Understanding US Politics

American Politics and its various aspects and operational layers within and outside the US  system  of  government  constitute  one  the  basics  in  the  study  of  United  States (civilization, history, and society). The course introduces the basics of the US system of government to Master 1 students of Anglophone Studies specialized in  Literature and  Civilization.  The  course  covers  the  first  semester  of  the  Master  programme  and consists of two sessions: one lecture and one tutorial per week. The lecture is devoted to  an  overall  introduction  to  the  different  concepts,  individual  and  collective  actors, institutions, procedures, and mechanisms that govern American politics. The tutorials are  devoted  to  class  discussions  based  on  students’  compulsory  weekly  in-depth readings of primary and secondary sources.