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Political Representation and Electoral Analysis
Engineering & Social Sciences Program
Madrid, Spain
Dates: 8/30/21 - 12/23/21
Political Representation and Electoral Analysis
OVERVIEW
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.
- 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.