- Comparative Politics. - Constitutional Organization of Government. - Public International Law. - Human Rights. - Topics in International Politics.

K1: Acquire the knowledge, techniques and terminology specific to the field of economics, politics and international relations. K2: Knowledge of the principles and values of democracy and sustainable development, in particular, respect for human rights and fundamental rights, gender equality and non-discrimination, and the principles of universal accessibility and climate change. K3: To know basic humanistic contents, oral and written expression, following ethical principles and completing a multidisciplinary training profile. K4: Acquire knowledge of the economic, legal, political and social reality from a comparative perspective. K5: To know the sources of law and the model of freedoms and fundamental rights of the Spanish and international legal systems. K7: To know and understand the main models of political, economic and social organization of States and the processes of change in contemporary societies and politics. K8: To understand the differentiating elements of international problems according to the degree of development of a country. K9: To know the relevant political and sociological theories to understand the structure and functioning of the main socio-political systems. S2: Critically relate current and past events and processes S3: Plan and organize team work making the right decisions based on available information and gathering data in digital environments. S5: Apply knowledge to identify with rigor, precision and scientific objectivity the social processes and possible solutions. S6: Be able to apply the scientific method to the social, political and economic questions posed by the globalized society. S8: Knowing how to propose and use the appropriate tools to solve basic problems of economic, social and political content, especially in the international context. S10: Ability to gather and interpret relevant data and knowledge for the elaboration and defense of arguments on topics in their area of study. C3: Ability to establish good interpersonal communication and to work in multidisciplinary and international teams. C4: Be able to engage in lifelong autonomous learning, enabling them to adapt to new situations.

Lesson 1: Basic concepts and terminology for the course. Why do we speak of transitions instead of transformations? The inter-regnum between political regimes. Concepts and definitions of democracy. Lesson 2: Types of dictatorship. State and regime in times of political change. The analytical distinction between State and regime. Lesson 3: Types of transitions. Typologies and the debate on this theme. The connection with the degree of transitional justice achieved. Lesson 4: What can go wrong in a transition to democracy? How can democratic consolidation be achieved? Lesson 5: The principal political science theories: Moore, Dahl, Linz and Stepan, O'Donnell and Schmitter, Przeworski, Huntington, Shapiro. Lesson 6: The evidence offered by recent empirical studies. Factors favorable to democratization and major causal determinants. Lesson 7: The Spanish case in comparative perspective. The Spanish transition from the perspective of comparative political science. Lesson 8: The philosophic and normative debate on transitional justice. Lesson 9: The contents of transitional justice (I). Truth. Lesson 10: The contents of transitional justice (II). Justice. Lesson 11: The contents of transitional justice (III). Reparation. Lesson 12: Legislation and regulations on transitional justice. Lesson 13: Transitional justice, human rights and the consolidation of the rule of law. Lesson 14: Transitional justice and historical memory. The Spanish case and the rights of the victims of Francoism.

- Lectures. - Seminars. - Elaboration of papers for students. - Final examination. - Weekly tutorials.