Civil Society and Political Participation (10cr)
Course unit code: C-10122-POL--VO--323
General information
- Credits
- 10 cr
- Institution
- University of Tampere
Objectives
After completing the course unit the student has an advanced understanding of different channels of political participation. Students are familiar with the recent academic literature, and have acquired comprehensive expertise and knowledge of different modes of on-line participation, civil activism and deliberative forms of participation. Students can critically evaluate the current state of representative democracy and civil society and discuss how new forms of activism are changing the landscape of political participation.
Content
Major challenges of modern democracies; power of social movements; on-line participation; referendums and other types of direct participation; on-line participation; deliberative forms of participation; other new types of participation.