Guia docente 2023_24 Facultade de Educación e Traballo Social

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Introduction to the Political Science. The big subjects of the political science.	What is the politics? Democracy and dictatorship. The sources of the political conflict.
2. The power.	Definition of power The abuse of power. Corruption and power. The lack of power.
3. The State and his institutions.	Definition of the State. Attributes and aims of the State. The institutions of the State.
4. The democracy: what it is?	What is the democracy? Purposes and facets of the democracy.
5. The democracy: how it works?	How it works the democracy? Institutional design and electoral systems. The society and the politics: voters, political parties and interest groups. The political culture. The major ideologies of the 20th century in Occident.
6. The political system contemporary Spanish.	Historical antecedents: Spain's political transition. Main political institutions of the Spanish democracy. The Spanish autonomic model. The political process. Spain in the world.