Patrick Theiner
Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh. Previously Lecturer in International Relations at University of Göttingen, Germany. Ph.D. in International Relations from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. M.A. in Political Science and Sociology from University of Tübingen, Germany. Research focuses on interactions between states and international institutions, especially in the areas of regional integration, global health, and development.
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The European Union made easy (2): Institutions & Policies
The European Union made easy (1): Introducing the EU
International Relations theory made easy (8): Critical Theory
Теория международных отношений в упрощенном виде (7): марксизм
International Relations made easy (9): International organizations
Comparative Politics made easy (7): Regionalism
Comparative Politics made easy (6): Environmental policies
Comparative Politics made easy (5): Welfare states
Comparative Politics made easy (4): Electoral systems
Comparative Politics made easy (3): Autocracy vs. democracy and everything in between
Comparative Politics made easy (2): How do we compare properly?
Comparative Politics made easy (1): What in the world is Comparative Politics?
International Relations made easy (14): Is the UN broken?
International Relations made easy (13): Development is really hard
International Relations made easy (12): The Human Rights machinery
International Relations made easy (11): Peacekeeping and its failures
International Relations made easy (10): How do you build the United Nations?
Теория международных отношений в упрощенном виде (6): конструктивизм
International Relations theory made easy (5): Liberal Institutionalism
Теория международных отношений в упрощенном виде (4): Реализм
International Relations made easy (3): (Barely) making it through the 20th century
International Relations made easy (2): We need to talk about the 19th century
International Relations made easy (1): How to read theory
Comparative Politics (2019) - 4: Electoral Systems
Comparative Politics (2019) - 6: Climate Policies
Comparative Politics (2019) - 3: Secessionism
Comparative Politics (2019) - 2: What and how to compare
Comparative Politics (2019) - 7: Regional Cooperation
Comparative Politics (2019) - 5: Welfare Regimes