The Origins of Democracy and Popular Sovereignty

On Thursday, 27th April at 18.00 p.m. takes place a new session of the course History of Political thought and Social Movements organized by Mare Nostrum Campus at the Technical University of Cartagena in collaboration with the University of Murcia, from 20th April to 1st June, 2017.

The purpose of this course is to approach the study of the main facts and processes which have constituted the contemporary world in the field of political systems and public institutions with the help of a recognized group of experts from both universities.

The course was mainly focused on the social and economic changes resulting from the new ideas and cultural values that have been occurred during the last two centuries.

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Activities programme:

• Thursday, 20th April at 18.00 p.m.
  Political thoughts of the workers’movement: From Utopian Socialism to the Fourth International
• Thursday, 27th April at 18.00 p.m.
  The origins of democracy and popular sovereignty
• Wednesday, 3rd May at 18.00 p.m.
  The contemporary crossroads: Confidence crisis in politics and the aspirations of good government
• Thursday, 4th May at 18.00 p.m.
  Social Democracy: Origins, development and crisis
• Thursday, 18th May at 18.00 p.m.
  Economic Liberalism: Theory and Practice
• Thursday, 25th May at 18.00 p.m.
  The new far right
• Thursday, 1st June at 18.00 p.m.
  The liberal-conservatism political ideas (and practices)