Universität Wien

210083 SE BAK13: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses (2022S)

Party Competition in Advanced Democracies

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 10.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 17.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 24.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 31.03. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 07.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 28.04. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 05.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 12.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 19.05. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 02.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 09.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 23.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00
  • Thursday 30.06. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 5, Kolingasse 14-16, EG00

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course is intended for bachelor level students and serves as an introduction to concepts and theories employed in the comparative study of political parties and electoral competition. Over the 13 weeks of this course, we will engage in the theoretical discussions about how parties strategically choose among policy appeals (positions, emphasis and competence) and how that will likely impact their electoral payoffs.

The course is also designed to help you practice you English academic writing and become more familiar with the initial stages of research e.g. reading for new ideas, reviewing literature, synthesizing arguments, and coming up with interesting research questions. For this purpose we will have two pop-up workshops organized by the center for teaching and learning.

Until further notice, all instruction is online. We will move to in-presence as soon as the restrictions are lifted.

Assessment and permitted materials

The final assessment will be based on the following components:
- Active participation incl. discussion forum posts (10 %)
- Handout (10 %)
- A short literature review (20 %) due on May 17th 2022.
- Peer feedback (10 %) due on May 31st 2022.
- Research proposal (50 %) due on July 21st 2022.
All parts are STRICTLY mandatory. Students are allowed to miss a maximum of two classes. Plagiarism will be assessed with the Turnitin software.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

90-100 = 1. Excellent
80-89 = 2. Good
70-79 = 3. Satisfactory
60-69 = 4. Sufficient
< 60 = 5. Fail

Examination topics

Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Party systems
- Electoral systems
- Responsiveness
- Niche parties
- Multidimensionality
- Party platforms
- Government formation
- Party leadership

Reading list

Association in the course directory

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