Elections, Electoral Systems and Electoral Behavior

Course Code
ΠΕ8060Υ
ECTS Credits
5
Semester
8th Semester
Course Category
Specialization
Political Science
Professor

Adjunct Teaching Staff

Course Description

The aim of the course is to investigate and analyse voting behaviour and the parameters that determine it and decisively influence the choice of voters in the elections. In this context, students learn the basic explanatory models of electoral sociology: electoral geography, political ecology, behavioural approaches developed by the Columbia and Michigan Schools, rational choice, and the macro-sociological model. Other topics with which students will become familiar include the relationship between voter and party identification and the causes of the major changes in voting behaviour in recent elections in Greece and elsewhere. The course also analyses electoral systems and their impact on voting behaviour and the party system.