Τμήμα Πολιτικών Επιστημών Α.Π.Θ.

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the mechanisms of state action from the perspectives of new institutionalism and public policy analysis. Firstly, the main theoretical approaches of the formulation, imp...

A brief introduction to the history of Greek foreign policy – a brief introduction to the international setting of the Cold War – the ideological context of Greek foreign policy – from the ‘peril from the North’ to the ‘...

This course involves a detailed presentation and discussion of the conditions of emergence, the epistemological and conceptual presuppositions, and the methodological innovations associated with the application of discou...

Late modernity has signaled a series of transformations in social and political life, which could not have escaped the attention of political science. During the same period, political theory has introduced new tools of ...

This course covers the first decades of the twentieth century, focussing mainly on their social and intellectual aspects and introducing a comparative perspective, with special emphasis on the interwar period and our own...

After a brief introduction to the history of the concept of social contract, the course presents a critical overview of social contract theories in modern political philosophy. Intellectual and theoretical currents are i...

This course examines the conceptual and exegetical innovations introduced by contemporary strands of social theory. More specifically, teaching and discussion focus on the social construction of reality, the theorizat...

The course initiates with an introductory presentation of Andre Siegfried's methodology, the founder of a new scientific discipline, which he named - and insisted on naming – “electoral geography” (geo¬graphie electorale...

This course explores the multiple political and economic dimensions of the international economic system. During the last two decades, the astonishing developments in digital and telecommunications technology, combined w...

The course studies the development and functions of political parties in the post-1974 period. In this context, it tracks the various organizational, political and ideological aspects of party formation in Greece, especi...