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Governmental Institutions and Organisations

Course code

RIV6002.YK

old course code

RIV6002

Course title in Estonian

Valitsemiskorraldus ja institutsioonid

Course title in English

Governmental Institutions and Organisations

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

The aim of the course is to give thorough knowledge of the sstructure of governmental institutions and of the main issues in governance. The course builds an understanding of modern-day governance and creates a general basis for conducting research in the field.

Brief description of the course

Political institutions in the context of political science. Researching political institutions. Administrative cultures; constitutions; parlaments and parlament structures, forms and typology. Government types, roles and structure. The characteristics of decision-making processes in governments. Administrative-political dimension. Governance organisation (administration). Governance levels. Different meanings of subsidiary principle. Administrative reforms.
Learning methods: Lectures and seminars.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
- has knowledge of how governmental institutions work, what are their connections and roles; the relationship between citizens and governmental institutions;
- has ability to master and interpret the discourse between institutions and citizens;
- has knowledge of main theoretical principles of governance and governmental institutions on the basis of compulsory literature.

Teacher

Georg Sootla, Ott Lumi

Prerequisite course 1

Government System of Estonia (RIV6001.YK)

The course is a prerequisite

Local Governance (RIV6007.YK)
Local Government Institutions and Intergovernmental Relations (RIV6003)

Study programmes containing that course