Undergraduate and graduate courses in Canadian politics, electoral systems, political communication, and deliberative democracy.
An introduction to politics and its approaches, institutions and processes. The first term examines concepts of importance in political science and the ideological lenses used to think about political orientations. The second term examines the state and institutions of governance, from the local to the global.
View Syllabus →His campaign violated many traditional campaign rules around behaviour, damage control, mode of communication and fundraising. This course unpacks the reasons for Trump's victory — American politics, the role of the mass media, history and socio-economic forces.
View Syllabus →Electoral systems are on one level simple institutions: the means by which votes are transferred into seats. On another level, they are enormously complex and varied. This course introduces the four families of electoral systems and examines the consequences of different electoral designs.
View Syllabus →This fourth-year seminar examines the role of political communications in modern politics — the way in which messages are produced, understood, and disseminated by political actors. Topics include semiotics, rhetoric, and advertising by political parties, government, and interest groups.
View Syllabus →Deliberative democracy has at its core the increased role of the citizen in democratic governance. The first half unpacks theoretical foundations; the second applies criteria to case studies within Canada and internationally.
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