https://www10.uta.fi/opas/opetusohjelma/marjapuuro.htm?id=23268

This course is an introduction to the Finnish Political System and Finnish Political History. The main focus of the course is on the development of the Finnish Political System from 1809 until the 21st century. This course provides an overview of the Constitution, political decision making, political participation and tripartite agreements. After the course, students are expected to understand the key features of Finnish political history, the political system and society, as well as able to perceive the political position and national identity of Finland in a wider context: Scandinavia, Russia and the EU.

https://www10.uta.fi/opas/opetusohjelma/marjapuuro.htm?id=23268

The course discusses India's position and foreign and security policy in the changing international order from India's independence to the present. The focus in the course is in India's rise into one of the actors which will shape the future international order and the challenges the rise of India will present for the international community.

Finnish students should make 2 + 3 ETCS (lectures AND online exercises);

Exchange students can make 2 or 5 ETCS (only lectures OR lectures and online exercises) 

Outline of the course:

1) Theoretical and political framework for conseptualizing citizen participation and empirical examples from Finland and Poland. 

Lectures + lecture diary (2 ECTS):

Mon 28.10.2013  

Lecture 1 (10-12): Overview on citizen participation practices and theories (Liisa Häikiö).Place: Linna 5014

Lecture 2 (13-15): EU policies for citizen participation: A framework for national and local practices (Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak). Place: Linna 4026

Wed 30.10.2013  

Lecture 3 (10-12): Citizen participation in Finland: Civil society and local governance (Liisa Häikiö). Place: Linna 4026

Lecture 4 (13-15) Citizen participation in Poland (Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak). Place: Linna 4026

Fri 1.11.2013  

Lecture 5 (10-12) Conclusion and discussion (Liisa Häikiö & Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak). Place: Linna 5014

Online exercises (3 ECTS):

2) Case descriptions about citizen participation. Students will select a citizen participation practice and make a short description of it to online learning site, Moodle. Cases can be based on different data sets: Internet sites, interviews, newspapers, official documents etc. Case descriptions will be done in pairs and reported in English. Max. 5 pages. Papers in the Moodle Mon 25.11.

3) Essay on citizen participation. Students construct a theoretical frame for analysing citizen participation practices. This framework will be used to write a comparative essay about citizen participation practices. For the comparison students will select two to three case descriptions from the Moodle. Case descriptions will be done in pairs and reported in English, or Finnish but all essays should include an abstract in English. Max. 10 pages. Papers in the Moodle Wed 11.12.

4) Students will comment essays at Moodle by Wed 18.12.

ENROLLMENT to the course from Sept 21, 2013 to Oct 21,2013 in NettiOpsu.

This course aims to develop your understanding of business ethics and how organisations follow the code of ethics in their daily operations. The course is designed to provide insights into ethical theories and tools for developing ethical business practices along with your own exploration of ethical decision making and how to develop ethical leadership. However, the part of learning is developing an appreciation of your own aptitude and commitment for becoming an ethical professional.

Pre-Exam

Prior to the course start, you are required to take an electronic Pre-Exam covering the basics of business ethics. The examination material covers the chapters 1-2 (pp. 3-90) from the core text book:

Crane, A. & Matten, D. (2010) Business Ethics: Managing corporate citizenship and sustainability in the age of globalization, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-956433-0.

The aim of the Pre-Exam is to help you to approach the main theories and concepts of business ethics. In addition, the aim is to assess whether students have reached the sufficient general knowledge in business ethics that is needed for the successful completion of this course. The assessment will be Pass or Fail.

Please, register for the electronic exam: https://tenttis.uta.fi

Please, read the instructions for the electronic exam carefully!

The pre-exam has to be done before October 7th, 2013.

Suoritukseen kuuluvan esseen voi tehdä myös suomeksi.

SOS10.4.3 Domestication of Global Trends 5 ETC

Course description

Notions of social change are often divided into local versus international. But what actually happens at the national level – where policies are ultimately made and implemented – when policy-making is interdependent worldwide? How do policy-makers take into account the prior choices of other countries? More detailed research is needed on the process of interdependent decision-making in the world polity.

Distancing itself from approaches that conceive narrowly of policy transfer as a ‘one-way street’ from powerful nations to weaker ones, this course argues instead for an understanding of national decision-making processes that emphasize cross-national comparisons and domestic field battles around the introduction of worldwide models.

The case studies presented and discussed in this course show how national policies appear to be synchronized globally yet are developed with distinctly ‘national’ flavors. Presenting new theoretical ideas and empirical cases, this course is aimed at scholars of political science, international relations, comparative public policy and sociology.

Time & space:Tue 14.1-25.2.2014 at 14-16 Room: Pinni B 3032.

The accomplishment of the course requires the following:

• active involvement in each session
• a short introduction prepared  in twos based on the selected course material
• acquaintance with the course material
• an essay based on the course material or other relevant reading

Essay return 11.3.2014.

Coordinators: Marjaana Rautalin marjaana.rautalin@uta.fi and Jukka Syväterä jukka.syvatera@uta.fi

Other teachers: Ali Qadir ali.qadir@uta.fi

Reception hours of the teachers: Tuesday at 10-11 starting on 14.1.2014; Marjaana in Pinni B 3024 and Jukka in Pinni B 3002.

The course is in English (a web-based course).

Registration in December 2013, starting 1st of December. See

Students are required to have intermediate level knowledge on accounting.

Kurssi luennoidaan suomeksi, jos tilanne näin sallii.

Huom! Tarkista opetusajat, luentoja ei ole joka perjantai.

NettiOpsulla.

Maisteriopiskelijoilta edellytetään, että kandiopinnot on tehtynä (ei koske vaihto-opiskelijoita).

The course is in English (a web-based course).

Registration in December 2013, starting 1st of December. See