Power and Urban Politics

2024/2025

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

3

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Департамент политологии и международных отношений

Статус:

Курс по выбору

Когда читается:

3-й курс, 3 модуль

Преподаватель

Шевцова Ирина Константиновна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

Cities constitute the backbone of modern politics: from the Ancient Greek's polis to contemporary metropolis and global cities, they provide space and resources for major political battles and mundane everydaylife operations. The elective course on Power and Urban Politics is designed for BA-level students of "Political Science and World Politics" program. It covers theoretical and methodological foundations of studying the cities as well as policy implications for urban development and institutional design of urban governance. Students will learn about the varieties of theoretical approaches to urban politics and build their own analytical kit for assessing urban policy instruments and their implementation. Also, they will discuss critical challenges faced by the cities and propose promising re-sponses that can make our cities better places for living and acting politically.

Learning Objectives

• to learn about the varieties of theoretical approaches to urban politics and build the analytical kit for assessing urban policy instruments and their implementation

Expected Learning Outcomes

• knows the theories of urban politics and urban governance
• knows the institutional design of urban governance in Russia, Europe, and Asia.
• knows the urban development policies and instruments in different contexts
• is able to design case studies about urban politics and urban governance

Course Contents

• Imagining Cities: Theories of Urban Politics
• Political Economy of Urban Politics
• Urban Political Regimes
• Urban Governances
• Urban Movements
• Global Cities
• Urban Governance in Europe
• Urban Governance in Asia
• Urban Adaptation to Climate Change
• Challenges in Urban Politics
• Reading responses
• Quizzes
• Case studies

Assessment Elements

• In-class participation
• Reading responses
  The RRs should be 800-1000 words long (1-2 pages, TNR 12, default margins, single lines) and include a summary of reading for a seminar, a short reflection (a main argument of a text, arguments pros and cons, the relevance to your interests, possible ways to apply the idea to the research), and 2-3 questions that can be discussed in the class. Since the second reading response you can connect the reading under review with previous papers and put them in a larger context of the current debate. The usage of any artificial intelligence tools is prohibited.
• Quizzes
  Short tests to check main points of the lectures. The usage of any artificial intelligence tools is prohibited.
• Case study presentation
  The case study will be exercised individually or in groups (depending on the class size) and will take upon the issues of urban governance in one of the European / Asian country. The students must use conceptual and analytical tools delivered in the course and present their findings in 7-10 minutes talk followed by a constructive and collegial class discussion. The usage of any artificial intelligence tools is prohibited.

Interim Assessment

• 2024/2025 3rd module
  0.3 * Case study presentation + 0.2 * In-class participation + 0.2 * Quizzes + 0.3 * Reading responses

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• The Oxford Handbook of Urban Politics / Ed. by Peter John, Karen Mossberger, and Susan E. Clarke. – Oxford, et al.: Oxford University Press, 2012. – SBN 978-0-19-536786-7. – Режим доступа: http://proxylibrary.hse.ru:2089/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195367867.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780195367867

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Терборн, Й. Города власти. Город, нация, народ, глобальность / Й. Терборн , под редакцией В. Данилова , переводчик А. Королев. — Москва : Высшая школа экономики, 2020. — 472 с. — ISBN 978-5-7598-1787-1. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/173430 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.

Authors

• SHEVTSOVA IRINA KONSTANTINOVNA