Democracy and Civil Society
Democracy and Civil Society
Data is displayed for the academic year: 2025./2026.
Course Description
The aim of the course "Democracy and Civil Society" is to introduce students with the theoretical concepts and analytical instruments which are used in political science for functional analysis of political institutions in modern democracies and also for description and comparison of democratic and non-democratic/authoritarian systems.
Study Programmes
undergraduate
Military Leadership and Management - study
(3. semester)
Learning Outcomes
- interpret of the contemporary understanding of democracy
- distinguish democratic and authoritarian systems
- interpret and distinguish consolidate and defect democracies
- define and analyze the most important models of democratic transition
- define and distinguish types of systems of government and classify their empirical examples
- contrast and assess different models of democracy
Forms of Teaching
Lectures
Lectures will be held two hours per week.
Seminars and workshopsSeminars will be held one our per week.
Week by Week Schedule
- Explanation of the basic goals and purposes of the course. Overview of topics to be treated during the lectures. A review of the literature that will be used during lectures and seminars.
- Democratic Systems
- Westminster and Consensus Model of Democracy
- Defect Democracies as Hybrid Regimes
- Authoritarian and Totalitarian Systems
- Transformations from Autocracies to Democracies
- 1. exam
- Typology of governments
- Political System of the Great Britain
- Political System of the USA
- Political System of France
- Political System of Switzerland
- Political System of Israel
- New Authoritarian Systems
- 2. exam
Literature
Wolfgang Merkel (2011.), Transformacija političkih sustava, Fakultet političkih znanosti
Arend Lijphart (2014.), Modeli demokracije, Fakultet političkih znanosti
For students
General
ID 282162
Winter semester
3.0 ECTS
L0 English Level
L1 e-Learning
30 Lectures
15 Seminar