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LECTURE 1: DIRECT DEMOCRACY – ATHENS AND ITS LEGACY................................................... 7
LECTURE 2: REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY – THE ’TRUSTEE’ VIEW OF REPRESENTATION ...... 9
LECTURE 3: REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY – THE ’DELEGATE’ VIEW OF REPRESENTATION . 11
LECTURE 4: COMPETITIVE ELITISM .......................................................................................... 12
SEMINAR 2: REPRESENTATIVE DEMOC RACY........................................................................... 15
LECTURE 5: PLURALIST DEMOCRACY AND ITS CRITICS ............................................................ 21
LECTURE 6: DELIBERATE DEMOCRACY ..................................................................................... 23
SEMINAR 3: DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY ................................................................................. 25
LECTURE 7: GLOBALIZATION, EUROPEANIZATION, AND THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE ........................................................................................................................................ 26
LECTURE 8: THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION ................................................................................. 28
SEMINAR 4: COSMOPOLITAN DEMOCRACY ............................................................................. 30
LECTURE 9: ELECTIONS AND DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN ............................................................ 31
LECTURE 10: BRITISH PARTIES AND THE DECLINE OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY? ......... 34
SEMINAR 5: BRITAIN’S DEMOCRACY ........................................................................................ 37
LECTURE 11: PARLIAMENT ....................................................................................................... 40
LECTURE 12: THE ‘PRESIDENTALISATION’ OF BRITISH POLITICS .............................................. 43
SEMINAR 6: BRITAIN’S DECLINE OF PARTIES ........................................................................... 45
LECTURE 13: TERRITORIAL POLITICS IN BRITAIN ...................................................................... 47
LECTURE 14: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN BRITAIN ............................................................... 50
SEMINAR 7 ................................................................................................................................ 54
LECTURE 15: BREXIT ................................................................................................................. 56
LECTURE 16: REVISION AND THE ESSAY ................................................................................... 59
SEMINAR 8: YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARTICIPATION, DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN AND ESSAY ..... 60
FORMATIVE ESSAY.................................................................................................................... 64
LECTURE 1: DEMOCRACY AND THE ORIGNS OF U.S. ............................................................... 72
LECTURE 2: THE U.S. PRESIDENCY ............................................................................................ 77
SEMINAR 1: DEMOCRACY IN THE U.S. ..................................................................................... 83
LECTURE 3: THE U.S. CONGRESS .............................................................................................. 86
LECTURE 4: U.S. FEDERALISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ................................. 91
SEMINAR 2: PARLIAMENTARISM AND PRESIDENTIALISM ....................................................... 99
LECTURE 5: U.S. POLITICAL PARTIES....................................................................................... 105
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LECTURE 6: U.S. ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ................................................ 111
SEMINAR 3: U.S. PARTY SYSTEM ............................................................................................ 118
LECTURE 7: U.S. INTEREST GROUPS ....................................................................................... 120
LECTURE 8: WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN UNION? ...................................................................... 125
SEMINAR 4: INEQUALITY AND PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S.................................................... 128
LECTURE 9: THE EVOLUTION OF EUROPEAN UNTEGRATION ................................................ 131
LECTURE 10: EU EXECUTIVE POLITICS .................................................................................... 134
SEMINAR 5: WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN UNION? ..................................................................... 137
LECTURE 11: LEGISLATIVE POLITICS OF THE EU ..................................................................... 138
LECTURE 12: THE MAKING OF POLICIES IN THE EU................................................................ 142
SEMINAR 6: EU EXECUTIVE POLITICS ..................................................................................... 146
SEMINAR 7: EU LEGISLATIVE POLITICS ................................................................................... 148
LECTURE 15: THE EU AND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION .......................................................... 150
SEMINAR 8: HOW DEMOCRATIC IS THE EU?.......................................................................... 153
LECTURE 1: EXAM TIPS ........................................................................................................... 156
SEMINAR 1:............................................................................................................................. 158
LECTURE 2: REVISION ............................................................................................................. 159
SEMINAR 2:............................................................................................................................. 164
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POLITICS
Year 1
2017 – 2018
,INTRODUCTION TO DEMOCRATIC POLITICS
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, INTRODUCTION TO DEMOCRATIC POLITICS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LECTURE 1: DIRECT DEMOCRACY – ATHENS AND ITS LEGACY................................................... 7
LECTURE 2: REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY – THE ’TRUSTEE’ VIEW OF REPRESENTATION ...... 9
LECTURE 3: REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY – THE ’DELEGATE’ VIEW OF REPRESENTATION . 11
LECTURE 4: COMPETITIVE ELITISM .......................................................................................... 12
SEMINAR 2: REPRESENTATIVE DEMOC RACY........................................................................... 15
LECTURE 5: PLURALIST DEMOCRACY AND ITS CRITICS ............................................................ 21
LECTURE 6: DELIBERATE DEMOCRACY ..................................................................................... 23
SEMINAR 3: DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY ................................................................................. 25
LECTURE 7: GLOBALIZATION, EUROPEANIZATION, AND THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
STATE ........................................................................................................................................ 26
LECTURE 8: THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION ................................................................................. 28
SEMINAR 4: COSMOPOLITAN DEMOCRACY ............................................................................. 30
LECTURE 9: ELECTIONS AND DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN ............................................................ 31
LECTURE 10: BRITISH PARTIES AND THE DECLINE OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY? ......... 34
SEMINAR 5: BRITAIN’S DEMOCRACY ........................................................................................ 37
LECTURE 11: PARLIAMENT ....................................................................................................... 40
LECTURE 12: THE ‘PRESIDENTALISATION’ OF BRITISH POLITICS .............................................. 43
SEMINAR 6: BRITAIN’S DECLINE OF PARTIES ........................................................................... 45
LECTURE 13: TERRITORIAL POLITICS IN BRITAIN ...................................................................... 47
LECTURE 14: POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN BRITAIN ............................................................... 50
SEMINAR 7 ................................................................................................................................ 54
LECTURE 15: BREXIT ................................................................................................................. 56
LECTURE 16: REVISION AND THE ESSAY ................................................................................... 59
SEMINAR 8: YOUNG PEOPLE AND PARTICIPATION, DEMOCRACY IN BRITAIN AND ESSAY ..... 60
FORMATIVE ESSAY.................................................................................................................... 64
LECTURE 1: DEMOCRACY AND THE ORIGNS OF U.S. ............................................................... 72
LECTURE 2: THE U.S. PRESIDENCY ............................................................................................ 77
SEMINAR 1: DEMOCRACY IN THE U.S. ..................................................................................... 83
LECTURE 3: THE U.S. CONGRESS .............................................................................................. 86
LECTURE 4: U.S. FEDERALISM AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ................................. 91
SEMINAR 2: PARLIAMENTARISM AND PRESIDENTIALISM ....................................................... 99
LECTURE 5: U.S. POLITICAL PARTIES....................................................................................... 105
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LECTURE 6: U.S. ELECTIONS AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION ................................................ 111
SEMINAR 3: U.S. PARTY SYSTEM ............................................................................................ 118
LECTURE 7: U.S. INTEREST GROUPS ....................................................................................... 120
LECTURE 8: WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN UNION? ...................................................................... 125
SEMINAR 4: INEQUALITY AND PARTICIPATION IN THE U.S.................................................... 128
LECTURE 9: THE EVOLUTION OF EUROPEAN UNTEGRATION ................................................ 131
LECTURE 10: EU EXECUTIVE POLITICS .................................................................................... 134
SEMINAR 5: WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN UNION? ..................................................................... 137
LECTURE 11: LEGISLATIVE POLITICS OF THE EU ..................................................................... 138
LECTURE 12: THE MAKING OF POLICIES IN THE EU................................................................ 142
SEMINAR 6: EU EXECUTIVE POLITICS ..................................................................................... 146
SEMINAR 7: EU LEGISLATIVE POLITICS ................................................................................... 148
LECTURE 15: THE EU AND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION .......................................................... 150
SEMINAR 8: HOW DEMOCRATIC IS THE EU?.......................................................................... 153
LECTURE 1: EXAM TIPS ........................................................................................................... 156
SEMINAR 1:............................................................................................................................. 158
LECTURE 2: REVISION ............................................................................................................. 159
SEMINAR 2:............................................................................................................................. 164
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