In the summer semester, we shall continue our discussions from the winter semester by focusing on

(1) challenges to democracy (globalized economy, migration, communication networks)

(2) contemporary political forms of democracy (neoliberalism, populism)

(3) concrete examples of contemporary democracy (city of Vienna, rule of law in Austria)

(4) alternative forms of democracy (council democracy, deliberative democracy, sociocracy,  liquid democracy ....

The course can also be visited by students who did not attend in the winter semester.

All students have to develop a specific theme fitting into the overall theme of the course. This theme will be elaborated in writing and orally presented. The oral presentation can either take place in class or as part of the finals of the CDC course.

Students writing a paper for the winter and the summer semester will not present again but will be assigned another task.

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