| Detailed information |
| Pre-requisites |
(*)keine (die Zulassung zum Studium vorausgesetzt)
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| Original study plan |
Master's programme Social Economics 2025W |
| Learning Outcomes |
Competences |
- Students are able to critically analyse and evaluate democratic representation in its theoretical, historical, and institutional dimensions.
- They can assess the challenges and tendencies of democratic erosion in the context of contemporary societal developments.
- They can reflect on, both theoretically and empirically, the possibilities for innovating democratic institutions and procedures and defend their arguments against counterpoints.
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| Skills |
Knowledge |
- Analyse and compare different normative approaches in democratic theory (k4).
- Present and evaluate the institutional structures of democratic systems from a comparative perspective (k5).
- Identify and explain political and societal trends leading to the erosion of democratic systems (k4).
- Assess studies on democratisation and the consolidation of democracies and present their findings (k3).
- Develop and critically discuss arguments on alternative forms of democratic decision-making (k6).
- Analyse the causes of the current vulnerabilities of democratic systems and develop practice-oriented strategies to enhance their resilience (k6).
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- Core theories of democracy research, including normative, historical, and empirical perspectives.
- Key concepts and frameworks for analysing democratisation processes and their institutional foundations (Democratisation literature).
- Mechanisms and dynamics that contribute to democratic erosion and crises (Democratic Backsliding literature).
- Principles and criteria for assessing democratic resilience and stability.
- Research approaches for the comparative study of political systems and their resistance to internal and external challenges.
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| Criteria for evaluation |
(*)Mündliche Präsentation und Moderation der Seminardiskussion zu einer inhaltlichen Einheit der LVA. Schriftliche Ausarbeitung oder Dokumentation dieser inhaltlichen Diskussion, Klausur oder Hausarbeit, Mündliche Beiträge zur Seminardiskussion.
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| Methods |
(*)Kürzere Inputs durch die Lehrenden, Diskussion über die Seminarlektüre
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| Language |
German or English |
| Study material |
(*)Die Literatur wird von den Lehrenden zu Beginn der LVA bekanntgegeben.
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| Changing subject? |
No |
| Corresponding lecture |
(*)928SUDTSUDK10: VU Staats- und Demokratietheorien (6 ECTS)
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