COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY AND CITIZENSHIP

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
PIR 417	B	1	3	0	0	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Lisen Bashkurti , Fridays afternoon
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Eglantina Farruku
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	on weekly schedule
Course Description:	Justice, Democracy, and Citizenship is a master level course. This course is designed to get students thinking about ideas and concepts in politics, how they matter, and what happens when we put political theory to work on pressing real-world issues and dilemmas. This course aims to explore the three core concepts through debates, focusing on competing definitions of justice as a high contested term; concept of democracy; concept of citizenship with its benefits and demands; and a critical analysis of the relationship between these three core concepts. After taking this course students will greet invocations of justice, democracy and citizenship with a new curiosity and a sharpened critical eye.
Course Objectives:	The module has been created as a lively way to explore key ideas in political theory: what the main arguments around them are, and how they might apply to and illuminate practical and policy dilemmas. After taking this course you will greet invocations of justice, democracy and citizenship with a new curiosity and a sharpened critical eye. This module aims to: introduce students to selected key debates on the ideals of justice, democracy, and citizenship; demonstrate how key political concepts can be applied to specific political dilemmas, cases and issues enable students to make an informed choice about whether to select a political theory "pathway" through their degree programme.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Citizenship democracy and justice
2	Justice Practical reasons and boundaries
3	Structural rationality democratic citizenship
4	Justice vs. culture, which comes first?
5	Political Pluralism and European citizenship
6	A Liberal view on a European Constitution
7	Pluralism contrarianism and European Union
8	MIDTERM
9	Majority rule, political identity and European Union
10	Emancipatory politics between universalism and difference gender perspectives on EU
11	Basic income and political economy of the new Europe
12	European citizenship A mirage?
13	What makes a distribution of resources just?
14	Review Session

Prerequisite(s):	N/A
Textbook:	“Citizenship, Democracy, and Justice in the New Europe”, Routledge, edited by Percy B.Lehning and Albert Weale; A.Swift, Political Philosophy: A Beginners’ Guide for Students and Politicians (3rd edition, 2013) (Cambridge: Polity); J. Wolff, An Introduction to Political Philosophy (Oxford: Oxford University Press);
Other References:	“Democracy and Citizenship” Michael Saward, Edited by John S. Dryzek, Bonnie Honig, and Anne Phillips, 2008, B. Barry, Why Social Justice Matters (Cambridge: Polity 2005); M. Clayton and A. Williams (eds.), Social Justice (Oxford: Blackwell 2004): chapters 3 (Rawls on justice as fairness), 4 (Nozick on entitlement), 8 (Miller on desert), and 9 (Okin on gender); H. Brighouse, Justice (Cambridge: Polity 2004); T. Campbell, Justice (Basingstoke: Palgrave (3rd ed., 2010);
Laboratory Work:	N/A
Computer Usage:	N/A
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Demonstrate an appreciation of key debates around the concepts of justice, democracy and citizenship
2	Discuss intelligently the application and understanding of these concepts in specific political cases
3	Analyze critically, both orally and in writing, political arguments with respect to the relevant issues and dilemmas
4	Achieve a sense of more detailed options awaiting you in years 2 and 3

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Political Science and International Relations Program
1	Having and using advanced knowledge and comprehension supported by textbooks including actual knowledge in political sciences and international relations literature, materials and the other scientific resources.	5
2	Analyzing data, ideas and concepts of current political issues and international relations, determining complex events and topics, making discussions and developing new suggestions in accordance with researches.	4
3	Having knowledge and thought about actual topics and problems together with their historical, social and cultural aspects.	4
4	Introducing those who are interested in politics and international events with the topics of Political Science and IR and teaching clearly the problems and the types of solutions.	4
5	Improving skills of working together with the main social science disciplines and other disciplines which are related to Political Science and International Relations.	5
6	Improving critical thinking and skills in making research independently.	4
7	Developing solutions about the problems and conflicts which are common in national and international arena.	4
8	Improving skills for leadership and research and analyze capacity of those who is responsible with national and international ones.	4
9	Knowing any foreign language enough to communicate with colleagues and understand actual researches and articles.	4
10	Gaining IT skills to use computer and technology) in order to reach actual knowledge.	4
11	Gaining skills to follow societal, scientific and ethic values during collecting, interpreting, conducting of data related to social and political developments.	1
12	Having consciousness about human rights and environment.	3
13	Gaining the skills to follow actual developments and pursue long-life learning.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	30
Project	1	10
Quiz	1	5
Final Exam	1	50
Attendance		5
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	25	25
Assignments	1	15	15
Final examination	1	30	30
Other			0
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6