DSPO 25A52 - European Democracy in Crisis : from Party Democracy to Technopopulism

This course takes on the crisis of democratic politics in Europe, placing it in the wider context of the evolution of postwar democracy, as well as seeking to build accounts of our present politics. The objective of the course is to develop a refined understanding of democratic politics in Europe, introducing academic accounts of party democracy, technocracy and populism, and deploying them in the context of postwar European history. In so doing, this course seeks to enrich our understanding of commonly deployed notions and concepts for the purpose of contemporaneous political analysis, rendering more clearly both the disjunctures and continuities of Europe's Democratic Age.

Julien DUMONT

Séminaire

English

Spring 2022-2023

• Participation in seminars (15% of the final grade) • Group introductory presentation for seminar discussions (35%) • End of semester 3000 words essay (50%)