The project-based course is primarily reserved for SOSCI students and will introduce them to the political analysis of governing in contemporary societies. The lectures will provide an overview of the main perspectives in political science and policy studies, key concepts from the three dimensions – policy, polity, and politics - and their interactions. The students will engage these concepts in the simulation game, where they will analyze and communicate a position of a particular policy actor toward a selected policy measure within a political system. The students will thus learn how to understand governing liberal democracies through the lens of political analysis.