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Mariana LLANOS

Democratic Institutions and Institutional Change

SS 2026

Unterrichtssprache/Teaching language

Deutsch/German

Termine/Dates

Wö

13.04.2026–06.07.2026

16:00–18:00

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Module/Modules

M DuW 2021 TM4#02 // S 3LP   ::-1::
M Pub 2020 602SPGPP#02 // S 3LP   ::-1::
M Sta 2011 SPPVpS#01 // S 6LP  ::-1::
M Sta 2011 SPSPSII#01 // S 6LP  ::-1::
M Sta 2020 SWpPVpS#01 // S 3LP   ::-1::
M Sta 2020 SWpSPSA#01 // S 3LP   ::-1::

Kommentar
What is an institution? How do political institutions work? What types of institutions are there? How do institutions change? What is the impact of political institutions on political processes? What is their impact on policy outcomes? In the social sciences, we understand institutions as the rules and norms, formal and informal, that bound the choices of actors and individuals, and thus explain their behavior (March & Olsen, 1984). This course revisits some of the most significant debates and contributions of different institutional theories and scholarships. It pays particular attention to democratic institutions and the classic debates about their functioning, with a special focus on the Global South. It includes sessions on varieties of institutionalism, i.e., normative, sociological, empirical, feminist, as well as on formal and informal institutions (and their interplay), weak and strong institutions (their relation to actors and leadership power), and institutional stability and change with a glance to historical institutionalism. The analyses and comparisons across countries, as well as the examples and contributions from the Global South are meant to broaden and update our understanding of institutions. This knowledge is timely and crucial since institutional problems continue being at the center of our scholarly analyses. In this course students will learn the instruments to analyze and assess how democratic institutions work, how institutional work is affected when democratic qualities decline, and eventually what the consequences are of such deficiencies for democratic erosion and breakdown.

Comment
What is an institution? How do political institutions work? What types of institutions are there? How do institutions change? What is the impact of political institutions on political processes? What is their impact on policy outcomes? In the social sciences, we understand institutions as the rules and norms, formal and informal, that bound the choices of actors and individuals, and thus explain their behavior (March & Olsen, 1984). This course revisits some of the most significant debates and contributions of different institutional theories and scholarships. It pays particular attention to democratic institutions and the classic debates about their functioning, with a special focus on the Global South. It includes sessions on varieties of institutionalism, i.e., normative, sociological, empirical, feminist, as well as on formal and informal institutions (and their interplay), weak and strong institutions (their relation to actors and leadership power), and institutional stability and change with a glance to historical institutionalism. The analyses and comparisons across countries, as well as the examples and contributions from the Global South are meant to broaden and update our understanding of institutions. This knowledge is timely and crucial since institutional problems continue being at the center of our scholarly analyses. In this course students will learn the instruments to analyze and assess how democratic institutions work, how institutional work is affected when democratic qualities decline, and eventually what the consequences are of such deficiencies for democratic erosion and breakdown.

Literatur/Literature

- Guy Peters. 2019. Institutional Theory in Political Science. The New Institutionalism. Edward Elgar Publisher, MA. - James G. March and Johan P. Olsen. 1984. The New Institutionalism: Organizational Factors in Political Life, in American Political Science Review, Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 734-749. - James Mahoney and Kathleen Thelen. 2010. Explaining Institutional Change. Ambiguity, Agency, and Power. CUP. - Andeweg, Rudy B.; Elgie, Robert; Helms, Ludger; Kaarbo, Juliet; Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand (2020) The Oxford handbook of political executives (OUP) - R. A. W. Rhodes, Sarah A. Binder and Bert Rockman (2007) The Oxford handbook of political institutions (OUP) - Gandhi Jennifer and Rubén Ruiz-Rufino (2015) Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions. Routledge.

Legende Termintypen

Wö = wöchentlicher Termin , ET = Einzeltermin , AB = A- oder B-Woche , Vo = Vorbesprechung , Ex = Exkursion , Kl = Klausur , Tä, At, Wt = täglicher (Block-)Termin , nV = nach Vereinbarung/nicht festgelegt. Wö = wöchentlicher Termin (meets weekly) , ET = Einzeltermin (meets one time only) , AB = A- oder B-Woche (alternating: “A” or “B” weeks) , Vo = Vorbesprechung (preliminary meeting) , Ex = Exkursion (excursion/study trip) , Kl = Klausur (exam) , Tä, At, Wt = täglicher (Block-)Termin (meets daily/block seminar) , nV = nach Vereinbarung/nicht festgelegt (by appointment, TBA).

Legende Raumbezeichnungen

AMG = AudiMaxGebäude , APS = AlteParteiSchule , FG = Forschungsgebäude , GH = Gartenhaus , GSH = Große Sporthalle , HdProjekte = Haus der Projekte , KSyn = Kleine Synagoge , LG = Lehrgebäude , MG = Mitarbeitergbäude , MTV Halle = Männerturnverein Halle , SH JP = Schwimmhalle Johannesplatz , WBS = Willy Brandt School , ZSG = Zentralschulgarten