Vorlesungsverzeichnis

European party systems from a comparative perspective (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Sarah Engler

Termin:
wöchentlich | Donnerstag | 14:15 - 15:45 | 13.10.2025 - 30.01.2026 | C 14.202 Seminarraum

Inhalt: The seminar offers an overview of party systems in the old and new democracies of Europe. While the first part of the seminar deals with theories on political divides, party strategies, and voting behavior that have mainly emerged from a look at Western European democracies, the second part of the course focuses on party competition in Central and Eastern Europe. Core questions that we cover in this seminar among others: How can we understand and conceptualize political divides and to what extent do they differ across countries? How can we explain the success of green and populist radical right parties and the mainstream parties' reaction towards them? To what extent does the authoritarian past of post-communist countries still matter in party politics today? Is political competition always programmatic, or what other strategies do parties apply to attract voters?

• Leuphana Bachelor - Major Politikwissenschaft (ab Studienbeginn WiSe 24/25) - Vertiefung: Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft: Vergleichende Institutionenforschung
• Leuphana Bachelor - Major Politikwissenschaft (bis Studienbeginn WiSe 23/24) - Vertiefung: Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft: Vergleichende Institutionenforschung