11

• ????? ??????, ????????????? ?? ??????????
  ????????? ???????? ??????????, (?????????
  ???????????, ?????? 1997)
• Zidas Daskalovski, Walking on the Edge
  Consolidating Multiethnic Macedonia 1989-2004
  (Dominant, Skopje, 2005)
• Zoran Ilievski, Conflict Resolution in Ethnically
  Divided Societies The Case of Macedonia
  (Masters Thesis, University of Graz)

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Week 12

• Democracy in ethnic?lly heterogenic, transitonal
  societies II
• -  The case of the dissolution of SFRY (page
  557-561)
• - Macedonia - concept and practice (page
  561-580)
• Theories of civil society
• - Civil society- or Burgerliche Gesellschaft vs.
  Civil Society (page 580-589)

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Recommended literature Week 12

• ????? ??????, ??????? ?????????, ????, ??????
  1994.
• Severyn T. Bruyn, Popular Theories of Civil
  Society, www2.bc.edu/bruyn/CivilRepublic/appendix
  b.pdf
• ????? ??????, ????????????? ?? ??????????
  ????????? ???????? ??????????, (?????????
  ???????????, ?????? 1997)
• Zidas Daskalovski, Walking on the Edge
  Consolidating Multiethnic Macedonia 1989-2004
  (Dominant, Skopje, 2005)