Fundamentals of Law and Government Structure and Forms of Government: Liberal Democracy and welfare state, Autocratic Systems, Totalitarianism
Political System What is political system? Political systems according to Aristototle Political systems according to Plato Modern typology of political systems
Democracy What is democracy? What is the origin of the concept of democracy? What are the core principles of democracy? What is the direct democracy? What is the representative democracy?
Social democracy and Liberal democracy What is liberal democracy? What is social democracy? What is the people’s democracy?
What are the problems of democracy? What is the pluralist democracy? What is the corporatist democracy? What is the consociational democracy? The criticism of democracy
Autocracy What is autocracy? Can we point out the origin of the concept of autocracy? What are the most characteristic features of autocratic states? What are the historical examples of autocratic states?
How does autocratic states affect the sphere of rights and freedoms of the People? Is transition from democratic to autocratic system possible? When and why? Is transition from autocratic to democratic system possible?
Right-wing authoritarian regimes Left-wing authoritarian regimes
Totalitarianism What is totalitarianism? What is the origin of the concept of totalitarianism? Did Plato invent the totalitarianism? What are the main traits of totalitarianism?
What are the historical examples of totalitarian states? Is ideology a necessary part of totalitarianism?
How do totalitarian states affect the sphere of rights and freedoms of the people? What are the impediments to democratic transition? What is ideocracy?