USESEC011 Political System of the Czech Republic: History and Present

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lubomír Hlavienka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
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
Course objectives
The aim of the subject is to introduce the historical development of political system in Czech lands from 1918 till present day in two chronologico-thematic blocks. The first one portrays main trends of development of political system and its subsystems (constitutional, partial and electoral and organs of state power) of Czechoslovakia in 1918-1989. The second block portrays 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 attention will be paid to selected issues of forming conflict lines, 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
  • KUBÁT, M. Současná česká politika. Co s neefektivním režimem? Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2013. info
  • DVOŘÁKOVÁ, V. Rozkládání státu. Praha: Universum, 2012. info
  • VODIČKA, K., CABADA, L. Politický systém České republiky: historie a současnost. 3., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2011. info
  • KOPEČEK, L. Éra nevinnosti. Česká politika 1989-1997. Brno. Barrister & Principal, 2010. info
  • BALÍK, S. a kol. Politický systém českých zemí 1948- 1989. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004. info
  • NOVÁK, M. - LEBEDA, T. a kol. Volební a stranické systémy: ČR v mezinárodním srovnání. Dobrá Voda: Aleš Čeněk, 2004. info
    recommended literature
  • GJURIČOVÁ, A. - KOPEČEK, L. (eds. ). Kapitoly z dějin české demokracie po roce 1989. Praha - Litomyšl: Paseka, 2008. info
  • Cabada, L. - Šanc, D. Český stranický systém ve 20. století. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2005. info
  • MALÍŘ, J. - MAREK, P. a kol. Politické strany II. Vývoj politických stran a hnutí v českých zemích a Československu 1861-2004. Brno: Doplněk,, 2005. info
  • ŠIMÍČEK, V. - HLOUŠEK, V. (ed.). Výkonná moc v ústavním systému České republiky. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, MPÚ, 2005. info
  • HLOUŠEK, V. - KOPEČEK, L. Konfliktní demokracie. Moderní masová politika ve střední Evropě. Masarykova univerzita, MPÚ, 2004. info
  • SUK, J. Labyrintem revoluce. Praha: Prostor, 2003. info
  • PAVLÍČEK, V. a kol. Ústavní právo a státověda. II. díl. Ústavní právo České republiky. Část 1. Praha: Linde Praha, a. s., 2001. info
  • BROKL, L. a kol. Reprezentace zájmů v politickém systému České republiky. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1997. info
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 character and changes of political system of Czechoslovakia and the Czech republic, of basic subsystems and institutions 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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020.
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