Study
Focus of teaching
In accordance with the chair's dedication, teaching focuses on the following areas:
- Empirical comparison of European political systems.
- Teaching the relevant theories of political science systems and democracy research, which can explain the comparative empirical findings.
The theoretical and empirical focal points each consist of three subgroups:
The functional logic of democratic political systems
- Defective democracies and democracies in crisis (processes of de-democratisation and autocratisation)
- Parliamentary and presidential democracies, including their hybrid forms
- Competitive and consociational democracy
- Constitutional jurisdiction
- Political regionalisation and federalism
- European integration
Political actors and decision-making
- Elections and electoral systems
- Direct democracy and representation
- Parties and party systems
- Political extremism
- Associations and interest mediation
Political attitudes and policy content
- Political culture
- Performance (including the welfare state and social policy)
The courses are primarily tailored to the Bachelor's degree programme in Political Science and the Master's degree programme in Democracy Studies, but are also open to students on other degree programmes. Details (group of participants, performance requirements) can be found in the comments on the individual courses.
Courses
33376
Current topics in political science (external link, opens in a new window)
33332c
A regional comparison of the Hungarian political system (external link, opens in a new window)
33332a
33312
33300
33356
Research seminar for Master's examination candidates (external link, opens in a new window)
33332b
33332d
Polarisation and social division in comparison (external link, opens in a new window)
33362
33326
Politically motivated violence in Latin America (external link, opens in a new window)
33300a
Propaedeutic course in democracy studies (external link, opens in a new window)
33332
Reform debates to strengthen democracy (external link, opens in a new window)
33302
33342
Western and non-Western understandings of democracy (external link, opens in a new window)
Repeat examinations Western governmental systems (external link, opens in a new window)
Study guides
- Guide for divisions (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible)
- Guide for term papers (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible)
- Literature (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible)
- Guidelines for the preparation of theses (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible)