USESE0011 Political System of the Czech Republic

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites (in Czech)
žádné
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
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 conceived with regard to related subjects (History of Czechoslovakia, Political Systems of Central and Eastern Europe, Legal Systems of Central European Countries etc.) and is divided in two chronological-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. The tutorial will be dedicated 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 of political system of the Czech republic ( terminology, periodization, literature)
    2. Democratic political system of the first Czechoslovak republic (1918-1938)
    3. Political system in the period of the Second Republic, Nazi totalitarian system in protectorate, so called Czechoslovak government-in-exile
    4. Pre-totalitarian system so called people´s republic and totalitarian communist system - Stalinism and beginnings of destalinization (1945-1956)
    5. Changes of post-totalitarian regime of communist Czechoslovakia: destalinization, reform, normalisation (1956-1989)
    6. Transition to democracy and decline of Czechoslovak federation, basic principles of political system of the Czech republic
    7. Constitutional institutions in the Czech republic (parliament, president, government, judicial system in the Czech republic, Czech National Bank)
    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
  • MRKLAS, L. Česká republika. In. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004. info
  • HLOUŠEK, V. a KOPEČEK, L. Konfliktní demokracie. Moderní masová politika ve střední Evropě. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2004. info
  • KUBÁT, M. (ed.). Politické systémy středovýchodní Evropy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004. info
  • BALÍK, S., HLOUŠEK, V. , HOLZER, J. a ŠEDO, J. Politický systém českých zemí 1948- 1989. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politol, 2004. info
  • VODIČKA, K. a CABADA, L. Politický systém České republiky. Praha: Portál, 2003. info
  • DVOŔÁKOVÁ, V. a CABADA, L. et al. Komparace politických systémů I. - III. Praha : VŠE, 2000. info
  • Kunc, J. Stranické systémy v (re)konstrukci. Praha: SLON, 2000. info
    recommended literature
  • 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
Seminar paper, essay on compulsory literature, leading discussion, final written test
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2012, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2016.
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