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Course unit, curriculum year 2019–2020
PUBCH09
Comparative Political Party Systems, 5 cr
Tampere University
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Course code
PUBCH09Language of instruction
EnglishAcademic year
2019–2020Level of study
Advanced studiesGrading scale
General scale, 0-5Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Katri SiebergResponsible organisation
Faculty of Social Sciences 100 %
Common learning outcomes
International outlook and global responsibility
The course will begin with a survey political-science and sociological perspectives on the foundatoins of political parties and their policy influence. It then will focus on electoral rules and other details of political systems, such as executive-legislative relations and territorial organization of the state. Throughout, we will concentrate our attention on the incentives facing individual actors as they engage in the collective action demanded by the rules of democratic politics.
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Learning material
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Participation in teaching
No scheduled teaching