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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Political Science
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Gayil Talshir
Coordinator Office Hours:
WEDNESDAYS 10-11
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Gayil Talshir
Course/Module description:
The course provides an ideological mapping of the party system in Israel with emphasis on the left right. It focuses on the invention of 'the conservative camp' and its tenants - basic laws, the constitutional revolution, the override clause etc. It analyses the different groups and communities partaking in the conservative camp and the reaction of the liberal camp to it.
Course/Module aims:
1. Ideological analysis of the political system
2. Mapping the actors on the parliamentary system
3. Tools for analyzing and criticizing the political system in understanding the crisis of democracy
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
- Understand structural changes in the party system
- Analyze ideologies
- Debate social visions, values and political ideologies
- Understand and act in the crisis of democracy
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, workshops, presentations, simulations
Course/Module Content:
- Mapping the israeli party system 1948-2022
- Left and Right in israeli politics
- Ideological analysis of parties
- Themes and actors in the conservative camp
Themes and actors in the liberal camp
Required Reading:
- Election Books
- Papers in israeli Studies and Israeli Affairs
- Democracy Index
- Troubles in Utopia, Who is Israeli, and political analysis.
Additional Reading Material:
Many primary resources such as basis laws, speeches, party platforms etc.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 70 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 5 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 25 %
team work
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