COMM 252
Political Parties and Strategic Partisan Communication
Communication · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Examination of theories about how political parties operate in countries around world. Covers topics including normative role of parties in modern democracies, reasons why parties exist, party competition, electoral systems, variation in number and types of parties across countries, party identification, voting, and internal party dynamics.
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