Course Details
Country:
United Kingdom
Institution:
University of York
Course Title:
Introduction to Democracy, Autocracy & the State
Course Number:
POL00039I
Course Description:
The module is intended to provide students with a firm grounding in the conceptual debates and key issues that have shaped - and continue to shape - the field of Comparative Politics. The module focuses on the study of democracies, trying to understand what democracies are, how they emerge, how transitions for authoritarian regimes take place, and how they operate. It also examines in detail different institutional arrangements. The module will analyse how they affect the organization of the state, and the behaviour of parties and voters, but also which are the conditions that make certain institutional arrangements more likely than others. Topics include the state, the electoral system and elections, presidentialism and parliamentarism, federalism, the legislature, the judiciary, party systems, welfare institutions, collective action problems, political competition, and veto players. Throughout the module, examples from various countries and cases around the world are used to clarify theories and highlight
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GOVT 322
Course URL:
https://www.york.ac.uk/students/studying/manage/programmes/module-catalogue/module/POL00039I/latest
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