Karina Oborune 
Reaction papers for course “The institutional structure of democratic regimes” 

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Politics — Basics and General, grade: 1, 6, Central European University Budapest (Political Science), course: Topics in Comparative Politics, language: English, abstract: Reaction papers for course “The institutional structure of democratic regimes”
Seminar 1 The Polity and its defining features. The Modern State.
Seminar 2 Beyond the State model. Challenges to the State model. Weak and failed states.
Seminar 3 The analysis of political regimes. Democratic regimes.
Seminar 4 Typologies of non democratic regimes. Grey areas between democracy and non democracy.
Seminar 5 Democratic Executives and forms of government.
Seminar 6 Executives in parliamentary governments and in presidential governments. Institutional and functional varieties.
Seminar 7 Parliamentary institutions: institutional varieties.
Seminar 8 Parliamentary institutions: members, parties and legislative production.
Seminar 9 Parties and party systems: typologies.
Seminar 10 Parties and party systems: trends of transformation.