FVP:UVSRPPSCR1 Political System of the Czech - Course Information

UVSRPPSCR1 Political System of the Czech Republic: History and Present

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – 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

• Public Administration and Social Policy (programme FVP, N6731-SPSP)

Course objectives

The aim of the subject is to introduce the historical development of political system in Czech lands from 1918 till present day. The content is divided into two chronologic-thematic blocks. In the first one, there are four parts which basically correspond to principal changes of political regime and portray main trends of development of constitutional, partial and electoral system of Czechoslovakia in 1918-1989. The second block, in detail, introduces the transition to democracy after 1989, decline of Czechoslovak federation and the course of transformation of constitutional and political system in the Czech republic including final comparison with other central European countries. In the frame of both blocks, the attention will be paid to selected issues of forming conflict lines in Czech politics, political culture, representation of interests, communal politics as well as role of administration in political process. The students acquire synoptical facts about fundamental institutions of political system in the Czech republic as well as about principles of their activity, they are able to orient in current political process and view it in wider historical connections.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction to study ( terminology, periodization, literature)
  2. Democratic political system. The first Czechoslovak republics (1918-1938)
  3. Political system in the period of the Second Republic, Nazi totalitarian system in protectorate, so called Czechoslovak government-in-exile (1938-1945)
  4. Pre-totalitarian system so called people´s republic and totalitarian communist system (1945-1956)
  5. Changes of post-totalitarian regime of communist Czechoslovakia (1956-1989)
  6. Transition to democracy and decline of Czechoslovak federation (1989-1992)
  7. Constitutional institutions in the Czech republic
  8. Partial system and political parties in the Czech republic
  9. Electoral system and elections in 1990-2004
  10. Organized interests and other aspects of political system
  11. State administration and territorial self-government in political process
  12. Transformation of political system of the Czech republic in central-European context
  

Literature

required literature
• Cabada, L. - Šanc, D. Český stranický systém ve 20. století. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2005. info
• MRKLAS, L. Česká republika. In. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004. info
• Hloušek, V. - Kopeček, L. Konfliktní demokracie. Moderní masová politika ve střední Evropě. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politol, 2004. info
• Balík, S. - Hloušek, V. - Holzer, J. - Šedo, J. Politický systém českých zemí 1948 - 1989. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politol, 2004. info
• Vodička, K. - Cabada, L. Politický systém České republiky. Praha: Portál, 2003. info
• Kunc, J. Stranické systémy v (re)konstrukci. Praha: SLON, 2000. info

recommended literature
• PŠEJA, P. Stranický systém České republiky. Politické strany a jejich vývoj 1989 - 1998. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2005. info
• Novák, M. - Lebeda, T. a kol. Volební a stranické systémy ČR v mezinárodním srovnání. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2004. info
• Balík, S. (ed.). Komunální volby v České republice v roce 2002. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003. info
• MRKLAS, L. (ed.). Krajské volby 2000. Fakta, názory, komentáře. Praha: Cevro, 2001. info
• Pavlíček, V. et al. Ústavní právo a státověda. Díl II, část 1. Ústavní právo. Praha: Linde, 2001. info
• PECKA, E. et al. Politická kultura v ČR. Praha: VŠE, 2000. info
• BROKL, L. et al. Reprezentace zájmů v politickém systému České republiky. Praha: SLON, 1997. info
• Broklová, E. Československá demokracie. Politický systém ČSR 1918-1938. Praha: SLON, 1992. info

Teaching methods

Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis

Assessment methods

The analysis of student 's performance
Didactic test

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 test verifying knowledge of basic subsystems and institutions of political system of Czechoslovakia and the Czech republic as well as principles of their action from 1918 till present day is composed of two parts. The first one comprises at least 10 closed question with four possible answers from which one or more or all can be correct, the second part comprises analytic-synthetic or comparative comment.

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