Week - 1 |
INTRODUCTION: The Importance of Comparing Political Systems and Classical Classifications |
Week - 2 |
Forms of Political Government: Totalitarian, Democratic and Authoritarian Systems |
Week - 3 |
Forms of State Regimes (Constitutional Monarchy/Republic) and State Structures (Unitary/Federal/Confederal |
Week - 4 |
Forms of Government: Presidential, Parliamentary and Semi-Presidential Systems |
Week - 5 |
The UK (Parliamentary-Unitary-Constitutional Monarchy-Democratic-Lower/Upper Houses-Two Parties-Symbolic Monarch) |
Week - 6 |
GERMANY (Parliamentary-Federal-Republic-Democratic-Lower/Upper House-Two + Party-Strong Prime Minister-Symbolic President) |
Week - 7 |
MID-TERM EXAM |
Week - 8 |
THE US (Presidency-Federal-Republic-Democratic-Lower/Upper House-Two Parties-Strong President) MEXICO (Presidency-Federal-Republic-Lower/Upper House-Two Parties-Strong President) |
Week - 9 |
FRANCE (Semi-Presidential-Unitary-Republic-Lower/Upper House-Multi-Party-Power Sharing Between President and Prime Minister) |
Week - 10 |
IRAN (Semi-Presidential-Unitary-Republic(?)-Totalitarian(Theocracy)-Single Parliament-No Political Party-Custodianship of the Jurist and President) |
Week - 11 |
SWITZERLAND (Concordance System-Federal-Republic-Deliberative Democracy-Lower/Upper House-Multi-Party-Equality Between President and Prime Minister) |
Week - 12 |
RUSSIA (Semi-Presidential System-Federal-Republic-Democracy-Lower/Upper House-Multi-Party-Strong President and Weak Prime Minister) |
Week - 13 |
Türkiye (Presidency-Unitary-Republic-Democratic-Single Parliament-Multi-Party-Strong President) |
Week - 14 |
Final Exam |