HS: Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft III: MA/SP Inequality and Political Representation
- Dozent/in
- Dr. Florian Weiler
- Angaben
- Hauptseminar
2 SWS
Zeit und Ort: Mo 10:00 - 12:00, FMA/00.07
- Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches
- Master course: MA Hauptseminar: Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft IV
Zeit und Ort: Monday, 10 - 12:00pm, Room FMA/00.07 (Starting: 12.10.2015)
Registration: FlexNow, 15.09.2015 - 19.10.2015 (Deregistration by 25.10.2015)
Prerequisites: None
Grading: Term paper (75%), Presentation (25%)
ECTS: 8
- Inhalt
- Course Outline
Over the past decade(s) we have seen a rise in social inequality in many countries around the
world, among them many rich and developed OECD countries. In this course we will discuss the
causes of rising income inequality and poverty, but also the repercussions of these phenomena
for the political system. We start out by defining what poverty is, and how income inequality
can be measured. Then we take a closer look at how social inequality has developed over time
in various OECD countries, but we will discuss these issues also on a global scale. During
the later stages of the course we then investigate how income inequality effects the political
representation of various groups, among them the poor, in the policy making process. The
course should enable students to make informed arguments about inequality and poverty, but
also enable them to increase their research skills and their ability to write scientific papers.
- Empfohlene Literatur
- Introductory Readings
Nolan, Brian et al. (2011). The Oxford Handbook of Economic Inequality. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Gilens, Martin, and Benjamin Page (2014). Testing Theories of American politics: Elites,
Interest Groups, and Average Citizens. Perspectives on Politics 12(3), 564-581.
Hacker, Jacob and Paul Pierson (2010). Winner-Take-All Politics. Public Policy, Political
Organization, and the Precipitous Rise of Top Incomes in the United States. Politics & Society
38(2), 152-204.
Piketty, Thomas (2014). Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge: Harvard University
Press.
- Englischsprachige Informationen:
- Credits: 8
- Zusätzliche Informationen
- Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl: 25
- Institution: Professur für Empirische Politikwissenschaft
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