Democracy vs Fake News: The dangers of Trumpism

About

It is known that the constitutional state and the organization of political power within it are based on rationalism; only from reason it is possible to organize power in a constitutional state and the relationship of this power with the citizens. But, what happens with Trumpism and populisms? They means totally the opposite: limitation of political power, absence of respect for the rights and freedoms of citizens, elimination of the liberal character of the state, and its monopoly in favor of the leader’s private interests.

The absence of truthfulness and the construction of political movements based on irrational, unfounded theories or fake news leads to a society incapable of making free decisions and doomed to the loss of democracy. So, which are the elements we need to know to avoid this in constitutional and democratic societies? Get enroll in our course to get the answer! You will be guided by Doctors and Professors specialized in Law with an extensive research and teaching career, and you will get to know some of the government bodies in our region from the in-site.

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Note: the course can also be taught in Spanish.

Course leader

Pedro Martínez Ruano & Fátima Pérez Ferrer

Target group

Undergraduated, and master students

Course aim

This course aims to (1) understand the importance of the defining elements of a constitutional model of organization of political power, (2) determine the configuration of political power in a constitutional state, and (3) finding out the mechanisms for demands of responsibility for the performance of public positions and functions in order to avoid and mitigate the results of the explosive combination of Trumpism, populism, fake news and lies.

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