Exercises:

I. Word Study.

1. Learn the pronunciation and remember the following words:

advertise / / vt	advertisement / / n
analyst / / n	analytic / / a
award / / vt	bureaucracy / / n
bureaucratic / / a	consultant / / n
council / / n	counsel / / n
experience / / n	follow / / vt
perspective / / n	proprietary / / a

2. Translate and learn the following words and phrases:

advertising agency n phr	analyst n
consultant n	counsel n
deputy n	deputy candidate n
election n	election technique n phr
image maker n phr	local government n phr
political power n phr	postgraduate school n phr
proprietary organization n phr	public opinion n phr
public opinion poll n phr

II. Questions for Discussion:

1. Discuss the perspectives of the Department’s alumni in Russia nowadays.

2. If you study at the Department, write a brief description of your participation in the Department’s activities.

Department of Political Science and Department of International Political Processes

The Department of Political Science was established in 1989, and it was the first one to specialize in political studies. At first, the Department provided 5-year undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral training in political science. In 1999 the Department started conducting research in international relations; therefore a new Master’s programme was launched (specialization ‘Global Politics and International Relations’).

At the Department, there is a dissertation council awarding degrees in political science for the following specializations: ‘Philosophy of Politics and Law’, ‘History and Theory of Political Science’, ‘Political Culture and Ideology’.

The general disciplines given at the Department are:

• History of Political Thought

• History of Political Science

• History and Theory of Political Institutions

• Political Theory

• Comparative Political Studies

Optional Courses:

• Philosophy of Politics

• Political Modernization

• Political Socialization

The Department has hosted a number of conferences (‘The Legitimacy of Power in Russia: An Overview’, ‘Political Process in Russia’) and seminars (‘Political Culture and Political Reform in Post-Communist Society’, ‘Liberalism, Communitarism, and Democratic Reform in Post-Communist Society’). Its staff and students took part in the First Russian Philosophy Congress (1997), the First (1998) and Second (2000) Russian Congresses in Political Science.

The Department’s staff have published a wide range of courses in political science, including Political Theory (1998) and Ancient Social Utopia (1989) by Head of Department, Professor V. Gutorov, Modern American Political Science (1989) and An Introduction to Political Science (1994) by Professor A. Fedoseyev, The Legitimacy of Power in Post-Communist Society by Professor S. Yeliseyev.

The students of the Department visit foreign universities on exchange programmes and fellowships. Students from different countries (the former USSR, South Korea, Italy, Japan) come to study at the Department.

The Department co-operates with the Universities of Tübingen (Germany), Prague (Czech Republic), London (UK), Helsinki (Finland), and Barri (Italy).

In 2002 the rising interest to the global politics resulted in the foundation of a new department – the Department of International Political Processes. The main courses given at the Department are:

• Theory and Practice of International Relations

• History of International Relations

• International Organizations

• Theory of Global Politics

• International Law and International Relations Theory

• Study of Foreign Policy

The Department’s staff have published a series of courses, such as Global Political Process (2001), Ideology and Policy of Social-Democracy (1994) by Professor S. Lantsov; The Legitimacy of Power in Post-Socialist Society of Russia (1996) by Professors V. Achkasov, S. Lantsov, and S. Yeliseyev.

The Department offers 5-year undergraduate and Master’s Degree programmes (specialization ‘International Political Processes and International Relations’).