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210117 SE M7: State Activity, Policy and Governance Analyses (2022W)
Coalition governments in a comparative perspective
Continuous assessment of course work
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Studierende, die der ersten Einheit unentschuldigt fernbleiben, verlieren ihren Platz in der Lehrveranstaltung.Achten Sie auf die Einhaltung der Standards guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis und die korrekte Anwendung der Techniken wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens und Schreibens.
Plagiierte und erschlichene Teilleistungen führen zur Nichtbewertung der Lehrveranstaltung (Eintragung eines 'X' im Sammelzeugnis).
Die Lehrveranstaltungsleitung kann Studierende zu einem notenrelevanten Gespräch über erbrachte Teilleistungen einladen.
Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 05.09.2022 08:00 to Mo 19.09.2022 08:00
- Registration is open from We 21.09.2022 08:00 to Tu 27.09.2022 08:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 24.10.2022 23:59
Details
max. 50 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Thursday 13.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 20.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 27.10. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 03.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 10.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 17.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 24.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 01.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 15.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 12.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 19.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
- Thursday 26.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Coalition governments play an important role in democratic politics. Nowadays, there is almost no single party that wins a majority of the seats in the legislature after an election. This means that two or more parties have to negotiate and form a coalition government in order to take office. The problem is, though, that these parties pursue different policy objectives which potentially creates conflicts during the legislative term. In this seminar, we will analyse the formation, governance and termination of coalition governments in a comparative perspective. In the first part of the seminar, we will get to know the most important theories with regard to coalition formation and then talk about the distribution of policies and offices. Afterwards, we will analyse how coalition governments work before we discuss the reasons for coalition termination and potential consequences of coalition governments.Knowledge of and interest in statistical analysis is helpful for students taking part in this course.
Assessment and permitted materials
• You have to take part in the first session
• Attendance and class participation (10 % of the final mark)
• Submit three meaningful questions for the required readings five times during the seminar (10 % of the final mark)
• Short discussion paper on real-world coalition formation/governance/termination (15 % of the final mark)
• Submission of research proposal and giving feedback to your peers (15 % of the final mark)
• Research paper (50 % of the final mark)Each component will be marked separately. The overall mark will be the weighted average of the marks from the five components, whereby it is not necessary that each of the components is successful. In other words, students are allowed to fail any of the four components and can still pass the class as long as the overall mark is at least 4. However, students have to submit at least something for every component.The marking scheme is structed as follows:100-87 Points = 1
86,99-75 Points = 2
74,99-63 Points = 3
62,99-50 Points = 4
49,99-0 Points = 5
• Attendance and class participation (10 % of the final mark)
• Submit three meaningful questions for the required readings five times during the seminar (10 % of the final mark)
• Short discussion paper on real-world coalition formation/governance/termination (15 % of the final mark)
• Submission of research proposal and giving feedback to your peers (15 % of the final mark)
• Research paper (50 % of the final mark)Each component will be marked separately. The overall mark will be the weighted average of the marks from the five components, whereby it is not necessary that each of the components is successful. In other words, students are allowed to fail any of the four components and can still pass the class as long as the overall mark is at least 4. However, students have to submit at least something for every component.The marking scheme is structed as follows:100-87 Points = 1
86,99-75 Points = 2
74,99-63 Points = 3
62,99-50 Points = 4
49,99-0 Points = 5
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Please note that this course is held in English. Students must be able and willing to read and understand academic literature in English and also be able to follow and take part in a discussion in English. Students also have to submit their coursework in English.Attendance is required in the first class and, overall, not more than two classes can be missed (‘prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung’).
Examination topics
The content of the seminar sessions and the literature.
Reading list
The syllabus (including a literature list) will be uploaded on Moodle.
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Last modified: We 28.09.2022 12:29