Governing

Politics, governments and people: politics in human life; governments and governing; political psychology, socialization and culture; modern political ideologies; democracy and authoritarianism - principles and models. Politics outside formal governments: public opinion in democratic systems; political communication; the electoral process; voting behaviour; political parties and party systems. Governmetnal structures, authorities and processes: the legislative process; the executive process; the administrative process; law and the judiicial process. Public policies and their impacts: human rights - principles and problems; human rights - challenges and responses. The international political system: politics among nations; the quest for peace in the thermo-nuclear age.