Lecture 4: Spain and the World (1976-1992)
Spain on the international stage.
In the 20th century, Spain went through civil war, four decades of Francoism, transition to democracy, and re-emergence onto the international stage. Each lecture in this series focuses on one question, one primary source, and one novel, and is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of History, Politics, and Spanish at the University of Oxford.
Lecture 3: Institutions of Democracy: King, President, Parliament, and Autonomous Communities
Democratic institution building.
In the 20th century, Spain went through civil war, four decades of Francoism, transition to democracy, and re-emergence onto the international stage. Each lecture in this series focuses on one question, one primary source, and one novel, and is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of History, Politics, and Spanish at the University of Oxford.
Lecture 2: The Spanish Transition (1975-1978)
Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy in the 1970s.
In the 20th century, Spain went through civil war, four decades of Francoism, transition to democracy, and re-emergence onto the international stage. Each lecture in this series focuses on one question, one primary source, and one novel, and is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of History, Politics, and Spanish at the University of Oxford.
Lecture 1: Development and Dissent in Franco's Spain (1959-1975)
Economic development and political dissent in Franco's Spain.
In the 20th century, Spain went through civil war, four decades of Francoism, transition to democracy, and re-emergence onto the international stage. Each lecture in this series focuses on one question, one primary source, and one novel, and is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students of History, Politics, and Spanish at the University of Oxford.
Party system institutionalization, accountability and governmental corruption
Why do repeated elections often fail to curb governmental corruption even in full democracies? While much of the comparative literature on corruption focuses on the institutional features of democracies, this paper argues that party system institutionalization is an additional and neglected factor in explaining why corruption may persist in the context of democratic elections. Under-institutionalized party systems impede accountability.
Book Launch: 'Emotional Diplomacy: Official Emotion on the International Stage'
Professor Todd Hall discussed his recently published book, Emotional Diplomacy : Official Emotion on the International Stage. The book explores the politics of officially expressed emotion within international relations, looking at the ways in which state actors strategically deploy emotional behavior to shape the perceptions of others.
'Hard but not Impossible: State Building and the Peace Process in Afghanistan'
Afghanistan faces increasing challenges following the withdrawal of the bulk of international combat forces from 2012, sharp declines in foreign aid, legacy of the highly contested 2014 presidential elections, and the ability of Taliban insurgents to challenge central government control of the country. This situation, on the one hand, undermines state building processes and stabilisation while, on the other, it offers an opportunity to readjust the course of state building and the peace process.
The panel discussed the following questions:
Session 4: Topic Modeling
Félix Krawatzek and Andy Eggers present a new podcast series in which they discuss Text in the Social Sciences.
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Language is essential to human interaction, and so is essential to understanding politics and society.
Researchers in many disciplines now employ a variety of methods to analyse large bodies of text in more systematic and reliable ways. These techniques are complementary to conventional reading techniques and may generate new insights for understanding texts or using text as data.