Electoral Systems: Theory and procedures

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Διδάσκοντες:

Faculty Instructor:

Chadjipadelis Theodore

Vernardakis Christoforos

ECTS:

Κωδικός Μαθήματος:

Code:

ΚΕ0Ε64

Κύκλος / Επίπεδο:

Cycle / Level:

Undergraduate

Υποχρεωτικό / Επιλογής:

Compulsory / Optional:

Optional

Περίοδος Διδασκαλίας:

Teaching Period:

Spring

Περιεχόμενο Μαθήματος:

Course Content:

The families of electoral systems (proportional, majoritarian, mixed) and the parameters that characterize them in terms of the electorate and the party system are analyzed.
Various voting techniques are used (e-voting, traditional ballot box, postal vote) An election process simulation is designed and implemented at individual or group level The electoral systems applied in the elections in Greece since 1828 and those applied today in EU countries, the USA are presented as an example and the UK.

Μαθησιακά Αποτελέσματα:

Learning Outcomes:

they will understand the function of an electoral system
they will be able to evaluate the effect on the party system
they will be able to use and propose e-voting procedures
they will be in position to evaluate the effect on the voter

Μέθοδοι Αξιολόγησης Φοιτητών:

Student Assessment Methods

The evaluation is based exclusively on the preparation of an individual work on the description, evaluation and comparative evaluation of an electoral system or the proposal of its application in real situations.

Βιβλιογραφία:

Bibliography:

Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Κομματικό σύστημα και εκλογικά συστήματα, Nohlen Dieter, ISBN: 978-960-458-012-5, Επίκεντρο (2007)
Εκλογικά συστήματα. Ανάδειξη κοινοβουλίων και προέδρων δημοκρατίας, Διαμαντόπουλος Θανάσης Σ., ISBN: 978-960-16-0225-7, Σ. ΠΑΤΑΚΗΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΚΑΙ ΔΙΑΝΕΜΗΤΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ (2001)

Additional bibliography for study
Electoral Systems, D. M. Farrell (Palgrave 2001)
The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methodology for the Social Sciences, D. Kaplan (ed) (SAGE publication 2004)
Political Geography, world economy, nation-state and locality, P.J. Taylor, and C.Flint (Pearson Education Limited, Harlow 2000).
A unified theory of voting. Directional and Proximity models. Samuel Merrill III & Bernard Grofman (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
Issue Voting, Ole Borre, (Aarhus University Press, 2001)
http://www.campaignsandelections.com Ηλεκτρονική πηγή πληροφοριών για τον εκλογικό ανταγωνισμό
Geography of Elections, P. J. Taylor and R. J. Johnston. (Holmes & Meier 1979)

-Συναφή επιστημονικά περιοδικά:
Σημαντική βιβλιογραφική πηγή για τις ποικίλες θεματικές που σχετίζονται με την εκλογική ανάλυση αποτελούν τα περιοδικά Political Analysis, Electoral Studies, στο οποίο θα κληθούν να ανατρέξουν οι φοιτητές (Το ΑΠΘ διαθέτει συνδρομή στην ηλεκτρονική έκδοση του περιοδικού).
Τέλος, αξιοσημείωτη πηγή ερευνητικού υλικού και βοηθημάτων αποτελεί η ιστοσελίδες
http://www.idea.int/, http://www.cses.org/