Comparative European Politics
Comparative European Politics
Vahur Made
Course content
• Comparison of the political systems of: - United Kingdom, - France, - Italy, - Spain, - The Netherlands, - Nordic countries.
Course content
• Comparison of: - Constitutional frameworks, - Historical backgrounds, - Executives, - Parliaments, - Party systems.
Readings
• Timo Behr. Germany After the Elections: A Liberal Dawn? FIIA Briefing Paper 44, 2009. • Toby Archer. No Real Winner? Britain’s Closest Election in a Generation and the Implications for Europe. FIIA Briefing Paper 60, 2010.
Exam
• • • • • • Multiple-choice test, 20 questions, Every question has four choice-answers, ONE correct answer for every question, Time ca 20-30 min Friday, November 1, 2010. 5 - 5.30 pm.
United Kingdom
Britain
• Constitutional acts
- Royal privileges 1215 Magna Carta - Parliament bills 1679 Habeas Corpus Act 1689 Bill of Rights 1911 Parliament Act - Court decisions
Britain
• • Important milestones of British Parliament 1215 Magna Carta by King John. Royal power is first time restricted through the establishment of a council of 25 barons entiteled to levy taxes and wage war against king if king violates their liberties. Furthermore known as Curia Regis. 1281 First joint meeting of Magnum Concilium and Curia Regis of King Edward I under the name concilium regis in parliamento (kings council in parliament). 14th century. Parliament is being divided into two houses. House of Lords (‘lords of spiritual and temporal,) and House of Commons (knights and burgesses). Parliament bills - first sign of Parliament’s opposition to King. First signs of the ‘opposition’. 17th century. British revolutions (Civil War and the Glorious Revolution). Parliament emerges as the main anti-monarchist institution. Development of Whig (anti-monarchist, liberal) and Tory (monarchist, conservative) factions. 1830 Clear party system emerges in Parliament. 1911 Parliament Act establishes modern British Parliament.
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Vahur Made
Course content
• Comparison of the political systems of: - United Kingdom, - France, - Italy, - Spain, - The Netherlands, - Nordic countries.
Course content
• Comparison of: - Constitutional frameworks, - Historical backgrounds, - Executives, - Parliaments, - Party systems.
Readings
• Timo Behr. Germany After the Elections: A Liberal Dawn? FIIA Briefing Paper 44, 2009. • Toby Archer. No Real Winner? Britain’s Closest Election in a Generation and the Implications for Europe. FIIA Briefing Paper 60, 2010.
Exam
• • • • • • Multiple-choice test, 20 questions, Every question has four choice-answers, ONE correct answer for every question, Time ca 20-30 min Friday, November 1, 2010. 5 - 5.30 pm.
United Kingdom
Britain
• Constitutional acts
- Royal privileges 1215 Magna Carta - Parliament bills 1679 Habeas Corpus Act 1689 Bill of Rights 1911 Parliament Act - Court decisions
Britain
• • Important milestones of British Parliament 1215 Magna Carta by King John. Royal power is first time restricted through the establishment of a council of 25 barons entiteled to levy taxes and wage war against king if king violates their liberties. Furthermore known as Curia Regis. 1281 First joint meeting of Magnum Concilium and Curia Regis of King Edward I under the name concilium regis in parliamento (kings council in parliament). 14th century. Parliament is being divided into two houses. House of Lords (‘lords of spiritual and temporal,) and House of Commons (knights and burgesses). Parliament bills - first sign of Parliament’s opposition to King. First signs of the ‘opposition’. 17th century. British revolutions (Civil War and the Glorious Revolution). Parliament emerges as the main anti-monarchist institution. Development of Whig (anti-monarchist, liberal) and Tory (monarchist, conservative) factions. 1830 Clear party system emerges in Parliament. 1911 Parliament Act establishes modern British Parliament.
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