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Kar

Társadalomtudományi Kar

Szervezet

TÁTK Nemzetközi és Európai Tanulmányok Tanszék

Kód

IRB126

Cím

Comparative Politics

Tervezett félév

Tavaszi

Meghirdetve

2023/24/2

ECTS

4

Nyelv

en

Oktatás célja

The aim of the course is to introduce the most relevant topics, theories and findings of contemporary political science, like democracy, democratization, political transitions, the various forms of contemporary authoritarianism, and a comparative analysis of key elements of political systems (parties and interest groups, voters and elections, political culture, government and decision-making, federalism, and so on). All these issues will serve as academic background and basis for further studies in the fields of IR, human rights, and EU studies. The course is a mandatory prerequisite of further seminars like regional and thematic courses in the 3-4, and the 5-6 semesters, respectively.

Tantárgy tartalma

Introduction. Democracy: theory and system Regime changes: transition and consolidation Models of state structure: federal, unitary, and regional states Forms of government and decision-making Majoritarian and consensus democracies. The politics of pillarization. (Lijphart) Parties and party systems Political culture Political participation Political communication Policy-making

Számonkérés és értékelés

Oral exam, with a preliminary written test. If the written part fails, the student cannot go to the oral exam, but has to register to a re-take exam. The written test shall be written on the day of the exam and serves only as a pass for the oral exam.

Irodalomjegyzék

Mandatory readings: Powell, J. Bingham – Dalton, Russel J. – Strøm, Karen (eds.): Comparative Politics Today. (11th Edition.) Pearson, Harlow, 2015. (selected chapters only) Sartori, Giovanni: Comparative constitutional engineering. An Inquiry into Structures, Incentives and Outcomes. Palgrave Macmillan, London, 1994. (selected chapters only) Caramani, Daniele (ed.): Comparative Politics. (3rd Edition) Oxford: Oxford University Press. (selected chapters only) Additional (supplementary) readings: Dahl, Robert Alan, 1971: Polyarchy. Participation and Opposition. Yale University Press, New Haven. Dahl, Robert Alan: On Democracy. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1998. Huntington, Samuel, 1991: Democracy’s Third Wave. Journal of Democracy, 2(2), pp. 12-34. Krastev, Ivan, 2011: Paradoxes of the New Authoritarianism. Journal of Democracy, 22(2), pp. 11-12. Levitsky, Steven – Way, Lucan A., 2002: The Rise of Competitive Authoritarianism. Journal of Democracy, 13(2), pp. 51-65. Lijphart, Arend: The Politics of Accommodation. Pluralism and Democracy in the Netherlands. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1968. Lijphart, Arend: Democracies: Patterns of Majoritarian & Consensus Government in Twenty-one Countries. Yale University Press, New Haven, 1984. Linz, Juan J. – Stepan, Alfred, 1996: Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation. Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore – London. Rustow, Dankwart A., 1970: Transition to Democracy. Towards a Dynamic Model. Comparative Politics, 2(3), pp. 337-363. Schedler, Andreas: The politics of uncertanity. Sustaining and Subverting Electoral Authoritarianism. Oxford University Press, 2013. Schmitter, Philippe C. – Karl, Terry Lynn, 1991: What Is Democracy… And Is Not. Journal of Democracy, 2(3), pp. 75-88. Zakaria, Fareed, 1997: The Rise of Illiberal Democracy. Foreign Affairs, 76(6), pp. 22-43. tbc. (will be available online)

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