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CEA CAPA Partner Institution:Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location:Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: Political Science
Instruction in:English
Course Code:13031
Transcript Source:Partner Institution
Course Details:Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits:3
Contact Hours:42
DESCRIPTION
Unit 1. Democracy and political representation: theoretical foundation, dimensions and representational roles. Measuring empirically political representation models. - Unit 2. Electoral systems: objetives and elements. - Unit 3. The political consequences of electoral systems. Types of electoral systms. - Unit 4. The electoral process and its functions. - Unit 5. The analysis of the vote: cleavages and predispositions. Cleavage voting and issue voting. Change and continuity in electoral behavior. The dimensions of the vote. - Unit 6. Electoral behavior in Spain. Electoral periods and electoral Spains.