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WiSe 22/23: Electoral and protest dynamics in Western and Eastern Europe

Endre Borbáth

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The seminar focuses on electoral and protest politics from a comparative European perspective. Although the study of elections and protests covers mobilization by the main collective actors of political parties and social movements in the two arenas of direct citizen involvement, research in this field has been characterized by disciplinary silos. Political science focuses on political parties and representation, while the political sociology tradition examines social movements, protest politics and political participation. Few studies examine the manifold interaction between electoral and protest politics, leaving a research gap highlighted by recent developments in party competition in Western and Eastern Europe. Parties such as La République En Marche! in France, Fidesz in Hungary, and Die Linke in Germany invest considerable effort into developing an organic link with protest movements and civil society organizations. The seminar bridges political science and sociological approaches to provide a holistic assessment of electoral and protest mobilization.

The seminar is divided into four parts. The first three parts are distinguished based on the level of analysis, with separate sessions devoted to micro-, macro-, and meso-level approaches. In the first part, we ask, who participates and in what form? In the second part, we ask, what are the main cross-national differences across Europe, and how can we explain them? In the third part, we ask, which are the actors that mobilize in elections/ protests, and on what issues? In the fourth part of the seminar, we focus on the role of crises in altering long-term trends and compare electoral and protest mobilization/ participation in the aftermath of the Great Recession, the so-called Migration, and Corona crises. Next to reviewing theoretical approaches, the seminar introduces students to a set of diverse, mainly quantitative empirical strategies in the study of elections and protests. A background in statistical modelling provides an advantage, but it is not required for attending the seminar. Schließen

16 Termine

Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung

Mo, 14:00 - 16:00 16 Termine

Mo, 17.10.2022 14:00 - 16:00

Dozenten:
Dr. Endre Borbáth