This course is no longer offered
12010 Selected Topics in Modern Democracy 1
Credits: 3 graduate credits in Democracy Studies / Society and Politics or History of Democracy or History, Education and Citizenship
Prerequisites: Democracy: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Israeli Democracy: Selected Issues, Contemporary Democratic Theories; and one of the following: Democracy and Democratization, Selected Problems in the History of Western Democracies, Liberalism: Texts, Contexts, Critiques, Education Policy: Education for Democracy in Democratic Societies.
The aim of the course is to analyze issues and problems of modern democracy, combining theories and analytical approaches with empirical studies. The course discusses such issues as: approaches to distribution of power in Western societies; democracy in the age of globalization; indifference and political participation; democracy and the law; the right to know; democracy and conformity.
The course is based on a reader and a study guide.
Topics: Democratization and globalization; Distribution of power in a modern democracy; Political parties, representation and opposition; Indifference, alienation and participation; Law and democracy; The right to know; Multiculturalism and democracy.
1Students who took Selected Topics in Modern Democracy (10326) as part of their undergraduate studies may not take this course.