Courses in Political Science are usually only open for incoming exchange students majoring in Political Science and for exchange students at the School of Social Sciences (Sociology, Psychology). Nominated exchange students will be contacted by their departmental exchange coordinator via e-mail at the end of November/
Exchange students from other schools and departments may only attend classes if (a) places are left for other students (b) they have basic knowledge in political science and statistics (c) the departmental exchange coordinator explicitly approves their participation. In case of further questions, please contact: int-pol@uni-mannheim.de.
Laver, M., & Schofield, N. (1998). Multiparty government: The politics of coalition in Europe. University of Michigan Press.
Strøm, K., Müller, W. C., & Bergman, T. (2008). Cabinets and coalition bargaining: the democractic life cycle in Western Europe. Oxford University Press.
Andeweg, R. W., De Winter, L., & Dumont, P. (Eds.). (2011). Puzzles of government formation: coalition theory and deviant cases. Taylor & Francis.
Courses in Sociology are usually only open for incoming exchange students majoring in Sociology and for exchange students at the School of Social Sciences (Political Science, Psychology). Nominated exchange students will be contacted by their departmental exchange coordinator via e-mail at the end of November/
Exchange students from other schools and departments may only attend classes if (a) places are left for other students (b) they have basic knowledge in sociology and statistics (c) the departmental exchange coordinator explicitly approves their participation. In case of further questions, please contact: International.sowi. uni-mannheim.de
Course Description
Endemic, ubiquitous and rampant, corruption exists in all spheres of Russian life, from government, industry and business to the Orthodox Church, sports, health care, etc. This phenomenon became the norm at the domestic level, differing only in forms, frequency, visibility and acceptance in society. Continuing to blight the lives of millions of citizens, corruption unites and divides modern Russian society, impeding economic development, wasting resources, and causing multiple social costs.
This course takes students through an exploration of the historical, political, and cultural dimensions of corruption in Russia. Methodologically, it takes inspiration from a thriving literature on Russian corruption in political sciences, history, anthropology and sociology. Building on these sources, we will tackle a number of questions: What trajectories did Russian corruption travel historically? What operational ideas of corruption exist in modern Russian society? How does corruption manifest itself in different areas of the public sector? How does it occur and in what form? What is Russia’s distinctive corruption profile today? Is it a typical Russian phenomenon or a product of the Kremlin’s policy? How can we consider this phenomenon through the lens of the Russian aggressive war in Ukraine?
Despite recent expanding scholarship, we still lack a general history of Russian corruption. We know too much and we know too little about it. Although more sources and perspectives can be included, the course attempts to avoid simplistic explanations and not to merge all accounts into one single narrative. Rather than sticking to unrealistic aspirations to cover all aspects of this process, we will examine several selected aspects of corruption with the purpose of exposing its multilayered nature and changing contours.
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Course Goals
The course has two major goals. First, it seeks to problematize the idea and discourse of corruption in a particular national context from a historical and cultural perspective. It aims to understand corruption as an historical reality in the real historical settings. Second, using a contextual approach, we will endeavor to examine multiple dimensions of this complex issue from various angles.
Course Structure
Part I introduces how social scientists define corruption, its causes and typology. We will explore informal practices, bribery and “culture of favors” based on personal networks. Part II is short and more explicitly historical, probing for possible precursors of this phenomenon over the imperial and Soviet period. Part III focuses on the current manifestations of corruption. Because at its heart the story of Russian corruption is about people, we will explore the human dimension of corruption. Next, we will look at corruption arenas from several angles: the extraction of natural resources; university education and the industry of doctoral dissertations, cultural narratives, labor migration in the metropolis and the local life at the eastern margins. Finally, we will examine the efforts of several activists to fight entrenched corruption.
The lecture gives a systematic overview of the most important characteristics of the social structure of Germany in comparison to other European countries. It focuses on changes and trends in education, employment, population household and family structure as well as social mobility with a special reference to income distributions and the development of the prosperity.
Hradil, S. (2004), Die Sozialstruktur Deutschlands im internationalen Vergleich, VS Verlag.
Mau, S. und Verwiebe, R. (2009) Die Sozialstruktur Europas. Konstanz: UVK
Verlagsgesellschaft
Statistisches Bundesamt (Hg.), Datenreport 2006, Bonn 2006
(http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/DE/Content/Publikationen/Querschnittsveroeffentlichungen/Datenreport/Downloads/Datenreport,property=file.pdf).
In der Vorlesung wird ein systematischer Überblick über die wichtigsten Merkmale
der Sozialstruktur der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Europa im Vergleich gegeben. Im Mittelpunkt stehen die Entwicklung von Bevölkerungs-, Haushalts- und Familienstrukturen, soziale Ungleichheit und soziale Mobilität, speziell in Bezug auf Bildung, auf Erwerbstätigkeit und Beruf sowie auf die Einkommensverteilung und die Wohlstandsentwicklung.
Courses in Psychology are usually only open for incoming exchange students majoring in Psychology. Nominated exchange students will be contacted by their departmental exchange coordinator via e-mail at the end of November/
Exchange students from other schools and departments may only attend classes if (a) places are left for other students (b) they have basic knowledge in psychology and statistics (c) the departmental exchange coordinator explicitly approves their participation. In case of further questions, please contact: International.sowi. uni-mannheim.de
Hinweis:
Tutorien begleitend zur Vorlesung: Näheres wird in der Veranstaltung bekannt gegeben.
Siehe http://www.psychologie.uni-mannheim.de/cip/tut/qm/qm2.htm
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Mündliche Modulabschlussprüfung (20 Min.) |