08-26-1-M6-5 | Introduction to Comparative Politics
Exercises (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Tue. 10:00 - 12:00 SFG 1010
Anmeldung über Stud.IP ab Freitag, den 11.10.2024, ab 13 Uhr möglich.
| Dr. Fabian Besche-Truthe
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08-26-1-M6-6 | Introduction to Comparative Politics
Exercises (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Wed. 14:00 - 16:00 OEG 3790 (2 Teaching hours per week)
Additional dates: Thu. 05.12.24 16:00 - 20:00 OEG 3790
Anmeldung über Stud.IP ab Freitag, den 11.10.2024, ab 13 Uhr möglich.
| Yana Lysenko
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08-26-GS-1 | Bremen Colloquium for Political Theory
Colloquium (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Tue. 18:00 - 19:30 UNICOM 7.2210 (InIIS - Mary-Somerville-Str. 7)
18:00 Uhr s. t.
| Prof. Dr. Martin Nonhoff
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08-26-GS-5 | Colloquium: Internationalized Politics (in English)
Colloquium (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Wed. 12:00 - 14:00 UNICOM 7.2210 (InIIS - Mary-Somerville-Str. 7) (2 Teaching hours per week)
This colloquium addresses students from BA and MA programs in social sciences with an interest in international relations and international political sociology. Together with Ph-candidates and post-doc scholars we will discuss recent contributions to the field, talk to invited scholars and present ongoing work from different research projects in the field of internationalized politics.
| Dr. Roy Karadag Sarah Kassim de Camargo Penteado
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08-26-M11-1 | Social Policy and International Development (in English)
Seminar (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Thu. 12:00 - 14:00 GW2 B2880 GW2 B3009 (Großer Studierraum)
Social policy plays important roles in development contexts, i.e., in countries which are not highly industrialised, occupy disadvantageous positions in the global economic order, exhibit high levels of poverty, and are often dependent on external (donor) assistance. Health, education, housing, land redistribution, support to smallholders, and different forms of social protection not only foster social development, but can accompany and underpin economic restructuring and upgrading. Yet, the means for investing in social sectors and programmes are often limited, while high levels of unemployment and marginalisation impede the ability of citizens to organise and make demands. It is thus important to understand the specifics of social policy in so-called developing countries.
The course begins by setting the scene: what do we mean by “development” and how has development discourse and practice changed over time? The focus in this part is on development cooperation through international actors, but also on different regional and country experiences. Following on this, several social sectors are interrogated for their place in development, again taking country case studies into account but also studying the realm of “global social policy”, i.e., the social policy activities of inter- and transnational actors. We interrogate different international organisations for their differing views on, and approaches to, social protection; the connection between social policy and poverty reduction; the role of political mobilisation and elections for driving social policy investments by governments; and critically discuss the limits of social policy within the present international economic order.
In the first session, students should voice their specific interests, related to world regions/countries, as well as policy fields, so that we can collectively adapt the syllabus to everyone’s expectations. (If you have no specific interests at all, that is absolutely fine, too!)
Literatur zur Vorbereitung/Preparatory Reading:
Preparatory reading (optional):
Biruk, Crystal, 2018. “Cooking Data: Culture and Politics in an African Research World”. Durham and London: Duke University Press.
Kabeer, Naila, 2024. “Social Protection, Livelihoods and ‘Structural Gaps’: Impact Assessment as Stories of Social Change”. LSE Public Policy Review 3(2): 7, pp. 1–13.
Mkandawire, Thandika, 2001. “Social Policy in a Development Context”. UNRISD Social Policy and Development Programme Paper Number 7.
Yeates, Nicola, 2014. “Understanding global social policy”. Bristol: Policy Press.
Prüfungsleistungen und CP/Assignments and Credits:
3 or 6 CP through essays/term papers and/or presentations.
| Prof. Dr. Anna Wolkenhauer
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08-26-M11-2 | Introduction to Contemporary Latin American Politics (in English)
Seminar (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Mon. 10:00 - 12:00 GW2 B1400 NUR Mo. + Di.
| Ana Laura Velasco Ugalde Sarah Kassim de Camargo Penteado
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08-26-M11-4 | Politics of the Global Countryside (in English)
Seminar (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Wed. 16:00 - 18:00 SFG 2060
In this class, we study rural areas for their changing political, social, and economic place in society, by focusing on a number of topics that appear to be of particular relevance outside of cities. The course will take a global view; i.e., the “countryside” is treated as a space that cuts across national boundaries, exhibiting various commonalities across regions and continents while being shaped also by starkly differing histories and socio-economic contexts. The course tackles conceptual and theoretical frameworks (what do we mean by “rural”? Notions like “primitive accumulation”, “food security” and “food sovereignty”, etc.) as well as a number of rural themes (agricultural development and agrarian change, right-wing populism and rural social movements, poverty and inequality, etc. – to be decided depending on students’ interests).
Besides the course work (that is based on the weekly study of assigned readings), students undertake their own little research projects. For this, they identify during the first couple of weeks a topic that is of particular interest to them, prepare a background presentation, and then conduct their own interviews (two or three), followed by a small analysis. For this, the course conveys the basics of qualitative research and students will receive guidance throughout their individual projects. For those who wish to acquire six credit points, the work will result in a term paper; others will be graded on their presentation and data analysis exercise.
Literatur zur Vorbereitung/Preparatory Reading:
Preparatory reading (optional): Ech-Charfi, Ahmed, 2020. “The Expression of Rural and Urban Identities in Arabic”. In: Bassiouney, Reem, and Keith Walters (eds.): The Routledge Handbook of Arabic and Identity, chapter 4.
Edelman, Marc, 2021. “Hollowed out Heartland, USA: How capital sacrificed communities and paved the way for authoritarian populism”. In: Journal of Rural Studies 82, pp. 505-517.
Ellis, Frank, 2006. “Agrarian change and rising vulnerability in rural sub-Saharan Africa”. In: New Political Economy, 11 (3), pp. 387-397.
Woods, Michael, 2007. “Engaging the global countryside: globalization, hybridity and the reconstitution of rural place”. In: Progress in Human Geography 31(4), pp. 485–507.
Prüfungsleistungen und CP/Assignments and Credits: 3 or 6 CP.
| Prof. Dr. Anna Wolkenhauer
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08-26-M11-5 | States in Africa (in English)
Seminar (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Thu. 14:00 - 16:00 GW2 B1170
In this course, we study the politics, economics, development, and societies of Africa South of the Sahara. While a lot of Political Science literature tends to treat the continent as somewhat particular and curiously homogenous, we try to take a more nuanced approach to understanding the specifics of different countries while also taking the shared history of colonialism and socio-economic commonalities seriously, emphasising the effects of the international order and African agency alike. The course combines teachings about key concepts (“state”, “bureaucracy”, “neopatrimonialism”, “developmental state”, “gatekeeper state”, and so forth), case studies of countries and regions, as well as student-led in-depth interrogations of particular themes (such as, e.g., pan-Africanism and nationalism, mineral dependence, democracy and elections, economic development and poverty, international relations). In the first session of the course, we will decide together which countries, themes, and literatures to include, based on the interests of the group.
The course will combine inputs from the lecturer, the students, and discussions of assigned literature. It is thus inevitable to prepare the readings every week, which will be facilitated by guiding questions for each text.
Literatur zur Vorbereitung/Preparatory Reading:
Preparatory reading (optional): Cooper, Frederick, 2002. “Africa since 1940: The Past of the Present”. Cambridge University Press, esp. chapter 7.
Getachew, Adom, 2019. “Worldmaking after Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination”. Princeton University Press.
Mamdani, Mahmood, 1996. “Citizen and Subject - Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism”. Princeton University Press.
Mkandawire, Thandika, 2005. “African intellectuals: Rethinking politics, language, gender and development”. Zed Books, esp. chapter 2.
Prüfungsleistungen und CP/Assignments and Credits:
3 CP: answer the guiding questions on 6 readings (in approx. one page/500 words)
6 CP: the above, plus either a 20-minute (30 minute when you do it together) presentation OR an essay of 8 pages.
| Prof. Dr. Anna Wolkenhauer
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08-26-M11-8 | International policies on climate strategies and sustainable ocean governance Politics (in English)
Seminar (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Tue. 16:00 - 18:00 GW2 B1580 (2 Teaching hours per week)
This seminar tackles the urgency of climate action from a fresh perspective. Starting from recent response options released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, it provides lessons learned from policy analysis and it invites you looking forward. Together, we will enable learning about evidence, analytical tools, principles, and perspectives for strategies. Integrating climate policy (SDG13) with a range of SDGs (e.g. SDG 2, 6, 7, 12, 14) is seen as pivotal to overcome narrow responses and engage actors. This is embedded in a global governance approach that seeks to balance the need for multilateral agreements with the opportunities of bottom-up multi-stakeholder approaches with regional clubs. A focus will be on the EU and its member states. It is thus system thinking and transformations driven by new alliances that are considered key to future skillsets for a next generation of leaders (i.e. You!). Literatur zur Vorbereitung/Preparatory Reading: 1) What is climate change. A really simple guide provided by BBC ( https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24021772) 2) IPCC WG III: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, THE international scientific body dealing with the issue, has been providing tangible response options in 2022 for policy makers ( https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg3/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGIII_SummaryForPolicymakers.pdf) 3) Chatham House, the No 1 world’s policy think tank, provides a range of analyses on the topic ( https://www.chathamhouse.org/topics/climate-policy) 4) Youth in Action, voices from all over the world hosted by the UN ( https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/youth-in-action) Prüfungsleistungen und CP/Assignments and Credits: The course offers two options: 3CP will be given for regular attendance and a presentation, preferably as part of a group presentation; 6CP will be given if an additional essay will be submitted.
| Prof. Dr. Raimund Bleischwitz
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08-26-M11-9 | (in English) Feminisms from the South: Knowledge, Activism and Global Power
Seminar (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Mon. 16:00 - 18:00 GW2 B1400 NUR Mo. + Di. (2 Teaching hours per week)
| Ana Laura Velasco Ugalde
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08-26-M14-1 | Education Policy of the German States (Länder) in Conflict between Diversity and Coherence
Seminar (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Wed. 12:00 - 14:00 External location: Forum Domshof
Bildungspolitik ist der bedeutendste im Grundgesetz als Zuständigkeitsbereich der Bundesländer abgesicherte Policy-Bereich. Von der frühkindlichen Bildung bis zu den Hochschulen und der Erwachsenenbildung haben die Bundesländer hiermit die Zuständigkeit für zentrale gesellschaftliche und sozioökonomische Zukunftsfragen. Im Focus der Öffentlichkeit und der Stake-Holder steht dabei besonders die Schulpolitik mit den Polen Bayern und Sachsen auf der einen und Bremen auf der anderen Seite. Im Seminar werden zunächst die verfassungsmäßigen Grundlagen der föderalen Bildungspolitik behandelt, um einen Überblick über die Stellung dieses Policy-Bereiches in der bundesdeutschen staatlichen Ordnung zu ermöglichen. Bund, Länder, Kommunen und freie Träger teilen sich die Verantwortung, je nach Teilbereich der Bildung, wobei die Länder eine zentrale Rolle einnehmen. Das Seminar behandelt einen Überblick über alle Teilbereiche. Im Anschluss wird das Politikfeld auf konkrete Institutionen, wie die Kulturministerkonferenz (KMK), Abläufe und Prozesse hin untersucht. Bei der Analyse der unterschiedlichen Bildungspolitik der 16 Länder werden Strukturen und Policy-Prioritäten der Länder unter anderem anhand der aktuellen kontroversen inhaltlichen Policy-Themen der Bildungskrise in der BRD thematisiert (Post-PISA-Reformen). Das Seminar ist deshalb auch für Lehramtsstudierende zum näheren Verständnis der politischen Prozesse im Rahmen ihres späteren Arbeitsfeldes geeignet.
Literatur zur Vorbereitung/Preparatory Reading:
Ausführliche Literaturliste wird in der ersten Seminarsitzung zur Verfügung gestellt
Prüfungsleistungen und CP/Assignments and Credits:
Prüfungsleistungen sind als MPL und GPL (3 bzw. 6 CP) möglich. Die erforderlichen Prüfungsleistungen bestehen aus individuellen oder als Gruppe vorgetragenen Präsentationen im Präsenzseminar, schriftlichen Hausarbeiten oder auf Wunsch der Teilnehmer:innen aus einer Bandbreite von weiteren alternativen Formaten. Alle notwendigen Informationen werden in der ersten Seminarsitzung vorgestellt und besprochen.
FB 12: Wahlpflichtbereich SoWi I (Compulsory Modules Social Sciences I), großes Studienfach „ISSU“
| Dr. Matthias Güldner
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08-26-M14-2 | Federalism in Germany: Concepts, History, Polity, Policies and Politics
Seminar (Teaching)
Dates: weekly (starts in week: 1) Thu. 08:00 - 10:00 External location: Forum Domshof (2 Teaching hours per week)
Im Seminar werden die historischen und verfassungsmäßigen Grundlagen des Föderalismus im politischen System der BRD und im historischen Vergleich behandelt (Polity). Das Seminar behandelt auch den Einfluss des Föderalismus auf unterschiedliche Politikfelder, je nach (De-)Zentralisierungsgrad und Rolle im politischen System (Policy). Mit kritischem Blick auf existierende Theorien und Deutungsmuster des föderalen Zusammenwirkens werden auch Institutionen wie der Bundesrat und ihre Rolle in den politischen Auseinandersetzungen der BRD in den Fokus genommen (Politics).
Literatur zur Vorbereitung/Preparatory Reading:
Ausführliche Literaturliste wird in der ersten Seminarsitzung zur Verfügung gestellt
Prüfungsleistungen und CP/Assignments and Credits:
Prüfungsleistungen sind als MPL und GPL (3 bzw. 6 CP) möglich. Die erforderlichen Prüfungsleistungen bestehen aus individuellen oder als Gruppe vorgetragenen Präsentationen im Präsenzseminar, schriftlichen Hausarbeiten oder auf Wunsch der Teilnehmer:innen aus einer Bandbreite von weiteren alternativen Formaten. Alle notwendigen Informationen werden in der ersten Seminarsitzung vorgestellt und besprochen.
| Dr. Matthias Güldner
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08-zsp-GS-1006 | Red flags von Arbeitgeber:innen - Gut vorbereitet in den Berufseinstieg Red flags from employers - Well prepared for your career entry
Blockveranstaltung (Teaching) ECTS: 1,5
Additional dates: Sat. 30.11.24 - Sun. 01.12.24 (Sun., Sat.) 12:00 - 18:00 GW2 B2900
Der Uni-Abschluss ist (bald) geschafft und der Berufseinstieg steht an? Großartig! Doch wie findet ihr die passenden Arbeitgeber*innen, bei der ihr euch wohlfühlt und fair behandelt werdet? In diesem Seminar erhaltet ihr wertvolle Einblicke aus der Praxis, um Warnzeichen frühzeitig zu erkennen. Als erfahrene Gewerkschaftsvertreter*innen wissen wir, worauf es bei der Jobsuche und in Bewerbungsverfahren ankommt. Wir erarbeiten uns im Seminar gemeinsam Redflags wie überzogene Anforderungen, unrealistische Versprechungen oder fragwürdige Unternehmenskulturen rechtzeitig zu erkennen. Das erwartet euch: • Analyse von Stellenanzeigen: Entlarvt versteckte Hinweise auf unattraktive Arbeitgeber • Vorbereitung auf Bewerbungsgespräche: Lernt die richtigen Fragen zu stellen und die falschen zu erkennen • Bedeutung von Betriebsräten: Erfahrt, warum eine starke Arbeitnehmervertretung wichtig ist • Tarifbindung von Unternehmen: Faire Löhne und Arbeitsbedingungen als Grundlage • Wie Einblicke ins Betriebsklima und den Arbeitsalltag, ohne vorherige Vertragsunterschrift, gewonnen werden können Startet gut informiert und ohne rosarote Brille in euren Berufseinstieg! Wir bereiten euch umfassend darauf vor, was euch bei potenziellen Arbeitgeber*innen erwartet.
| Tobias Liersch
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