Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The course will delve into comparative analyses between the Belgian regions.
It explores the methods of comparative analysis in political science:
- Approaches to comparative analysis of political regimes (N)
- Approaches to comparative analysis through case studies (n)
Case studies:
Science policy
Development of statistical infrastructure
Role of senior officials
Budgetary management
Forms of social dialogue
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Develop a comparative approach to policy analysis and public administration;
master the different tools;
Understand the complexity of Belgium through an inductive approach.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Students must write a 2-3 page summary for 5 texts that they will discuss directly with each other.
For the exam, students build a reading portfolio based on their summaries and a personal review of the parts of the course.
This document will be presented during the spoken exam (January 2023) : the document is sent at latest 2 days before the exam.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
Lectures are organised once a week on the basis of a series of articles and texts (English) to be read in advance.
Personal research carried out in preparation for the examination will contribute to the appropriation of this subject and will allow for a personal approach.
Recommended or required readings
A reading portfolio ;
the slides used during the lectures will be made available via MyULiège
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Additional information:
Oral examination: a presentation of the report and questions on this report.
Evaluation : Summaries and discussions on the texts during the seminar (60%) - discussion during the examen on the basis of the final report (40%)
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course is held every even year (2022-23)
The first seminar is scheduled on 22/9/2022.
Contacts
catherine.fallon@uliege.be