Political Institutions 2102-ANG-L-D1POIN

The course is related to the comparison of the institutional designs, political
regimes and welfare state models. The first part of the course is based on typology of
democratic institutions by A. Lijphart and devoted to the variety of institutional
designs in Europe (e.g. majoritarian, consensus). Here the issues of democratic
backsliding and other political challenges are also discussed. The second part of the
course explores the varieties of socioeconomic policies, based on the typology of G.
Esping – Andersen and other relevant classifications, to understand basic
approaches of different countries towards welfare provision and socio-economic
policies. During the course students are expected to get a closer look at the selected
countries and acquire theoretical knowledge for their comparative research.