Geographical analysis of electoral systems

Course: Political Geography and Geopolitics

Structural unit: heohrafichnyi fakultet

Title
Geographical analysis of electoral systems
Code
ВК 2.3.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2022/2023
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
3 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Learning outcomes
PR 01 Apply acquired theoretical knowledge knowledge and practical skills for territorial and political research systems at different spatial levels organizations PR 02 Evaluate own results work, demonstrate the ability to work in a team. PR 04 Conduct research and/or carry out innovative activities in order to obtain new knowledge, develop new methods and procedures in geography and interdisciplinary contexts. PR 05 To be able to identify, pose and solve scientific and applied problems, carry out a critical evaluation of the decisions made.
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Successful mastering of the disciplines "Theory of political geography and geopolitics", "Theory of geographical locations". 2. Search skills and work with geographical ones, including regional statistics data 3. Ability to work with cartographic materials. 4. Possessing the skills of analysis, synthesis, situation modeling and forecasting.
Course content
The discipline reveals theoretical and applied aspects socio-geographical analysis of the election process and party-political systems of the country, a also affecting the electoral behavior of the population. Special emphasis is placed on the influence of geographical factors on the peculiarities of electoral systems and the course of elections processes, both in the world and in Ukraine.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1. Політична географія і геополітика. / За ред.. Яценка Б.П. Київ : Либідь, 2007 2. Almond G.A., Verba S. The Civic Culture. Political Attitudes and Democracy in Five Nations. Princeton, 1963. 3. Agnew J. Place and Politics in Modern Italy. Chicago and London, 2002. 4. Developments in Electoral Geography (Johnston R.J., Shelley F.M., Taylor P.J. – eds.). London and New York, 1990. 5. Flint, C., Taylor, P. Political Geography: World-Economy, Nation-State and Locality. Routledge, 2018, 360 p. 6. Lipset, S. M.; Rokkan, S.. Party systems and voter alignments: cross-national perspectives. : Free Press. 1967., p. 554
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, consultations, independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
During the semester, each recipient must present at the seminar twice with an extended presentation report Each report can be evaluated at a maximum of 20 points. Active participation in discussion at the seminar is estimated at 5 points. Thus, for the work at the seminars, the winners can get up to 50 points together. The final control work is conducted in the form of tests and is evaluated at a maximum of 50 points
Language of instruction
Ukrainian

Lecturers

This discipline is taught by the following teachers

Yulian Serhiyovych Braychevskyy
Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet

Departments

The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline

Regional Studies and Tourism
heohrafichnyi fakultet