State and State Policies

Course: State and State Policies
Course Number: 54
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Credits: 6
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  1. GENERAL
SCHOOL SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT SOCIAL POLICY
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE 54 SEMESTER 5th & 7th
COURSE TITLE State and State Policies
TEACHINGACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labsetc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.		 TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
3 6
Please, add lines if necessary.Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSE TYPE

Background, GeneralKnowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

 General Knowledge
PREREQUISITES: ΝΟ
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: GREEK
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: ΝΟ
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  1. LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
·         The aim of the course is to analyze the meaning and the role of the modern state. The course focuses on the analysis and transformations of the state in capitalist society. Moreover, emphasis is placed on the different theoretical approaches about the role of the state, as well as on the role of governments, public administration, parties and dominant elites.  The course will also deal with the correlation of the development of capitalism with the modern state and its contradictions especially during the era of economic crises.

·         At the completion of the course, students should be able to:

(a) Understand and analyze the process of the development of the modern state

(b) Understand the role of governments, parties, elites and public administration in the modern state

(c) Understand how the transformations of capitalism differentiate the role of the modern state.
General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

 Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
Adaptation to new situations, Decision making, Autonomous work, Teamwork, Working in an interdisciplinary environment, Equity and Inclusion, Critical thinking, Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning
  1. COURSE CONTENT
1.       Introduction

2.       From Leviathan to the genesis of the modern state

3.       Economic elites and dominant class

4.       Theoretical approaches on the state

5.       The purpose and the role of the Government

6.       The institutions of the State

7.       From night-watchman to the welfare state

8.       State, Party, Transition

9.       Paternalistic Capitalism

10.   The Miliband – Poulantzas debate on the capitalist state

11.   Neoliberalism and the Regulation State

12.   Governance and New Public Management

13.   The state under the economic crisis and the COVID 19
  1. LEARNING & TEACHING METHODS – EVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.		 Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students		 Power Point Slides

Posting key elements of the course at e-class.
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographicresearch& analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.
Activity Workload/semester
Lectures:  During lectures the material is developed through theory and examples. Lectures are held in an interactive manner, mainly through question-and-answer method. Moreover, students are divided in groups in order to promote the process of collaboration and to sharpen their critical capacity.

 

 75
Seminars:  During their duration, specific topics are presented and analyzed. The Seminars focus on interdisciplinary, as the analysis of the course is based on knowledge of political science, public finances, history and political economy in order to enable students to understand the development and the role of the state. 60
Project: The writing of case studies and /or book reviews leads to the learning, understanding and finally to comprehend the role of the modern state 15
Total 150
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

Written Assignment or Oral Exam

 
SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

Carnoy, M., (1990), State and Political Theory, Athens: Odysseas (in Greek)

Miliband, R., [1969] 2016, The State on the Capitalist Society, Athens: Koukida.

Hay, C., Lister, M., Marsh, D., 2011, The State, Athens: Savvalas

Anderson, P., (2003), The Absolutist State, Athens: Vivliopolis (n Greek)

Balibar, E., (2014) State, Masses and Politics, Athens: Εktos Grammis (in Greek).

Carrillio, S., (1978), Eurocommunism and the State, Athens: Themelio (in Greek)

Engels, F, (1984), The Origins of the Family, Private Property and the State, Athens: Themelio (in Greek)

Esping Andersen G., (2014, The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism , Athens: Topos (in Greek)

Galbraith J. K., (1969), The new Industrial State, Athens: Papazisi (in Greek)

Gough, I., (2008), The Political Economy of the Welfare State, Athens: Savvalas (in Greek)

Lenin, I.V., (2012) State and Revolution, Athens: Syghroni Epochi (in Greek)

Martinussen, J., (2007), Society, State, Market, Theories of Development, Athens: Savvalas (in Greek)

Papandreou, A., (1974), Paternalistic Capitalism, Athens: Karanassi (in Greek).

Poulantzas, N., (2001), State, Power, Socialism, Athens: Themelio (in Greek).

Schumpeter, A.J., (2006), Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy, Athens: Papazisi (in Greek)

Strange, S., (2004), The Retreat of the State, Athens: Papazisi (in Greek)

 

 

ANNEX OF THE COURSE OUTLINE

 

Alternative ways of examining a course in emergency situations

 

Teacher (full name): Chrysanthos Tassis
Contact details: ctassis@sp.duth.gr
Supervisors: (1) Νο
Evaluation methods: (2) written assignment
Implementation Instructions: (3) Written examination with distance learning methods through eclass. The students have to reply to three questions into one hour time. They have to join eclass and be informed about the questions. When they are ready to reply, they have to load their answers through a “word file” in the link “essay” at eclass. All the replies are checked through the “turn it in” system in order reliability of the exams to be ensured
  • Please write YES or NO
  • Note down the evaluation methods used by the teacher, e.g.
  • written assignmentor/andexercises
  • written or oral examination with distance learning methods, provided that the I ntegrity and reliability of the examination are ensured.
  • In the Implementation Instructions section, the teacher notes down clear instructions to the students:
  1. a) in case of written assignment and / or exercises: the deadline (e.g. the last week of the semester),the means of submission, the grading system, the grade percentage of the assignment in the final grade and any other necessary information.
  2. b) in case of oral examination with distance learning methods: the instructions for conducting the examination (e.g. in groups of X people), the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the distance learning platforms to be used, the technical means for the implementation of the examination (microphone, camera, word processor, internet connection, communication platform), the hyperlinks for the examination, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the oral exam in the final grade, the ways in which the inviolability and reliability of the exam are ensuredand any other necessary information.
  3. c) in case of written examination with distance learning methods:the way of administration of the questions to be answered, the way of submitting the answers, the duration of the exam, the grading system, the percentage of the written exam of the exam in the final grade, the ways in which the integrity and reliability of the exam are ensured and any other necessary information.

There should be anattached list with the Student Registration Numbersonly of students eligible to participate in the examination.