Course title in Estonian
Demokraatlik riiklus
Course title in English
Democratic Statehood
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
To develop basic understanding of the operation of contemporary state and democratic political system.
To develop basic competences for handling state and democracy in writing bachelor thesis.
Brief description of the course
Introduction, launching the course. The state: concept and historical development. Basic parameters and operating mechanisms of contemporary statehood. Democracy: concept and main approaches. Democratic political systems: basic parameters. Liberal democratic statehood, europeanisation and globalisation.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- has basic understanding of the operation of contemporary state and democratic political system.
- has basic competences for handling state and democracy in writing bachelor thesis.
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