Electoral Systems: Theory and procedures
| Title | Εκλογικά Συστήματα: Θεωρία και Πράξη / Electoral Systems: Theory and procedures |
| Code | ΚΕ0Ε64 |
| Faculty | Social and Economic Sciences |
| School | Political Sciences |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Theodoros Chatzipantelis |
| Common | Yes |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600020589 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīma Politikṓn Epistīmṓn 2023-sīmera
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Spring | - | 4 |
| Academic Year | 2023 – 2024 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600231433
|
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600231433
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=16241
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
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
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
Keywords
Electoral Analysis, electoral system, e-voting
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Students become familiar with the use of special software for conducting electronic voting and with the estimation of impact parameters - such as district size, special characteristics of candidate selection
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | 1.4 | ✓ | ||
| Reading Assigment | 15 | 0.5 | ✓ | ||
| Project | 28 | 1.0 | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 28 | 1.0 | |||
| Total | 110 | 4 |
Student Assessment
Description
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
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
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/
Last Update
04-07-2023
