Anda ülevaade demokraatia mõistest ning institutsionaalsestest erinevustest demokraatiate vahel, põhjustest üleminekuks demokraatiale ning sellest loobumiseks ja demokraatia populariseerimise mehhanismidest.

To provide an overview of the concept of democracy, the institutional variations between democracies, the reasons for transitions to and from democracy and the mechanisms of democracy promotion.

Üliõpilased orienteeruvad käimasolevates debattides demokraatia headest ja halbadest külgedest, kategoriseerivad poliitiliste parteide põhilisi tunnusjooni, valimissüsteeme ja huvigruppe; analüüsivad põhjuseid üleminekuks demokraatiale ning sellest loobumiseks.

Students refer to the current debates on the pros and cons of democracy; categorize the main features of political parties, electoral systems and interest associations; and analyze the reasons for transitions to and from democracy.

Kursus keskendub demokraatia ja demokratiseerimise probleemidele ning püüab selgitada, miks mõnedes riikides on poliitika demokraatlik ja teistes ei ole. Mis määrab ära ülemineku demokraatiale ja demokraatialt? Mis on demokraatlike poliitikate peamised erinevused? Kursus on jagatud nelja ossa. Sissejuhatus keskendub mõningatele demokraatiatevahelistele olulisematele sarnasustele ja erinevustele. Teine osa tegeleb peamiste faktoritega, mis teevad ühe riigi demokraatlikuks. Kolmandas osas vaadeldakse lähemalt viit juhtumit (Saksamaa, Lõuna-Korea, Ida-Euroopa ja Hiina) ning viimases osas keskendutakse ponnistustele edendada demokraatiat teistes riikides.

The course focuses on the problems behind democracy and democratisation and aims to explain why some of the countries have democracy and some do not. What determines the transition to democracy and from democracy? What are the main differences between democratic policies? The course is divided into four parts. The introduction focuses on some of the most important similarities and differences between democracies. The second part deals with the main factors that make a country a democratic one. During the third part five cases with a focus on Germany, S. Korea, Eastern Europe and China are observed in close and the last part focuses on the efforts of promoting democracy in other countries.

eristav hindamine

graded assessment

Kohustuslik kirjandus; lisaülesanne: kirjalik töö.

Weekly required readings; optional paper.

Caramani, ed., Comparative Politics. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 466 – 484. Campbell, Ross & David P. Conradt (2015), “The Civic Culture at 50: Change, Continuity and Challenges in the Federal Republic of Germany”, German Politics, 24:3, 217-233.
Caramani, Daniele (2011), Chapter 13, “Party Systems” In: Daniele Caramani, ed., Comparative Politics. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 237 – 257. Diamond, Larry (2015), ”Facing up to the Democratic Recession”, In: Larry Diamond & Marc F. Plattner, eds., Democracy in Decline? Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp.: 98 – 118. Erne, Roland (2011), Chapter 21, “Interest Associations”, In: Daniele Caramani, ed., Comparative Politics. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 389 – 407. Freyburg, Tina, Sandra Lavenex, Frank Schimmelfennig, Tatiana Skripka & Anne Wetzel (2015), Democracy Promotion by Functional Cooperation: The European Union and Its Neighbourhood, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, Chapter 1. “Models of EU Democracy Promotion: From Leverage to Governance”, pp. 10 – 24. Geddes, Barbara (2007), Chapter 14 “What Causes Democratization.” In Carles Boix & Susan C. Stokes, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Hackenesch, Christine (2015), “Not as Bad as it Seems: EU and US Democracy Promotion Faces China in Africa”

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