The ef­fec­tiven­ess and le­gi­ti­ma­cy of mo­dern sta­tes is lar­ge­ly de­ter­mi­ned by the com­plex in­ter­ac­tion of po­li­tics, law, and busi­ness and eco­no­mics. Late­ly, in par­ti­cu­lar, the­se in­ter­ac­tions have been af­fec­ted by dy­na­mic trans­for­ma­ti­on pro­ces­ses re­sul­ting from glo­ba­lisa­t­i­on and in­ter­na­tio­na­lisa­t­i­on trends. This has led to the for­ma­ti­on of mo­di­fied statehood forms and new pat­terns of re­la­ti­ons­hips bet­ween sta­te, so­cie­ty, and the eco­no­my.The Mas­ter's de­gree in Public Economics, Law and Politics ap­p­lies a theo­re­ti­cal and me­tho­do­lo­gi­cal, as well as pro­blem-ori­en­ted and in­te­gra­ted, po­li­ti­cal ana­ly­sis of the­se dy­na­mic in­ter­ac­tions.
Content and Rationale
Stu­dies in po­li­ti­cal sci­ence at Leu­pha­na Gra­dua­te School com­bi­ne di­sci­pli­nes, which tra­di­tio­nal­ly deal with the re­la­ti­ons­hip of sta­te, so­cie­ty, and busi­ness and eco­no­mics. Ques­ti­ons, is­su­es, and ap­proa­ches to so­lu­ti­ons re­sul­ting from the­se in­tri­ca­te­ly in­ter­wo­ven re­la­ti­ons­hips are ana­ly­zed and trea­ted from the joi­ned per­spec­tives of po­li­ti­cal sci­ence, eco­no­mics, and law.
The fo­cus is pla­ced on the cau­ses, back­ground, as well as so­ci­al and eco­no­mic ef­fects and con­se­quen­ces, of go­vern­ment ac­tion. Thus, the cour­se aims at achie­ving a com­pre­hen­si­ve re­flec­tion on the re­la­ti­ons­hip bet­ween po­li­tics, law, and eco­no­mics by ap­p­ly­ing the tools pro­vi­ded by po­li­ti­cal sci­ence as a di­sci­pli­ne, rein­forced by in­ter­di­sci­pli­na­ry ob­ser­va­tions.
The di­sci­pli­ne-ori­en­ted elec­tives aim at trai­ning aca­de­mics to de­ve­lop in-depth com­pe­ten­cies in the in­di­vi­du­al di­sci­pli­nes of political science, public law, and economics. Co­ope­ra­ti­on with the Ger­man In­sti­tu­te for Glo­bal and Area Stu­dies (GIGA) in Ham­burg ma­kes it pos­si­ble to fo­cus on the field of education development theory and policy. This is achie­ved thanks to a selec­tion of more spe­cia­li­sed cour­se of­fe­rings. Six in­di­vi­dual­ly selec­ta­ble and fre­e­ly com­binable mo­du­les lar­ge­ly con­vey theo­ries, ap­proa­ches and me­thods for ana­ly­sing the sta­te of aca­de­mic ques­ti­ons and is­su­es from a di­sci­pli­na­ry per­spec­tive.
At a Glance
Degree awarded: Mas­ter of Arts (M.A.)
Application period: May 1 - July 1
Study places: 40
Start date: Oc­to­ber 1
Extent: 120 ECTS
Duration: 4 se­mes­ters
Language: Eng­lish
