A free, interactive course in political science and public administration.
A political science course in two units: political science — power, legitimacy and legality, the state and the nation, the modern, liberal and welfare states, democracy and polyarchy, electoral systems, parties, movements and the media, and institutions; and public administration — the welfare state, Weberian bureaucracy, politics and bureaucracy, administrative reform, central, regional and local government, the civil service and new public management.
2 units · 20 lessons · 269 practice questions · 7 languages · free on the web and Android
Start this course freePolitical Science I explains how political power is organised and how public administration works, in short lessons each followed by practice questions with instant feedback.
The first unit covers politics and its study, power, legitimacy and legality, the state, nation and political system, the formation of the modern state, the liberal and welfare states, democracy and polyarchy, electoral systems, parties, interest groups, movements and the media, and the distribution of power among institutions. The second unit covers public administration: from the minimal to the welfare state, the Weberian model, politics and bureaucracy, administrative reform, central, peripheral, regional and local government, the civil service, and new public management and governance, with Spain as the worked example.
Every lesson explanation in Political Science I is free to read on the web. Practice questions and interactive scenes are in the app.
Yes. Political Science I is free on Tryals, on the web and on Android.
2 units, 20 lessons and 269 practice questions. It is self-paced: each lesson is short, followed by questions with instant feedback, and your progress is saved across devices.
English, Catalan, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. You can switch language inside the app.
The concepts are general; the public administration unit uses Spain’s central, regional and local government as its worked example.
Yes, in their own lesson, alongside parties, interest groups, movements and the media.