Course Details
Country:
Spain
Institution:
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Course Title:
Political Regimes: Historic Evolution and Current Forms (17684)
Course Number:
17684
Course Description:
PART 1. POLITICAL REGIMES IN THE HISTORY OF HUMANITY 1. Clan and Tribal Authority. First processes of social segmentation and political centralization: Egypt, Mesopotamia, Mesoamerica, Tahuantinsuyo. 2. Tyranny, oligarchy and democracy in Greece. Monarchy, republic, princedom and dominion in Rome. 3. The practice of feudalism 4. National monarchies of the High Modern Age. Absolutism and its manifestations. 5. The first representative systems: England and the United Provinces. Theory and practice of illustrated despotism 6. The French and American revolutions. Political positions 7. Revolutions in the 19th Century. Liberal and authoritarian regimes. 8. Totalitarianisms and parliamentary democracies until World War II 9. Political regimes at the time of the Iron Curtain. 10. Perestroika and political evolution. PART 2. CURRENT POLITICAL REGIMES 11. Democracies I: Concept of democracy, minimalist and substantive definitions of democracy. Democracy Indexes. Classifying political regimes. 12. Democracies II:Governments in parliamentary systems (formation, fall, early elections). Type of cabinets.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
HIST 387
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