Jofre Moreno Rocabert: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2017

Name	Herr Dr. Jofre Moreno Rocabert
Adresse	European Politics Research Group Haldeneggsteig 4 IFW D 41.1 8092 Zürich SWITZERLAND
Telefon	+41 44 632 60 38
Departement	Geistes-, Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften
Beziehung	Dozent

Nummer	Titel	ECTS	Umfang	Dozierende
857-0001-00L	Methods I: Research Design, Qualitative Methods, and Data Collection Only for MA Comparative and International Studies (MACIS).	8 KP	2U + 2S	J. Moreno Rocabert, F. Schimmelfennig, D. Mumford, D. Schraff
Kurzbeschreibung	The seminar covers basic issues of research design, small-n research, and data collection. It deals with issues of causality, conceptualization, case study design and QCA. Data collection includes interviews, surveys, text analysis, and experimental research.
Lernziel	This MACIS core seminar covers basic issues of research design, small-n research, and data collection. It familiarizes students with general research design problems such as defining research questions, analyzing causality, and designing single and comparative case studies. It then introduces them to basic issues in small-n research. Students acquire an understanding of the specific challenges and design problems in qualitative analysis. Finally, students are introduced to exemplary methods of data collection. By the end of the course, students should be able to use the principal methods of data collection used by political scientists;have a critical understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of the methods, and should be able to reflect on and discuss the methods in light of research questions of their interest.
857-0075-00L	Contemporary European Politics	4 KP	2S	R. Schrama, M.‑E. Bélanger, J. Dederke, F. Karstens, J. Moreno Rocabert, D. Mumford, D. Schraff, N. Wunsch
Kurzbeschreibung	How have the EU's powers developed until now and what are the problems facing the Union today? In this course, we will discuss the development of European integration. Furthermore, the course will address key issues such as the EU's democratic deficit, the consequences from enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe, the prospects for future entrants, the Euro-crisis, Brexit and the refugee crisis.
Lernziel	Since its start in the fifties, the European Union has evolved into an ever more important multilevel system of integration in terms of decision-making, competences and scope of policy. The course 'Contemporary European Politics' discusses the development of the EU powers and the problems the EU faces today. We will engage with current important challenges based on recent scientific insights. At the end of the course, the participants will be familiar with the major topics and debates in EU studies. Based on this knowledge, the participants should be able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of existing studies as well as to formulate and to defend their own argument.