El curso seguirá la metodología propia de la enseñanza a distancia y online. El alumnado tendrá que leer una serie de lecturas obligatorias y se sugerirán además lecturas complementarias.
Los temas del curso (6 temas) se desarrollarán en un total de 12 sesiones a las que se asociarán lecturas obligatorias y recomendadas y otra serie de materiales de apoyo. A algunos temas les dedicaremos más sesiones que a otros.
A lo largo del curso se celebrarán varias sesiones de video- o web-conferencia.
Todas las lecturas son textos en inglés. A continuación se exponen qué lecturas son obligatorias, cuáles son recomendadas y cuáles pueden leerse adicionalmente para ampliar la formación. Igualmente, por tanto, a continuación se presenta la estructura de las sesiones encuadradas en los seis grandes temas que abordará el curso. Aunque el curso se desarrolla en castellano, pasamos a exponer estos detalles en inglés para iniciar la familiarización del trabajo con ese idioma.
The readings of each session are classified in three categories:
Readings with *** are compulsory readings (one for each session), all students should read them, and in every session the compulsory reading will be presented by a designated student
Readings with ** are additional readings (one for each session); students are strongly advised to read these readings
Readings without any * are considered as further readings that student might want to read to deepen their knowledge on specific topics or to help them in the development of their Course essay.
Session 1. Introduction. Crisis, crises or challenges: The troubles of contemporary Western party democracies.
Readings:
Levitsky, S. & D. Ziblatt. 2018. ‘Introduction’, in S. Levitsky & D. Ziblatt, How Democracies Die. New York: Penguin.
** Mair, P. 2013. ‘Introduction’, in P. Mair, Ruling the void. London: Verso.
** Przeworski, A. 2019. ‘Introduction’, in A. Przeworski, Crises of Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Session 2. Signs of the crisis of democracy: Popular dissatisfaction, disengagement and discontent
Readings:
Armingeon, K., & K. Guthmann. 2013. ‘Democracy in Crisis? The Declining Support for National Democracy in European Countries, 2007–2011’, European Journal of Political Research, 53(3): 423–42.
*** Mair, P. 2013. ‘The Passing of Popular Involvement’, in P. Mair, Ruling the void. London: Verso.
Session 3. Signs of the crisis of democracy: The cultural backlash
Readings:
Hainmuller, J. & D. Hopkins. 2014. ‘Public Attitudes Toward Immigration’, Annual Review of Political Science 17: 225-49.
*** Norris, P. & R. Inglehart. 2019. ‘The Cultural Backlash Theory’, in P. Norris & R. Inglehart, Cultural Backlash. Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
** Norris, P. & R. Inglehart. 2019. ‘The Backlash Against the Silent Revolution’, in Norris, P. & R. Inglehart, in Cultural Backlash. Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Session 4. Signs of the crisis of democracy: Polarization
Readings:
Abramowitz, A. 2018. ‘From Dealignment to Alignment’, in A. Abramowitz, The Great Alignment. Yale: Yale University Press.
*** McCarty, N. 2019. ‘What Is Political Polarization?’, in N. McCarty, Polarization. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
** McCarty, N. 2019. ‘Is the Public Polarized?’, in N. McCarty, Polarization. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
** Documentary “America’s Great Divide: From Obama to Trump.” Part 1. By PBS, 2020
Session 5. Signs of the crisis of democracy: Changes in patterns of electoral behaviour
Readings:
*** Kriesi, H., E. Grande, R. Lachat, M. Dolezal, S. Bornschier, & T. Frey. 2008. ‘Globalization and its impact on national spaces of competition’, in Kriesi, H., E. Grande, R. Lachat, M. Dolezal, S. Bornschier, & T. Frey, West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kriesi, H. 2008. ‘Contexts of party mobilization’, in Kriesi, H., E. Grande, R. Lachat, M. Dolezal, S. Bornschier, & T. Frey, West European Politics in the Age of Globalization. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
** De Vries, C. & S. Hobolt. 2020. ‘Voter Loyalty’, in De Vries, C. & S. Hobolt, Political Entrepreneurs. The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Session 6. Signs of the crisis of democracy: The erosion of traditional parties, party systems and party government
Readings:
Bardi, L., S. Bartolini & A. Trechsel. 2014. ‘Responsive and Responsible? The Role of Parties in Twenty-First Century Politics’, West European Politics 37 (2): 235−52.
*** Mair, P. 2008. ‘The Challenge to Party Government’, West European Politics 31(1-2): 211-234.
** van Biezen, I. & T. Poguntke. 2014. ‘The decline of membership-based politics’, Party Politics 20(2): 205-216.
Session 7.Signs of the crisis of democracy: The rise of populism and of authoritarian populism
Readings:
*** Golder, Matt. 2016. ‘Far Right Parties in Europe’, Annual Review of Political Science 19: 477-497.
Ivarsflaten, E. 2008. ‘What Unites Right-Wing Populists in Western Europe? Re-examining Grievance Mobilization Models in Seven Successful Cases’, Comparative Political Studies 41: 3-23.
** Rooduijn, M. & T. Akkerman. 2017. ‘Flank Attacks: Populism and Left-Right Radicalism in Western Europe’, Party Politics 23: 193-204
** Special ‘Trump and US political crisis’ readings:
Ceaser, J. 2017. ‘The Nomination Game’, Journal of Democracy 28(2): 45-49.
Norris, P. & R. Inglehart. 2019. ‘Trump’s America’, in P. Norris & R. Inglehart, Cultural Backlash. Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Oliver, J. E. & W. M. Rahn. 2016. ‘Rise of the Trumpenvolk: Populism in the 2016 election’, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 667(I): 189-206.
Sides, J., M. Tesler & L. Vavreck. 2017. ‘How Trump Lost and Won’, Journal of Democracy 28(2): 34-44.
Persily, N. 2017. ‘Can Democracy Survive the Internet?’, Journal of Democracy 28(2): 63-76.
Session 8. Searching for explanations: Globalization
Readings:
*** Hellwig, T., and D. Samuels. 2007. ‘Voting in Open Economies. The Electoral Consequences of Globalization’, Comparative Political Studies 40(3): 283-306.
Rodrik, D. 2017. ‘Populism and the Economics of Globalization’, Discussion Paper 12119, Centre for Economic Policy Research, London
** Kaiser, M. A. 2007. ‘How Domestic is Domestic Politics? Globalization and Elections’, Annual Review of Political Science 10: 341-362.
Session 9. Searching for explanations: Income stagnation and inequality
Readings:
*** Kates, S. & J. Tucker. 2019. ‘We Never Change, Do We? Economic Anxiety and the Far Right in a Post Crisis Europe’, Social Science Quarterly 100(2): 494-523.
** Lindvall, J. 2014. ‘The Electoral Consequences of Two Great Crises’, European Journal of Political Research 53(4): 747-65.
Abou-Chadi, T., and S. Hix. 2021. ‘Brahmin Left versus Merchant Right? Education, class, multiparty competition, and redistribution in Western Europe’, British Journal of Sociology doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12834
Session 10. Searching for explanations: ‘The withdrawal of the elites’
Readings:
** Caramani, D. 2017. ‘Will vs. Reason: The Populist and Technocratic Forms of Political Representation and Their Critique to Party Government’, American Political Science Review 111(1): 54-67.
***Katz, R., & P. Mair. 1995. ‘Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy: The Emergence of the Cartel Party’, Party Politics 1(1): 5−28.
Bertsou, E. 2021. ‘Bring in the experts? Citizen preferences for independent experts in political decision-making processes’, European Journal of Political Research doi: 10.1111/1475-6765.12448
Session 11. Lessons for the future? Democratic backsliding and illiberal regimes.
Readings:
*** Bermeo, N. 2016. ‘On Democratic Backsliding’, Journal of Democracy 27(1): 5-19.
** Diamond, L. 2002. ‘Thinking about Hybrid Regimes’, Journal of Democracy 13(2): 21-35.
Varol, O. 2015. 2015. ‘Stealth Authoritarianism’, Iowa Law Review 100: 1673-742
Session 12. Lessons for the future? Overview
Readings:
** Levitsky, S. & D. Ziblatt. 2018. ‘Saving Democracy’, in S. Levitsky & D. Ziblatt, How Democracies Die. New York: Penguin.
** Przeworski, A. 2019. ‘The Future?’, in A. Przeworski, Crises of Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
