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Instructors: Ülkü Sezgi Sözen
Event type:
Lecture
Displayed in timetable as:
Seminar: Digitalisat
Hours per week:
2
Credits:
2,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
5 | 10
Comments/contents:
Welcome! This course endeavors to offer an overview and in-depth understanding of the legal and political mechanisms and dimensions of anti-democratic trends in contemporary European
and American politics. How do populism and authoritarianism differ and why do political scientists classify certain democracies as “backsliding?”
The objectives of this course are to obtain legal, historical, and political understandings of the populism phenomenon, specifically how the sociocultural context pertains to the modes and
methods populists use in reshaping and remaking legal structures. We will compare the legal and political implications of populist sentiments in the European Union and the United States,
discussing the “pull” factors among voting populations that leads to increased support for populist messages. Additionally, we will examine in no uncertain terms the role that
jurisprudence plays in fueling democratic backsliding.
Didactic concept:
This course aims to form a comprehensive legal analysis in pursuit of answering such questions over the course of our 14 week period of the seminar course.
I warmly invite all participants to ask questions, challenge assumptions, and engage in respectful dialogue with fellow seminar participants.
Additional examination information:
The assessment of this course will have primarily three components. The first consists of oral
participation in the seminar as well as offering diligent responses to the questions posed by the
lecturer as well as by fellow seminar participants. The second component of the assessment will
focus on the Oral Exam which will be a cumulative examination consisting of posed questions
and content-based conversation between seminar participants and the lecturer. The final piece
of the evaluation will be based upon a 10 minute presentation towards the end of the course
that will allow participants to focus more in-depth on course topics most interesting to them.
The certificate may only be acquired, if absence does not exceed 20%
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