FVP:USESE0017 Political System of Russia - Course Information
USESE0017 Political System of Russia
Faculty of Public Policies in OpavaSummer 2012
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- Žádné
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Central European Studies (programme FVP, B6702-MTS)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is a description of current form and characteristics of features of political system of Russian Federation with regard to historical genesis of Russia from the end of the 19th century as a presumption of analysis of current model. The attention is paid to institutional sphere: constitution, structure of state organs, electoral system, political parties, areas of organized interests, media, link of the centre in regions of federation and foreign-political orientation and strategy of Russia. In limited level, the subject is dedicated to some social and cultural realia of current Russia. The aim of the subject is to present specific socio-political realia of Russia and verify set of myths connected to this area in socio-scientific theory.
- Syllabus
- 1. Introduction and organization of a course
2. Political tradition of Russia at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century
3. Political system of Soviet Russia
4. Decline of Soviet model, Russian transition
5. Political system of RF - institution of legislative power, phenomenon of elections
6. Political system of RF - institution of executive power
7. Political system of RF - institution of repressive power
8. Political system of RF - institution of judicial power
9. The organization of RF on territorial-administration level, centre vs. periphery
10. The area of mediation of interests, Political parties
11. Russian foreign and security policy
12. Termination of the course
- 1. Introduction and organization of a course
- Literature
- required literature
- KUBÁT, M. a kol. Politické a ústavní systémy zemí středovýchodní Evropy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004. info
- HOLZER, J. Politické strany Ruska. Hledání identity. Brno: CDK, 2004. info
- FIALA, P., HOLZER, J., STRMISKA, M. a kol. Politické strany ve střední a východní Evropě. Ideově-politický profil, pozice a role politických stran v postkomunistických zemích. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2002. info
- HOLZER, J. Politický systém Ruska. Hledání státu. Brno: CDK, 2001. info
- recommended literature
- PIPES, R. Rusko za starého režimu. Praha: Argo, 2004. info
- MALIA, M. Sovětská tragédie. Dějiny socialismu v Rusku v letech 1917 - 1991. Praha: Argo, 2004. info
- CZAJOWSKI, A. Demokratyzacja Rosji w latach 1987-1999. Wroclaw: Atlas, 2002. info
- SCHNEIDER, E. Das politische System der Russischen Föderation. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2001. info
- MARCINIAK, W. Rograbione imperium. Krakow: Arcana, 2001. info
- MUNČAJEV, Š. M. a USTINOV, V. M. Političeskaja istorija Rossiji. Moskva: NORMA - INFRA, 1999. info
- ŠEVCOVÁ, L. Režim Borisa Jelcina. Moskva: Moskovskij Centr Karnegi - ROSSPEN, 1999. info
- DULEBA, A. a HIRMAN, K. Rusko na konci Jelcinovej éry. Bratislava: IVO, 1999. info
- PIPES, R. Dějiny ruské revoluce. Praha: Argo, 1998. info
- DURMAN, K. Útěk od praporů. Praha: Karolinum, 1998. info
- KOTYK, V. Vztahy centra a regionů Ruské federace. Praha: ÚMV, 1998. info
- KOUDELKA, Z. a VLČKOVÁ, R. Ústavní systém Ruska. Ústava Ruské federace. Brno: MU, 1996. info
- ŠVANKMAJER, M., VEBER, V., SLÁDEK, Z. a MOULIS, V. Dějiny Ruska. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1995. info
- Teaching methods
- Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis - Assessment methods
- The analysis of student 's performance
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- Written exam aimed at verifying theoretical knowledge of lectures and given literature .
- Enrolment Statistics (Summer 2012, recent)
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