1. The role of citizens and political participation in contemporary democracies 2. Normative and empirical perspectives. Forms and levels of participation 3. Political Attitudes. Development and evolution 4. Political participation theories: individual, meso and macro levels 5. Non-institutional participation and protest: individual and contextual explanations 6. Inequality in political participation: causes and consequences 7. New forms of participation and online activism

LECTURES. Lectures by the instructor in class with support of computer and audiovisual media, including the main concepts of the subject and the materials and bibliography provided to complement students' learning PRACTICES. Resolution, individually or in groups, of practical cases, problems, etc. raised by the instructor OFFICE HOURS. Individualized assistance (individual tutorials) or group (collective tutorials) to students by the instructor.