Kursuse teave

This course will focus on the State, as a theoretical and historical phenomenon, from its origins in the Greek polis to its contemporary existence in a globalized world and its European form, as the basis and source of any policy as well as of authority, decision, and the manifestation of the common will and weal. Next to the idea of the state, the concept of governance is investigated: its relation to Staatswissenschaften, its origins, its difference from corporate governance, the place of government within governance, and the specific case of “Good Governance”. A further focus will be on the different levels of the State, both ‘below’ and ‘above’ the nation state (local government, regions, EU, the world).