3. Tasks of training:

- The student should know definition of concept « a political regime » and features of totalitarianism, authoritarianism, democracy;

- The student should be able to be guided in theories of democracy.

4. The Basic questions of a theme:

1. Concept of a political regime. Types of political regimes.

2. Totalitarianism as a political phenomenon. Authoritarianism.

3. Concept of democracy. A problem of democracy development at a modern stage is one of the major problems in political science.

5. Control questions :

1. Define the concept « a political regime ».

2. What types of a political regimes do you know?

3. Name features of a totalitarian regimes.

4. Characterize an authoritative regime.

5. What are the distinction and similarity between authoritative and totalitarian regimes?

6. What is the democracy?

7. What are the features of a democratic regime?

8. What theories of democracy do You know ?

9. What is U.Churchill's known statement about prospects of development of democracy in a modern society?

1. Theme11: Political process and political activity

2. The aim. To fix student knowledge of essence of political process and political activity.

3. Tasks of training: the student should know definition of concepts « political process », « political activity »;

- The student should be able to analyze typology of political process.

4. The basic questions of a theme:

1. Concept and essence of political process and its basic characteristics.

2. Typology of political process. External political and inside political processes.

3. Political activity, its subjects and objects.

7. Control questions

1. What is the essence of political process?

2. What are the basic features of political process?

1. Name criteria of typology of political process.

2. What are the mechanisms of management of political processes?

3. What is characteristic for internal political and foreign policy process?

4. What is criterion of knowledge on the engaged and not engaged political processes?

5. Define as concept « political activity ».

6. What are the subjects and object of political activity?

1. The Theme12.1: Political consciousness and political culture

2. The aim: to fix the student knowledge in definition of concept « political consciousness » and sources of its formation, to learn distinguishing basic elements and levels of political consciousness.

3. Tasks of training.

- The Student should know essence of political consciousness and a way of its formation;

- The Student should be able to distinguish structural elements and levels of political consciousness.

4. The basic questions of a theme:

1. Essence of political consciousness and a way of its formation.

2. Structure and functions of political consciousness.

The abstract:

Political system and political consciousness.

5. Control questions :

1. Define the concept « political consciousness ».

2. What are the basic sources of political consciousness formation?

3. What is the structure of political consciousness?

4. What are the functions of political consciousness?

5. How is the political consciousness interconnected with political system?

1. Theme12.2: Political consciousness and political culture (2 employment).

2. The aim: to learn the student comprehending the essence of political culture and the basic features of political socialization.