Key words
society and politics
Objectives
To give an insight in the functioning of the current political-societal system and to develope the students' active and critical citizenship from a historical framework 19th-20th cent. The evolution in Belgium is the central tropic.
Topics
Stage I. Political history of Belgium
1. Theoretical framework
2. Belgium. Historical framework, nationally and internationally, cleavages 19th-20th cent.
Stage II. In a second part the students work in small groups. They are invited to analyse a theme from a list of subjects and corresponding bibliography, to write a paper and give a presentation. Topics: democracy, elections, assemblees, political executives, parties and party systems, groupsinterests and movements, old and new social movements, political culture and citizenship, political ideologies...
Prerequisites
general knowledge
Final Objectives
Materials used
teacher's text - background information - scientific and technical literature - school library materials - others
Study costs
Study guidance
Teaching Methods
lectures - seminars - case studies - individual paper - group paper - individual presentation - group presentation - discussion exercices.
Assessment
closed book written examination - oral examination - assignments, papers and/or presentations
Lecturer(s)
De Rynck Filip
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