Reaction papers for course ¿The institutional structure of democratic regimes¿

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - Basics and General, grade: 1,6, Central European University Budapest (Political Science), course: Topics in Comparative Politics, language: English, abstract: Reaction papers for course ¿The institutional structure of democratic regimes¿ Seminar 1 The Polity and its defining features. The Modern State. Seminar 2 Beyond the State model. Challenges to the State model. Weak and failed states. Seminar 3 The analysis of political regimes. Democratic regimes. Seminar 4 Typologies of non democratic regimes. Grey areas between democracy and non democracy. Seminar 5 Democratic Executives and forms of government. Seminar 6 Executives in parliamentary governments and in presidential governments. Institutional and functional varieties. Seminar 7 Parliamentary institutions: institutional varieties. Seminar 8 Parliamentary institutions: members, parties and legislative production. Seminar 9 Parties and party systems: typologies. Seminar 10 Parties and party systems: trends of transformation.