Democracy in Comparative Perspective (U02398)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : SPS-1-DCP

Compares origins, institutions, and processes of democracy in several political systems.

Entry Requirements

? Special Arrangements for Entry : A quota of 325 students, with preference given in the following order: (1) First year students admitted to a degree including Politics (Honours or BA Humanities & Soc Sci) and Visiting Students holding a written offer of a place; (2) First year students whose main subject is in the School of Social and Political Studies (SSPS), or whose main subject has a joint degree with Politics (including Religion and Combined Studies); (3) Students taking second-year SSPS half-courses; (4) First Year students taking BA Humanities and Social Science, (5) other first year students in CHSS.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Politics, (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
07/01/2008	15:00	15:50	Lecture Theatre, George Square Theatre	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	15:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	15:00	15:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Plus one hour tutorial.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Aims: Democracy in Comparative Perspective (DCP) seeks to provide:

A contextualization of key concepts in comparative politics and IR, especially power, democracy and the state

An understanding of the basic features and operations of three different states (the UK, a foreign democratic state and a non- or semi-democratic state).

Objectives: By the end of DCP we would expect students to be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of key concepts in the study of politics and IR;

Exhibit comparative knowledge of different political systems, institutions, processes and ideas;

Evaluate alternative explanations of particular political developments and events in the three countries studied in this course.