This course explores political culture, norms, and identities through a 13-session syllabus structured in four thematic blocks. It emphasizes conceptual foundations, empirical applications to democracy and economics, social identities’ political impacts, and student-driven research. The course centers on how culture, social norms, and group identities influence political behavior, democratic stability, economic outcomes, and polarization. Sessions use required readings from economics, political science, and sociology to analyze causal relationships and policy implications, assuming no prior expertise.
It will be a reading and discussion-intensive course.
- Docente: Daniel Sandu
- Docente: Natasha Wunsch