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Course: 2025/2026

The Future of Democracy
(19620)
Bachelor in International Studies (Plan: 504 - Estudio: 305)


Coordinating teacher: SANCHEZ-CUENCA RODRIGUEZ, IGNACIO

Department assigned to the subject: Social Sciences Department

Type: Electives
ECTS Credits: 6.0 ECTS

Course:
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Objectives
To analyze major theories and arguments on the current challenges and the future of democracy.
Learning Outcomes
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. 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. 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.
Description of contents: programme
With setbacks, democracy has become the political benchmark in the international order. This course addresses the challenges of democracy today, from populism to technocracy to electoral authoritarianism. The course analyzes international trends in the democratization process as well as the internal mutations of current democracies.
Learning activities and methodology
THEORETICAL PRACTICAL CLASSES Knowledge and concepts students must acquire. Student receive course notes and will have basic reference texts to facilitatefollowing the classes and carrying out follow up work.Students partake in exercises to resolve practical problems and participatein workshops and an evaluation tests, all geared towards acquiring the necessary capabilities.Subjects with 6 ECTS are44 hours as a general rule/ 100% classroom instruction. TUTORING SESSIONS Individualized attendance (individual tutoring) or in-group (group tutoring) for students with a teacher. Subjects with 6 credits have 4 hours of tutoring/ 100% on- site attendance. STUDENT INDIVIDUAL WORK OR GROUP WORK Subjects with 6 credits have 98 hours/0% on-site.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 60
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 40




Extraordinary call: regulations
Basic Bibliography
  • Achen, Christopher and Larry Bartels. Democracy for Realists. Princeton University Press. 2016
  • Dahl, Robert. On Democracy. Yale University Press. 1998
  • Della Porta, Donatella. Can Democracy Be Saved?. Polity Press. 2013
  • Levitsky, Steve and Daniel Ziblatt. How Democracies Die. Crown. 2018
  • Rosenbluth, Frances and Ian Shapiro. Responsible Parties . Yale University Press. 2018

The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.