DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY

GRADO EN ESTUDIOS GLOBALES/GLOBAL STUDIES

Curso 2019/2020

1. Subject Information

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Code: 109005
Plan: 290
ECTS: 6.00

Type: Basic
Year: 1
Duration: Second semester

Area: CIENCIA POLÍTICA Y DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN

Departament: Derecho Público General

Virtual platform: Campus Virtual de la Universidad de Salamanca

Professor Information

Profesor/Profesora: Elena María Gil Moreno
Group/s: Único

Centre: Fac. Derecho

Office: Espacio ACPA, Planta Jardín

Office hours: -

Web address: https://acpa-usal.com/member/dra-elena-gil-moreno/

E-mail: elenagm@usal.es
Telephone: 923 29 44 00 - Ext. 1617

2. Association of the subject matter within the study plan

Curricular area to which the subject matter pertains.

Basic

Professional profile.

International organizations, political analysis, political counseling

3. Prerequisites

N/A

4. Learning objectives

The course covers the main topics in the study of democratic regimes and democratic theory. Students will get acquainted with both theoretical debates and empirical analyses on the causes, diversity, and functioning of democratic regimes.

5. Contents

Theory.

Introduction. Phases of democracy.
Definitions of democracy.
Conditions and requirements of democracy.
Types of democracy and democracies with adjectives.
Measures of democracy.
Problems and current debates on democracy.

Practice.

Essays, presentations, and debates

6. Competences acquired

Basic / General.

Ability to reflect on normative political issues

Ability to analyze empirical information

Ability to link empirical analyses and normative reflections

Writing skills

Ability to present ideas and debate on them

Specific.

Analysis of political systems

Analysis of normative political theory

7. Teaching methods

Lectures

Presentations

Debates

Essays

8. Anticipated distribution of the use of the different teaching methods

9. Resources

Other bibliographic references, electronic or other types of resources.

Dahl, Robert A. 1992. Democracy and its Critics. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Held, David. 2006. Models of Democracy. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Keane, John. 2009. Democracy. London: Simon & Schuster
Lijphart, Arend. 1999. Patterns of Democracy. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Schumpeter, Joseph (1994) [1942]: Capitalism, Socialism, Democracy. London: Routledge.