Theoretical and Methodological Approaches in the Study of Democratization and De-democratization 1600-SZD-SPEC-PTM-PA

Knowledge | The graduate knows and understands:
WG_01 - to the extent necessary for existing paradigms to be revised - a worldwide body of work, covering theoretical foundations as well as general and selected specific issues - relevant to a particular discipline
within the social sciences
WG_02 - the main development trends in the disciplines of the social sciences in which the education is provided
WG_03 - scientific research methodology in the field of the social sciences
WK_01 - fundamental dilemmas of modern civilisation from the perspective of the social sciences
Skills | The graduate is able to:
UK_05 - speaking a foreign language at B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages using the professional terminology specific to the discipline within the social sciences, to the extent enabling participation in an international scientific and professional environment
Social competences | The graduate is ready to
KO_01 - fulfilling the social obligations of researchers and creators
KO_02 - fulfilling social obligations and taking actions in the public interest, in particular in initiating actions in the public interest
KO_03 - think and acting in an entrepreneurial manner

Description of requirements related to participation in classes: One absence is permissible. A second absence requires the written excuse. Each next absence results in failure to complete the course.

Principles for passing the classes and the subject (including resit session): The course assessment will be based on two case studies. Within the first one, PhD students, on the basis of the provided research issues, are asked to prepare a conceptual and theoretical framework enabling the analysis of the presented issue. In the second case, PhD students propose a methodology for doing a research on the presented research question. The retake will take place in a similar form.

Methods for the verification of learning outcomes: The skills and knowledge outcomes will be verified during classes, through discussions and class assignments, and in the form of preparation of final assignments.

Evaluation criteria: The evaluation criterion will be the assessment of the case studies prepared by PhD students.

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Behrend, J., and Whitehead, L. (eds.). (2016). Illiberal practices: territorial variance within large federal democracies. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press;
Bogaards M. (2018). De-democratization in Hungary: diffusely defective democracy. Democratization, 25(8):1481-1499;
Cassani, A. & L. Tomini (2019). Autocratisation in post-Cold War Political Regimes. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan; Dahl, Robert A. 1989. Democracy and its Critics. New Haven: Yale University Press;
Croissant, A., and Tomini, L. (2024). Handbook of Autocratization, Routledge; Dahl, Robert A. 2000. On Democracy. New Haven: Yale University Press;
Diamond L. (2015). Facing Up to the Democratic Recession. Journal of Democracy, 26:141-155;
Gerschewski, J. (2021). Erosion or Decay? Conceptualizing Causes and Mechanisms of Democratic Regression. Democratization, 28(1):43-62;
Gilley, B. (2010). Democratic enclaves in authoritarian regimes. Democratization, 17(3): 389-415; Haggard S. and R. Kaufman (2021). Backsliding: Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World. Elements in Political Economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021;
Held, David. 1987. Models of Democracy. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press;
Huntington, Samuel P. 1991. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press;
Levitsky, S., & Way, L. A. (2010). Competitive Authoritarianism: Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press;
Linz J. J. & A. Stepan (1996). Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press;
Lührmann A. & S. I. Lindberg (2019). A third wave of autocratization is here: what is new about it?, Democratization, 26(7):1095-1113;
Lührmann, A. & B. Rooney (2020). Autocratization by Degree: States of Emergency and Democratic Decline. Comparative Politics. DOI: 10.5129/001041521X16004520146485;
Merkel W. & A. Lührmann (2021). Resilience of democracies: responses to illiberal and authoritarian challenges. Democratization, 28(5):869-884;
McMann, K.M. (2018). Measuring subnational democracy.: toward improved regime typologies and theories of regime change. Democratization, 25(1): 19-37;
O'Donnell, Guillermo, and Philippe C. Schmitter. 1986. Transitions from Authoritarian Rule. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press;
Pelke, L., and Croissant, A. (2021) "Conceptualizing and measuring autocratization episodes." Swiss Political Science Review 27(2): 434-448; Skaaning, S.-E. (2020) "Waves of autocratization and democratization: a critical note on conceptualization and measurement." Democratization 27(8): 1533-15;
Tomini, L., & Sandri, G. (Eds.). (2018). Challenges of Democracy in the 21st Century: Concepts, Methods, Causality and the Quality of Democracy, Routledge.

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