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210066 VO BAK12: SpezialVO Austrian Politics (2021W)

Austrian Parties History Organisation Politics

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
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Details

Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes

every Tuesday starting 05.10.2021 18:30 -20:00 Location: digital

Due to the current COVID19-situation, the course will be held online (status: 30.08.2021)

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The lecture has three main goals: 1. to provide the state-of-the-art in research on Austrian parties, 2. to root this in the relevant political science theories, and 3. to show how Austrian parties place themselves in international comparison with other democracies, in particular West European ones.

The course covers the following themes:
* Party definitions and forms
* the legal framework regulating political parties, the context of the party system
* parties as organizations (structures, capacities, intra-party dynamics)
* parties in the electorate
* inter-party relations
* parties as governmental organizations.

Method: Lecture supported by Powerpoint presentations

Assessment and permitted materials

Written exam at the end of the semester. Exam sheet to download with three essay questions. You can draw on lecture slides, obligatory and additional readings. You have to, however, cite accordingly.

1st date for written exam: DI 25.01.2022 16.45-18.15 Location: Digital

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The assessment is based on the result of the written final exam (100%). For a positive grade, 51 (out of 100) points are required in the written exam.

Scheme for grading:
1–50 points: 5
51–50 points: 4
61–60 points: 3
71–75 points: 2
86–100 points: 1.

Examination topics

Contents of the lecture and obligatory readings

Reading list

Dachs, Herbert, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos (Hg.) (2006). Politik in Österreich. Das Handbuch. Wien: Manz, Abschnitt III: Parteiensystem.
Dalton, Russell J., David M Farrell & Ian McAllister (2011). Political Parties and Democratic Linkage. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dalton, Russel J. & Martin P. Wattenberg (Hg.) (2000). Parties without Partisans. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Luther, Kurt Richard & Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Hg.) (2002). Political Parties in the New Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Niedermayer, Oskar (Hg.) (2013). Handbuch Parteienforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer SV.
Scarrow, Susan E., Paul D. Webb & Thomas Poguntke (Hg.) (2017). Organizing Political Parties. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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