Political Science

Conceptos Clave en el Pensamiento de Tocqueville

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El MOOC Conceptos Clave en el Pensamiento de Tocqueville del Instituto de Estudios Políticos y Relaciones Internacionales (EPRI) de la Universidad Francisco Marroquín, el profesor Eduardo Nolla nos introduce en las ideas de este pensador para que nos miremos en el espejo que sus reflexiones aún son para la realidad política de nuestros días. A pesar de haber escrito su obra hace más de 150 años, Alexis de Tocqueville sigue siendo el autor que mejor comprendió la democracia. Hoy más que nunca, cuando la crisis de los sistemas democráticos se extienden a lo ancho y largo del globo, es importante sumergirse en su explicación de cómo un sistema político democrático puede convertirse en una tiranía. 

Patterns of Capitalism in Europe: C.16th to early 20th Century.

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The story of capitalism as a phenomenon has not always been studied at the global level. Bulk of the academic literature that exists have tended to study capitalism in its heartland of Europe. However, any study of capitalism in the 19th and 20th centuries is incomplete without a treatment of how the phenomenon spread to the rest of the world, and gave rise to two of the biggest pivots of capitalism in the world today – USA and China. The proposed course aims at studying the phenomenon from its European origins to its global spread from the 16th century to the 20th.

Stalin and Stalinism in Russian History

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis online course presents the life and deeds of Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 till 1953. It discusses the reasons for his actions and their results, as well as the causes of his popularity in Russia today. It offers an analysis of the phenomenon of Stalinism and of its significance for Russia and beyond.In the late 1920s – early 1930s Stalin directed the massive and rapid industrialisation of the country and the forced collectivisation of its agriculture. The industrialisation was based on forced labour, and collectivisation on repression, but both helped to create the material base for the Soviet defence industry. In the late 1930s Stalin unleashed mass terror against the Soviet people, in which millions perished. In his view this helped to rid the country of any potential internal enemies on the eve of the coming war.The USSR, together with its allies, won the Second World War, but at the cost of dozens of millions of lives. Stalin was instrumental in creating the post-war order. The system which he created in the 1930s shaped the USSR as it was during his lifetime and for decades after his death. It also influenced the lives of millions of people beyond the Soviet borders. Stalin and his methods remain popular among significant segments of the Russian population to this day.The course is designed for the beginner level: for all those who want to know more about the history of Russia, particularly in the 20th century. It will enable those who take it to develop an informed understanding of the Stalin era and of the phenomenon of Stalinism. It can be taken independently or as a distance learning supplement to the off-line courses on Soviet history.

Vote For Ethics: A How-to Guide for Voters

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How do we encourage candidates to campaign ethically? Voters want to vote for candidates who tell the truth, are forthright about where he or she stands on issues, independent, and doesn’t engage attack-style politics. The purpose of this course is to provide the tools to identify ethical candidates.

Understanding the Global Community

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The common acceptance of globalization in today's world demonstrates the importance of understanding what happens in the global community. This course, therefore, introduces students to key concepts and principles relevant in international studies. We will explore and analyze global actors, trends, issues, challenges and concerns, as well as their interactions and the resulting implications. Moreover, we will examine and debate various critical international issues and explore a range of theoretical approaches that help us understand relations within and among the global community.

Understanding Impeachment Teach-Out

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeWelcome to the Understanding Impeachment Teach-Out. Whether you’re a republican or a democrat, independent, or not affiliated, you likely have questions about impeachment. In this Teach-Out we will be speaking with leading experts across the disciplines of law, political science, and public policy as well as former federal prosecutors and political candidates. We recognize that impeachment of any elected official can be a hyper-partisan event, one that often splits along party lines or iswrapped up in deeply rooted personal and political ideals. We wanted to create this Teach-Out as a learning experience and an opportunity where everyone, despite political opinion, can join and have a productive and respectful conversation. Rather than focusing on current events that are changing daily, this Teach-Out aims to provide context by exploring the legal and political processes of impeachment, the history of impeachment in the U.S. and the implications that impeachment may have on the U.S. moving forward. In this Teach-Out we will cover the following questions:What are the legal and political processes of impeachment? What are the different forms of congressional oversight and where does impeachment fit in? How do lawmakers frame decisions around initiating impeachment proceedings? What’s at stake? How does potential political pressure relate to the impeachment process? In past examples or in today’s process, do we see impact from media influence or election proximity?Are there examples from Presidents Johnson, Nixon or Clinton that could help our learners better understand impeachment in the U.S.?What are the key similarities and differences between criminal proceedings and the impeachment process?

International Cyber Conflicts

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeBy nature, cyber conflicts are an international issue that span across nation-state borders. By the end of the course, you will be able to apply the knowledge gained for analysis and management of international cyber incidents and conflicts including for activities such as development of policy related to cybercrime and cyberwarfare. Management of cyber incidents and conflicts requires an interdisciplinary perspective including an understanding of: 1) characteristics of the cyber threats and conflicts themselves, 2) international efforts to reduce and improve cyber security, and 3) psychological and sociopolitical factors. The course is designed to reach an international audience and will encourage discussion on relevant current events among participants to enrich the experience with various personal and cultural perspectives on cutting-edge issues. In addition, assignments and other assessments will supplement video lectures and selected readings to ensure application of the material.After taking this course you will be able to:• Identify different types of actors involved in cyber threats (individuals, organizations & nation-states)• Distinguish between different types of threats and issues in cyber security including, data theft, political espionage, critical infrastructure protection, and propaganda• Detail the basic characteristics of the Internet infrastructure and international efforts to address Internet governance• List several international efforts to address cyber crime and espionage• Evaluate how principals that govern international conflicts might be applied in context of cyber security• Apply different psychological theories of human motivation and cooperation and communication and political theories in analysis of different international issues related to cyber security including censorship, media operations and role of social technologies.Grading:Your grade is assessed based on discussion posts and quizzes. Individual taking this course for credit (i.e. students at the University at Albany y will be required to engage in additional activities communicated to them directly). Recommended Background:No background knowledge or skills are necessary, but an understanding and familiarity of cyber security, Internet infrastructure and international law would be advantageous for anyone who participates in the course.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSErsin Dincelli and Nic DePaula were the instructional designers for the course who assisted in the recording of the videos, reviewing material, creating slides, assessments and some of the content. Without their tremendous effort this would not have been possible. We also acknowledge the financial support for the recordings from the University at Albany as well as the support from Media and Marketing. Finally, thanks to Lisa Stephens who is the SUNY liaison to Coursera for being a strong supporter of the MOOC.

Understanding Political Concepts

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Inpolitical science discourse we are confronted with many important concepts likeauthority, democracy, and power, all of them being used differently indifferent contexts, and referring to contending theories in which they havetheir particular meanings. Thereis no way around such puzzling diversity. Students of political science simplyhave to accept this challenge. Yet, the diversity of political science conceptscan be used as a powerful resource for learning, through intellectualtechniques for stirring personal creativity.ThisMOOC teaches conceptual thinking and elementary theory-building throughHyperpolitics, an interactive dictionary for understanding and working with themost central concepts in political science. Its aim is to provide students withfresh critical insights about key political concepts, offering a methodology bywhich users can unpack and recontruct them on their own. Its companionopen-access website serves as a powerful tool for students' practice in forgingtheir own vocabulary, while learning how to make professional use ofauthoritative PS internet resources. Throughout its 10 lessons, this MOOCcomprises lecture sections, based on visualizations of the arguments presented;reading assignments; and practical exercises.

Korea in a Global Context

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Explore Korea in an international contextSouth Korea is at a critical juncture, particularly from global perspectives.Understand geopolitics and securityFrom a geopolitical perspective, South Korea is located in Northeast Asia, a region from which almost all security tension in East Asia emerges. Consider, for example, the long-standing Sino-Japanese rivalry and the unresolved territorial disputes in the East China Sea. It is often said that the territorial disputes between Tokyo and Beijing have reached a ‘boiling point.’ Also, the persistent security threats posed by North Korea’s nuclear weapons and long-range missiles cannot be taken lightly. Most of all, the rise of China and the United States’“rebalance” toward Asia is likely to generate a new dimension of global power politics.Explore regional cooperation and economyFrom a global economic perspective, however, Northeast Asia is a region of cooperation and interdependence. For example, the share of intra-regional trade between China, Japan and Korea increased from 12.3% in 1990 to 22.5% in 2010. China is largest trading partner of both South Korea and Japan. South Korea is China’s third largest trading partner. In addition, two-way trade between Japan and China had reached $340 billion in 2014, and the stock of Japanese investment in China had reached $100 billion in 2014, that is $30 billion more than the next largest investor — the United States.Contemplate the future of South KoreaSouth Korea faces both challenges and opportunities in such a dynamic region as East Asia. Furthermore, academics and policymakers alike tend to agree that the dominant issues of the twenty-first century would be decided in Asia-Pacific. As such, South Korea’s national interests will be shaped by how it perceives and approaches the political and economic issues of East Asia and (by extension) Asia-Pacific. At the same time, the evolving regional order and thus the 21st century global politics would be affected by how South Korea, as one of the key actors of East Asia, behaves toward other regional states.In this respect, we aim to understand South Korea within the context of complex and important dynamics concerning global politics and the international relations of Asia-Pacific.You will learn with Yong-Soo EUN, Professor of of Political Science and International Studies at Hanyang University, and the Editor-in-Chief Routledge Series, IR Theory and Practice in Asia.You can find out more about this course and related issues on Yong-Soo’s homepage.There are no special requirements for this course. In addition, this course is designed not for experts, but for general public interested in South Korea and its foreign policy as well as international relations.

Understanding Korean Politics

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeThis course will select six most outstanding issues in contemporary Korean politics and will engage in an in-depth, interactive inquiry of those issue. They include Korean politics in history, institutional setting of Korean politics, and dynamics of political culture in Korea, profiles of political leadership, myth and reality of the developmental state and the Korean economic miracle, and debates on Korean unification. The course will expose students to contending theories and empirical reality at first hand. After completing this course, learners will be able to1. Grasp the most salient and timely aspects of Korean politics..2. Place South Korean politics in comparative perspectives.3. Digest a delicate mix of theory and practice regarding Korean politics.4. Come up with new interpretations of political development in South Korea.5. Most importantly renew their genuine interests in Korea and Korean politics.

Scienza Politica

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Il corso di scienza politica ha come obiettivo fondamentale quello di offrire agli studenti gli strumenti essenziali per comprendere e analizzare la politica e le istituzioni. È un compito svolto da tempo immemorabile, il che rende utile e spesso indispensabile la conoscenza dei classici, ma che si ripete sempre con novità poiché la politica cambia. La scienza politica dispone di una solida base di conoscenze sui partiti, sui parlamenti, sui governi, sulla partecipazione politica, sulle democrazie, sui regimi autoritari e totalitari. Queste conoscenze possono essere utilizzate al meglio facendo ricorso al metodo comparato nelle sue varie potenzialità e applicazioni. In particolare, si analizzeranno vantaggi e svantaggi delle forme di governo parlamentari, semipresidenziali e presidenziali. Non è affatto vero che più o meno tutti i sistemi politici si equivalgono. È vero, invece, che un sistema politico è il prodotto complesso di un rapporto fra le sue istituzioni, il suo sistema elettorale e il suo sistema dei partiti e, pertanto, che esistono, e possono essere costruiti, sistemi politici migliori di altri.

Introduction to Political Philosophy

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Class Central TipsLearn How to Sign up to Coursera courses for free1600+ Coursera Courses That Are Still Completely FreeIntroduction to Political Philosophy is primarily aimed at first- and second-year undergraduates interested in moral, political and social philosophy, along with high school students and professionals with an interest in humanities. The objective of the course is to familiarise the students with the main ideas and themes of Western Philosophy from the Ancient Greeks to the present day with a special focus on moral, social and political problems. The course also touches upon the ideas in metaphysics, ontology and religious philosophy, but only to extent that these conceptual areas illuminate moral and political issues. The course aims to broaden the students background to help prepare them for more advanced courses, including the second year course Modern Political Theory and third year course in International Political Theory.Man is born free and yet everywhere he is in chains. We cherish individual liberty, and yet we find our deepest values & commitments largely shaped by the societies into which we are born. We want to be happy, and yet apparently, we are unable to flourish outside of a well-ordered community of our fellow human beings. Such is the nature of human condition – our political nature – and therefore the fundamental problem of political philosophy. Colleagues! Greetings and welcome to the course! My name is Alexander Koryagin, I am a Lecturer in Philosophy of Science & Political Theory at HSE. In the next 16 Lectures I will guide you through the most fundamental questions discussed by the foremost minds of the Western Political Philosophical Tradition.We shall begin from the foundation of our discipline in Plato & Aristotle, with their emphasis on the flourishing of human excellence in well-constituted poleis.We shall then continue through the Enlightenment optimism of Hobbes & Rousseau, the strength of the Nation derived only from the free & eager consent of the Citizens, the free consent to the rational laws. Finally, we shall arrive at the anxiety and the suspicion of the Modern Critical Tradition of Marx, Nietzsche, Foucault – their unmasking of the ideological indoctrination, of the progressive exploitation, of alienation and of ultimate potential self-destruction of humanity enslaved by the structural pursuit of efficiency for the sake of efficiency. Some of the questions that we shall discuss in our course are: - to what extent: societies enable, or restrict our individual flourishing? - are we in control of our destiny, or is human nature merely a product, of larger structural forces of Biological & Cultural Evolution? - are we progressing, towards a more enlightened society; or towards self-destruction? - what should be the balance between reform (maybe even revolution); and conservatism?Why study Political Philosophy? In many ways, a strange question!..If you do not think for yourself, others think for you. Is the unexamined life worthy of a human being? “What are we? Where do we come from? What does the future hold? And what can we do about it, individually and collectively?” Colleagues, let me invite you into the dialogue, to examine these fundamental questions in the company of the greatest minds of the Western Philosophical tradition.

The Eurozone Crisis

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What's the future of the European Union and the Euro? The Eurozone Crisis is one of the most important issues in the world today. In this free three week mini-course, we cover both the institutions that make up the European Union and the underlying economics that are behind the crisis. We cover what is considered "consensus" knowledge by economists while also adding our own speculations in the mix.We will be updating this course as the situation changes in Europe. Click the "follow this course" button to stay up-to-date.This class does not require any particular knowledge of mathematics. If you pass the final exam, you will earn our "Eurozone Crisis" certificate on your profile.

Introducción a la ciencia política IPSAMOOC

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Este programa XSeries sobre Ciencias Políticas usa enfoques y métodos analíticos que se pueden aplicar a cualquier organización o problema complejo, para ofrecer a los estudiantes una sólida comprensión de la estructura y función de los gobiernos nacionales, de la realidad políticay de las instituciones políticas internacionales, así como de los retos de la democracia contemporánea que están generando movimientos sociales dentro de la sociedad civil en todo el mundo incluyendo a Europa, Estados Unidos y América Latina. Contando con académicos de renombre, miembros de la Asociación Internacional de Ciencias Políticas (IPSA), el programa XSeries abarca, en el nivel introductorio, áreas en el estudio de las ciencias políticas, desde métodos y diseños de investigación y teoría crítica hasta el análisis comparativo de distintos conceptos, grupos de interés y sistemas políticos, la política mundial y las teorías sobre la democracia y la autocracia, incluyendo la teoría política, los actores políticos, las políticas públicas entre otros. Este conjunto de cursos está pensado para tres tipos de público: Estudiantes que están pensando en comenzar a estudiar Ciencias Políticas, Ciencias Sociales o desean ser politólogos, o los que necesitan un estudio de base en Ciencias Políticas antes de embarcarse en un estudio de postgrado en un área relacionada. El XSeries está pensado para ser una orientación útil y una herramienta preparativa para conocer más sobre los fenómenos y los procesos políticos.Para profesores de Ciencias Políticas, a cualquier nivel, para que puedan complementar el material de su curso con MOOCs ofrecidos por académicos reconocidos mundialmente, en un formato innovador y particularmente adecuado para la generación digital. Descubrirán que el programa funciona como un rico e interactivo libro de texto online y una útil herramienta de referencia, motivando así el interés de los estudiantes por la participación política, el pensamiento político y más.Para cualquier otra persona interesada en una mayor comprensión de los retos a los que se enfrentan las democracias en el mundo contemporáneo, por ejemplo en la importancia de los partidos políticos, el poder político, la participación, la organización política de los ciudadanos, la toma de decisiones y más. Al igual que aquellos interesados en cómo la cultura política afecta la opinión pública y puede ser objeto de estudio.