Week - 1 |
Theories dealing with the emergence and raison d'etre of the State. |
Week - 2 |
Distinctive elements of the state. |
Week - 3 |
the theoretical pillars and historical dynamics of the modern state. |
Week - 4 |
N. Machiavelli, J. Bodin, |
Week - 5 |
F. Suarez, T. Hobbes |
Week - 6 |
Comparing the modern state with the absolutist state. |
Week - 7 |
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Week - 8 |
The transformation of the modern state into the nation-state, and the theoretical pillars of the nation-state. |
Week - 9 |
the characteristics of the nation-sate |
Week - 10 |
Examining the nation-state in the light of the principle pluralist democracy |
Week - 11 |
the issues of the liberal state and the socialist critics about liberalism |
Week - 12 |
the characteristics and development of the welfare (social) state |
Week - 13 |
Globalization and the decline of the welfare state. |
Week - 14 |
Overview and debate |