| Topic |
Sub-topic |
| 1. Politics and political science |
1.1 Historical evolution of the scientific reflection on the politics.
1.2 Main political science approaches.
1.3 Geography of the political science: fields and subfields |
| 2. Politics and Power |
2.1 Concept of politics and power.
2.2 The political power.
2.3 The legitimacy and the legality.
2.4 The political system. Concept
2.5 The political system as context of the public administration |
| 3. State and political system |
3.1 Historical Origins.
3.2 Definition and state components: territory, population and power
3.3 Historical Evolution: transformations and current challenges.
3.4 The public administration in the state framework |
| 4. Institutional structure of the state (I) |
4.1 General Considerations separation of power.
4.2 Head of state: monarchy and republic.
4.3 Systems or forms of government
4.3.1 Parliamentarism.
4.3.2 Presidentialism.
4.3.3 Semipresidentialism
4.4 The forms or systems of government and the public administration. |
| 5. Institutional structure of the state (II): parliaments, governments and courts |
5.1 Legislative Power: parliament
5.1.1. Composition and functions.
5.1.2 Relations between the parliaments and public administration
5.2 Executive Power: types of government.
5.2.1 Composition and organisation.
5.2.2 Government and public Administration
5.3 judicial Power: judges and courts
5.3.1 Functions and organisational principles
5.3.2 Courts and public administration |
| 6. Territorial structure of the state |
6.1 Forms of state: concept and motivations.
6.2 Unitary State.
6.3 Federation
6.4 Confederation.
6.5 current Tendencies: globalisation and integration.
6.6 Forms of state and the impacts on the public administration |
| 7. Dictatorship and democracy |
7.1 Basic Concepts.
7.2 Representative Democracy.
7.3 Elections and electoral systems.
7.4 The public administration in the non-democratic and democratic systems. |
| 8. Political action and political actors |
8.1 Concepts and types
8.2 Political Parties and party systems.
8.3 Groups of interest
8.4 social Movements.
8.5 Media.
8.6 The public administration in the context of the political and social pluralism |
| 9. Political culture and political ideologies |
9.1 Basic Elements: political socialisation and political identity
9.2 Notion of political culture: beliefs and thoughts
9.3 Notion of ideology: ideas and values
9.4 Current Political Ideologies.
9.5 The public administration and the political values and ideologies. |
| 10. Political communication and public opinion |
10.1 General Approach
10.2 Actors: media and social networks in politics
10.3 Public Opinion: tendencies and surveys
10.4 The public administration and the public opinion |
| 11. International system: world-wide order and global governance |
11.1 Globalisation and regional integration
11.2 world-wide Order and global governance
11.3 Institutions, actors and processes |
