Lehrende: Anne Schäfer
Veranstaltungsart: Seminar
Orga-Einheit: Politics, Administration & International Relations
Anzeige im Stundenplan: Elections
Semesterwochenstunden: 3
Credits: 6,0 Hinweis: In Ihrer Prüfungsordnung können abweichende Credits festgelegt sein.
Standort: Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: 10 | 35
Prioritätsschema: Standard-Priorisierung
Inhalte: Elections are a core feature of modern democracies and ensure their proper operation. Research in political sociology aims at investigating the role of citizens in this process of democratic politics. During this seminar we will address the question why citizens decide to vote for a specific political alternative at Election Day. We will review both classic models of electoral behaviour and recent research to explain individual political choice. As information about political developments plays an important role in citizens’ decision making, we will study the behavioural and attitudinal consequences of political communication originating from sources such as political parties and other interest groups, media as well as fellow citizens. Topics such as populist communication and its consequences, the role of personality for political (and electoral) behaviour or the potential advantages of deliberation over aggregative forms of decision making can be further topics of the seminar – depending on students’ interests.
Weitere Informationen zu den Prüfungsleistungen: Graded assignments (Prüfungsleistungen): Oral presentation, final paper [midterm + endterm] Assignments marked pass/fail (Studienleistungen): Will be announced in due time
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