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74153-01 - Seminar: Governing In Parliamentary Democracies. How Governments are Formed, how they Govern, how they End (3 KP)

Semester Herbstsemester 2024
Angebotsmuster unregelmässig
Dozierende Sophie Suda (sophie.suda@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Inhalt In this seminar, we look at all aspects concerning governments and coalitions, mainly in parliamentary democracies. Three blocks of topics will be covered: how coalitions are formed, how they work, and how they end. First, we deal with how governments are formed: how do parties find their coalition partners? How do institutions shape coalition choices? How does the allocation of cabinet portfolios work? Second, we look at how governments act. Since this is a broad topic, this bloc is limited to the relationship between parliament and government, and the extent to which parties in government fulfil their campaign pledges. Third, we look at how governments end: this includes factors that make the breaking of governments more likely, and mechanisms that can be installed to prevent premature termination.
Lernziele - Understanding coalition dynamics, party preferences and strategies
- Being able to measure party positions as well as generally broadening knowledge about methods and data
Literatur Gallagher, Michael, Michael Laver and Peter Mair (2011): "Building and Maintaining
a Government." in: Gallagher et al. Representative Government in Modern Europe.
McGraw-Hill: 381-403.
Ecker, Alejandro and Thomas M Meyer (2015): The duration of government formation
processes in Europe. Research & Politics, 2(4).
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Patrick Dumont (2011): Who gets what in coalition governments? Predictors of portfolio allocation in parliamentary democracies. European
Journal of Political Research 50: 441-478.
Klüver, Heike and Jae-Jae Spoon (2020): Helping or hurting? How governing as a junior
coalition partner influences electoral outcomes. The Journal of Politics 82(4): 1231-1242.
Debus, Marc, Mary Stegmaier and Jane Tosun (2014): Economic voting under coalition
governments. Evidence from Germany. Political Science Research and Methods 2(1): 49-
67.
Bemerkungen Attention:
All Seminars will be graded in the Department of Political Science.
Grading scale 6.0 to 1.0, whereupon 4.0 is a pass.
The number of participants is limited. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to students of Political Science.

 

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen Attention:
All Seminars will be graded in the Department of Political Science.
Grading scale 6.0 to 1.0, whereupon 4.0 is a pass.
The number of participants is limited. The places are assigned according to date of enrollment and subject of study. Priority will be given to students of Political Science.
Unterrichtssprache Englisch
Einsatz digitaler Medien kein spezifischer Einsatz

 

Intervall Wochentag Zeit Raum
wöchentlich Donnerstag 10.15-11.45 Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001

Einzeltermine

Datum Zeit Raum
Donnerstag 19.09.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Seminarraum 02.004
Donnerstag 26.09.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 03.10.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 10.10.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 17.10.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 24.10.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 31.10.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 07.11.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 14.11.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 21.11.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 28.11.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 05.12.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 12.12.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Donnerstag 19.12.2024 10.15-11.45 Uhr Bernoullistrasse 14/16, Kleiner Seminarraum 02.001
Module Modul: Erweiterung Gesellschaftswissenschaften B.A. (Bachelor Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft)
Modul: Regionaler Fokus B.A. (Bachelor Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft)
Modul: Vertiefung Politikwissenschaft B.A. (Bachelor Studienfach: Politikwissenschaft)
Prüfung Lehrveranst.-begleitend
Hinweise zur Prüfung Readings: Each week, there will be a short reading, which is necessary to follow the course.
Summary of Dataset: You will get a dataset assigned where you will
have to fill in a table with the most important information, such as access, variables and
time frame. In the end, we will have a big table with the most commonly used datasets
in political science, which will help you for this term paper as well as future research.
Seminar Paper: In the end, you will have to write a seminar paper in English or German answering a research question of your choice. About 3000 words are required. The paper needs to address the research question in an empirical way, which means using a regression using in R.
An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: nicht erforderlich
Wiederholungsprüfung keine Wiederholungsprüfung
Skala 1-6 0,5
Belegen bei Nichtbestehen beliebig wiederholbar
Zuständige Fakultät Philosophisch-Historische Fakultät, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch
Anbietende Organisationseinheit Fachbereich Politikwissenschaft

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