Degree | Type | Year |
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2500259 Political Science and Public Management | OB | 3 |
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Students should have completed the compulsory subjects of Methodology of Political Analysis and Political Behavior.
The aim of this course is to provide students with theoretical and practical tools to analyze the electoral processes and the various elements and actors involved: electoral systems, campaigns, candidates and voters.
This is a natural continuation of the course 'Political behavior' of the third year, which presents the current state of research in electoral behavior combined with a more applied aspect of analysis and electoral strategy.
13/9/24 |
S1 |
Introduction and behavior models |
17/9/24 |
S2 |
Surveys and electoral prediction |
20/9/24 |
S3 |
Electoral systems |
24/9/24 |
Festivo |
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27/9/24 |
P1 |
Simulation of electoral systems |
1/10/24 |
S4 |
Party competition and dealignment |
4/10/24 |
T1.1 |
TF Tutorial: Research question |
8/10/24 |
T1.2 |
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11/10/24 |
S5 |
Class voting and realignment |
15/10/24 |
P2 |
Review of R |
18/10/24 |
S6 |
Corruption |
21/10/24 |
L1 |
Reading on corruption |
25/10/24 |
T2.1 |
TF tutorial: Theoretical framework |
29/10/24 |
T2.2 |
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1/11/24 |
Festiu |
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5/11/24 |
S7 |
Far right |
7/11/24 |
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Master class Elias Dinas JCPOP 2024 |
8/11/24 |
S8 |
Gender, age and electoral behavior |
15/11/24 |
L2 |
Far right and gender |
19/11/24 |
T3.1 |
TF tutorial: Data and methods |
22/11/24 |
T3.2. |
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26/11/24 |
P3 |
Far right vote |
29/11/24 |
S10 |
Referendums |
3/12/24 |
L3 |
Reading son referendums |
10/12/24 |
S11 |
Urban-rural cleavage |
13/12/24 |
P4 |
Practice urban-rural cleavage |
17/12/24 |
T4.1. |
TF tutorial: results and conclusions |
20/12/24 |
T4.2. |
S: Theory |
P: Data analysis lab |
T: Collective tutorial final paper |
L: Reading lab |
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Preparation and writing of a research paper | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 23, 25 |
Type: Supervised | |||
In-class exercises | 0 | 0 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 25 |
Supervision of the research paper with the professor (4 sessions of 20 minutes each) | 0 | 0 | 2, 3, 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 |
Lab sessions will be divided in three different types of activities:
- In group writing of a research paper. This includes 4 tutorials with the professor in order to assess the evolution of the research paper.
- Tools and excercises for survey data analysis. 4 sessions of applied data analysis using R and excel
- Discussion of readings. 3 sessions in which students are required to read a paper in order to critically discuss the paper in class.
Note: 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.
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 | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Final essay | 30 | 50 | 2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 |
Final exam | 40 | 50 | 2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 |
In-class exercises | 30 | 50 | 2 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 |
Continous assesment:
Final exam(40%)
Final paper (30%) * Divided between:
- Essay (25%)
- Attendance and evaluation of tutorials (5%)
The esay must be handed in on the day of the exam. If you do not hand in the assignment you will not be allowed to take the exam.
In class-exercises (30%)
Divided between:
- 3 data analaysis exercises (15%)
- Reading and discussion of 3 readings and submission of 3 discussion handouts (15%)
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Single (one-shot) assesment
Final exam (70%). Divided as follows:
Final paper to be done individually (30%).
In all cases, to pass the course a minimum grade of 5/10 is required in both the exam and the final essay. Make-up assesment:
Students who do not pass the exam or the final assignment (grade <5) will be able to take a make-up exam and / or resubmit the final assingment on the day of the make-up exam.
If the final assignment has not been previously submitted and it is submited for the first time on the day of the the make-up exam a -25% penalty will be applied to the final assignment grade.
Final exam(40%) * Final essay (30%) * Divided between:
- Essay (25%)
- Attendance and evaluation of tutorials (5%)
The esay must be handed in on the day of the exam. If you do not hand in the assignment you will not beallowed to take the exam.
In class-exercises (30%)
Divided between:
- 3 data analaysis exercises (15%)
- Reading and discussion of 3 readings and submission of 3 discussion handouts (15%)
* To pass the course a minimum grade of 5/10 is required in both the exam and the final essay. Make-up assesment:
Students who do not pass the exam or the final assignment (grade <5) will be able to take a make-up exam and / or resubmit the final assingment on the day of the make-up exam.
If the final assignment has notbeen previously submitted and it is submited for the first time on the day of the the make-up exam a -25% penalty will be applied to the final assignment grade.
Essential
Arzheimer, K., Evans, J., Lewis-Beck, M.S., 2017. The SAGE handbook of electoral behaviour. SAGE. Anduiza, Eva y Bosch, Agustí. 2004 Comportamiento politico y electoral. Barcelona: Ariel
Fraile, Marta, & Hernández, Enrique (2020). Determinants of voting behaviour. En D. Muro & I. Lago (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Spanish Politics. Oxford University Press. Complementaria
Riba, Clara. 2000. "Voto Dual Y Abstención Diferencial. Un Estudio Sobre El Comportamiento Electoral En Cataluña." Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 91: 59-88.
Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 2008. "Corrupció política i reforma en sistemes democràtics: perspectives teòriques". A Corruption and Clientelism, Junichi Kawata (Ed.), pp 61-81 Kyoto: Minerva Ltd.
Riera, Pedro. 2009. L'evolució Del Vot Dual a Catalunya. Institut de Ciències Polítiques i Socials, Working paper 278.
Verge, Tània. 2012. "Les quotes: són necessàries". Revista Interdisciplinar de Estudios de Género 2: 21-31. La bibliografia obligatòria per a seminaris i pràctiques es lliurarà a l'inici del curs.
For the computer data analysis lab-sessions we will use the open-soruce software R and R Studio and Excel
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(PAUL) Classroom practices | 51 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | first semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 51 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |