DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY

GRADO EN ESTUDIOS GLOBALES/GLOBAL STUDIES

Curso 2018/2019

1. Subject Information

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Code: 109005
Plan: 290
ECTS: 6.00

Type: Basic
Year: 1
Duration: Second semester

Language: ENGLISH

Area: CIENCIA POLÍTICA Y DE LA ADMINISTRACIÓN

Departament: Derecho Público General

Virtual platform: Campus Virtual de la Universidad de Salamanca

Professor Information

Profesor/Profesora: Iván Llamazares Valduvieco
Group/s: Único

Centre: Fac. Derecho

Office: 156

Office hours: To be determined

Web address: -

E-mail: illamaz@usal.es
Phone: Extensión 1675

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
Procedural definitions
The historical development of democratic regimes. Social structures and political agency.
Normative models: liberalism
Normative models: republicanism
Normative models: deliberative conceptions
Presidentialism versus parliamentarism
Federalism versus centralism
Consensual versus majoritarian institutions
Institutions and social choice
Multinationalism and multiculturalism
Hybrid regimes

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.