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Social foundations of politics and interest groups in politics

ВБ 2.4

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

First

2023/2024

10 Semester

4

To be able to think critically in the field of professional activity. Know their rights and responsibilities as a member of a democratic society and use them in their professional activities.

Full-time form

Prior to studying the discipline “Social Principles in Politics and Interest Groups in Politics”, students should have generalized knowledge of the social component of public policy in Ukraine and the world in general, the main models of social policy implementation in political science and related fields of knowledge; the functioning of interest groups in politics, the main approaches to defining interest groups in the socio-economic and political dimensions. Be able to collect and interpret information on aspects of social policy, socio-economic and political processes in events; apply basic concepts, categories of paradigms and theories to analyze political processes and phenomena; work with legal acts to understand the legal conditions for the functioning of interest groups in Ukraine and the world. Possess basic skills of scientific research and information management; critical attitude and forecasting of political, socio-economic, cultural processes and phenomena.

1. Social policy as a condition for the functioning of the welfare state 2. Models of state social policy 3. Interest groups as a basic institution of interest representation 4. Theoretical approaches to the study of interest groups in politics 5. Pressure groups and lobbying groups 6. Lobbying in the system of interest representation 7. National models of lobbying: foreign experience 8. Lobbying as a tool for realization of corporate interests 9. Lobbying and corruption: a comparative analysis 10. Features of the functioning of interest groups in Ukraine 11. Functioning of financial and political groups in Ukraine 12. Clientelism as a component of the functioning of financial and political groups in Ukraine

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Lecture, independent work.

The control of knowledge is carried out according to the ECTS system, which provides for a two-level assessment of the material learned, in particular, the assessment of theoretical training - learning outcomes (knowledge 1.1-1.3), which is 40% of the total grade and the assessment of practical training - learning outcomes (skills 2.1-2.3); (communication 3.1-3.3); (autonomy and responsibility 4.1-4.2), which is 60% of the total grade.

Ukranian