Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500259 Political Science and Public Management | OB | 2 | 1 |
Students should have acquired basic concepts of Political Science and Research Methods. They must be able read English texts and work with spreadsheets.
The course has three objectives:
- To know the basic elements that characterize political and electoral behaviour in democratic contexts
- To be able to use theories and variables that explain how citizens think and act in politics
- To know and be able to use the main methods and data available for the analysis of political behaviour
1. Theoretical and methodological approaches
2. Political participation
3. Attitudes, values and emotions
4. Elections
5. The explanation of vote
6. Gender and political behavior
Classroom sessions requieres prior reading of the materials that will be indicated at the beginning of the course. There are three types of classroom sessions:
1. Theory classes where the teacher presents the theoretical content in interaction with the students
2. Seimnar sessions. The students work on an exercise of applying the knowledge acquired through the analysis of the readings
3. Practice sessions. The students work on an exercise to apply the knowledge acquired through data analysis
During the autonomous activities, students must prepare the materials corresponding to each session, work on the assigments that will be evaluated and prepare the contents of the exam
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Lectures and presentations | 36 | 1.44 | 4, 6, 18, 12, 14, 19, 20, 22 |
Practical sessions and seminars | 19 | 0.76 | 4, 16, 13, 19, 20, 24, 23, 25, 22 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Evaluation | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 3, 4, 10, 16, 12, 11, 19, 20, 23 |
Tutorials | 15 | 0.6 | 4, 16, 12, 11, 19, 20, 23, 22 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Compulsory readings and readings related to the practical sessions | 30 | 1.2 | 12, 13, 11, 14, 20, 23 |
Study of the theory presented in class | 30 | 1.2 | 2, 4, 16, 12, 11, 14, 20, 23, 22 |
Writing of practical exercices | 15 | 0.6 | 16, 20, 24, 23, 25, 22 |
Final exam (50%). The exam involves a test of 30 questions (30%) and a short essay commenting a table or graph (20%)
Exercise in the lab (30%). The result of the work during the class will be handed in. No late submissions will be accepted.
Final essay (20%). The final essay will consist of the development of one of the practices or a research question related to the content of the subject. Details will be explained in class.
In accordance with article 117.2 of the UAB rules, students that are re-taking this course may be evaluated with a single exam. If you want to follow this kind of evaluation inform the professors at the beginning of the academic year.
To pass the course students need a minimum overall grade of 5/10, with a minimum grade of 4/10 in the exam.
Compensatory evaluation
Students will have the right to a compensatory evaluation only if the following conditions are met:
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Classrom exercises | 30% | 0 | 0 | 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 17, 10, 18, 16, 12, 13, 11, 14, 19, 20, 24, 23, 25, 22 |
Final essay | 20% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 8, 7, 17, 10, 16, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 24, 23, 25, 22 |
Final exam | 50% | 3 | 0.12 | 21, 5, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 17, 10, 16, 12, 11, 19, 20 |
Compulsory readings
Anduiza Perea, E., & Bosch, A. (2004). Comportamiento político y electoral. Barcelona: Ariel.
Boussalis, C., Coan, T. G., Holman, M. R., & Müller, S. (2021). Gender, Candidate Emotional Expression, and Voter Reactions During Televised Debates. American Political Science Review, 115(4), 1242–1257. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055421000666
Dalton, R. J. (2014 o posterior). Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Los Angeles: Sage CQ Press.
Fraile, M., & de Miguel Moyer, C. (2021). Risk and the gender gap in internal political efficacy in Europe. West European Politics, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.1969146
Geus, R. de, Ralph-Morrow, E., & Shorrocks, R. (2022). Understanding Ambivalent Sexism and its Relationship with Electoral Choice in Britain. British Journal of Political Science, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123421000612
Guinjoan, M. (2016). Per què fallen les enquestes? Eines 27, 71-80.
Mintz, A., Valentino, N. A., & Wayne, C. (2021). Beyond Rationality: Behavioral Political Science in the 21st Century. Cambridge University Press.
Rodon, T., & Guinjoan, M. (2018). “Mind the Protest Gap: The Role of Resources in the Face of Economic Hardship”. PS - Political Science and Politics, 51(1): 84-92.
Sanders, D. (1995). Behavioral Analysis. In Theory and Methods in Political Science (pp. 23–41)
Reif, K., Schmitt, H. and NORRIS, P. (1997), Second-order elections. European Journal of Political Research, 31: 109-124. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6765.1997.tb00768.x
Theocharis, Y., & Van Deth, J. W.(2018). “The Continuous Expansion of Citizen Participation: A New Taxonomy”. EuropeanPolitical Science Review, 10(1): 139-163.
Vries, C. E. D., Hobolt, S. B., Proksch, S.-O., & Slapin, J. B. (2021). Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach. Oxford University Press.
General references
Arzheimer, K., Evans, J.,& Lewis-Beck, M. (2017). The Sage Handbook of Electoral Behaviour. London: Sage.
Dalton, R. J., & Klingemann, H.-D. (2007). Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Verge, T. (2014). “Comportamiento político”. En Ciencia Política con Perspectiva de Género. Madrid: Akal
Additional readings
To go deeper into some questions or for the final essay.
Surveys and experiments
Anspach, N. M., Jennings, J. T., & Arceneaux, K. (2019). “A Little Bit of Knowledge: Facebook’s News Feed and Self-Perceptions of Knowledge”. Research & Politics, 6(1): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168018816189
Penadés, A. (2015). Especial encuestas: errores, cocina y predicción. In Zoom Político 25, 1-19.Sniderman, Paul M. (2011): “The Logic and Design of the Survey Experiment. An Autobiography of a Methodological Innovation”, in Druckman et al. (editors), Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science: 102-114. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Tormos, R. (2014). Aspectes metodològics de l’enquesta online amb experiments. Barcelona: Centre d’Estudis d’Opinió.
Participation
Dalton, R. J. (2014). Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Los Angeles: Sage CQ Press. Capítols 3 (political participation) i 4 (protest politics).
Armingeon, K., & Schädel, L. (2015). “Social Inequality in Political Participation: The Dark Sides of Individualisation”. West European Politics, 38(1): 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2014.929341
Font, J., Navarro, C., & Wojcieszak, M. (2012). Preferencias dela ciudadanía española sobre las formas de decisión política y sus factores explicativos. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas. Capítols 1 i 2.
Gallego, A., San, J., & Cristancho, C. (2010). “La movilización política: medición y relevancia”. Revista Española de Ciencia Política, 23: 113-124.
Klandermans, B., & van Stekelenburg, J. (2013). “The Social Psychology of Protest”. Current Sociology, 61(5-6): 886-905.
Rodon, T., & Guinjoan, M. (2018). “Mind the Protest Gap: The Role of Resources in the Face of Economic Hardship”. PS - Political Science and Politics, 51(1): 84-92.
Theocharis, Y., & Van Deth, J. W. (2018). “The Continuous Expansion of Citizen Participation: A New Taxonomy”. European Political Science Review, 10(1): 139-163.
Torcal, M., Rodon, T., & Hierro, M. J. (2016). “Word on the Street: The Persistence of Leftist-dominated Protest in Europe”. West European Politics, 39: 326-350.
Trujillo, M., & Gómez, B. (2016). Urnas vacias en los suburbios de las ciudades. Barcelona: Observatorio Social La Caixa
Attitudes
Dalton, R. J. (2014). Citizen Politics: Public Opinion and Political Parties in Advanced Industrial Democracies. Los Angeles: Sage CQ Press. Capítols 2 (mass beliefs) 5 (values in change), 6 (issues and ideological orientations) i 12 (citizens and democratic process)
Converse, P. E. (1964). “The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Publics”. Critical Review, 18(1): 1-74.
Fernbach, P. M., Rogers, T., Fox, C. R., & Sloman, S. A. (2013). “Political Extremism Is Supported by an Illusion of Understanding”. Psychological Science, 24(6): 939-946. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797612464058
Fraile, M., & de Miguel Moyer, C. (2021). Risk and the gender gap in internal political efficacy in Europe. West European Politics, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.1969146
Geus, R. de, Ralph-Morrow, E., & Shorrocks, R. (2022). Understanding Ambivalent Sexism and its Relationship with Electoral Choice in Britain. British Journal of Political Science, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123421000612
Inglehart, R., & Welzel, C. (2005). Modernization, Cultural Change, and Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Capítol 1 (en castellano, publicado por el CIS)
Prior, M. (2018). Hooked. How Politics Captures People’s Interest. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Capítol 1.
Shively, W. P. (1979). “The Development of Party Identification among Adults: Exploration of a Functional Model”. The American Political Science Review, 73(4): 1039-1054.
Shorrocks, R. (2016). “A Feminist Generation? Cohort Change in Gender-Role Attitudes and The Second-Wave Feminist Movement”. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 30(1): 125-145.
Romero, X. (2018). “Una opinió pública termostàtica. L’efecte de les crisis econòmiques i l’acció governamental en les preferències de polítiques públiques a Catalunya”. Quaderns de l’ICPS, 1–9.
VVAA. (2015). Informe sobre la democracia en España 2015. Madrid: Fundación Alternativas. Capítol 2: “El descontento con el funcionamiento de la democracia en España”
Elections
Downs, A. 1992. “Una teoría económica de la democracia”. En Diez textos básicos de ciencia política. Ariel.
Blais, A., & Anduiza, E. (2013). “Voter Turnout”. In R. Valelly (Ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199756223-0066
Iyengar, S., Sood, G., & Lelkes, Y. (2012). “Affect, Not Ideology”. Public Opinion Quarterly, 76(3): 405-431.
Medina, L. (2015). Les eleccions al Parlament de Catalunya del 27S. Polarització en clau identitària i divisió de l’electorat. Quaderns de l’ICPS, (11), 1–11. https://www.icps.cat/archivos/Quaderns/q11_cat.pdf
Nai, A. (2020). “Going Negative, Worldwide: Towards a General Understanding of Determinants and Targets of Negative Campaigning”. Government and Opposition, 55(3): 430-455. https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2018.32
Westwood, S. J., Iyengar, S., Malhotra, N., Lelkes, Y., & Levendusky, M. (2018). The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States. Annual Review of Political Science, 22(1), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-051117-073034
Vote
Astudillo, J., & Rodon, T. (2013). “El comportamiento electoral del votante en la mediana y las «paradojas» de la competición política española / The Electoral Behaviour of the Median Voter and the ‘Paradoxes’ of Spanish Political Competition”. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 144: 3-21. https://doi.org/10.5477/cis/reis.144.3
Equipo Piedras de Papel. (2015). Aragón es nuestro Ohio: así votan los españoles. Barcelona: Malpaso. Capítols 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 i 10
Barberá, P. (2018). “Explaining the Spread of Misinformationon Social Media: Evidence from the 2016 US Presidential Election”. APSA Comparative Politics Newsletter, 1-5.
Carmines, E. G., & Stimson, J. A. (1980). “The Two Faces of Issue Voting”. The American Political Science Review, 74 (1): 78-91
Pallarés, Riba,Fraile (2007). Variables socioestructurales y comportamiento electoral en las elecciones generales españolas. Una perspectiva evolutiva 1979-2000. Revista de Estudios Políticos, 109-158.Garzia, D. (2017). “Voter Evaluation of Candidates and Party Leaders”. In Arzheimer, K., Evans, J., and Lewis-Beck, M. (eds.). Sage Handbook of Electoral Behavior. London: Sage. 633-653.
Johnston, R. (2015). “Election Campaigns”. Sage Handbook of Electoral Behavior. London: Sage
Kinder, D. R., & Kiewiet, D. R. (1981). “Sociotropic Politics: The American Case”. British Journal of Political Science, 11(2): 129-161.
Pallarés, F., Riba, C., & Fraile, M. (2007).“Variables socioestructurales y comportamiento electoral en las elecciones generales españolas. Una perspectiva evolutiva 1979-2000”. Revista de Estudios Políticos, 135, 109–158.
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