Información general de la asignatura

The study of political systems offers broad perspectives for analysis to understand the dynamics of functioning and interaction of modern societies and their forms of governance. Understood as a set of conditions, adaptations, interactions, actors, and values, the concept of "political system" is a category that emerges in systemic theories of social sciences, which has managed to establish itself as a widely recognized analytical approach in political science and international relations. This theoretical perspective has allowed organizing concepts and presenting a specific qualitative and quantitative analysis framework, with its own terminology and epistemological autonomy for the discipline. Its relevance lies in the possibilities of an organized analysis in typologies and classifications that facilitate comparative work and the case study of different experiences of defining the political in modern societies as a starting point for models of organization and institutional power distribution. Hence, the topic demands both a theoretical approach and a practical and experimental exercise to strengthen the comparative perspective of political systems and regimes.

Upon completing the course, participants will be able to:
General Objective
• Identify the components of the main political systems in three fundamental axes: government system, electoral system, and party system.
Additionally, they will be able to:
• Analyze parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential political systems.
• Compare electoral systems.
• Analyze the checks and balances of the studied systems.

Analizar los fenómenos, actores y contextos de los sistemas políticos, los sistemas de partidos y los sistemas electorales, a través de la comprensión de los fundamentos teóricos del campo de la ciencia política.

2025-08-14