USESEC129 Non-Democratic Regimes and Transition Theory

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lukáš Vomlela, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Lubomír Hlavienka, Ph.D.
Timetable of Seminar Groups
USESEC129/A: No timetable has been entered into IS. L. Vomlela
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course Non-Democratic Regimes and Transition Theory is focused on the theories and typologies of the non-democratic regimes including a transition theory and its types. The attention is paid mainly to the individual principal theories of the non-democratic regimes, i.e. totalitarian and authoritarian regimes and the nature of their functioning, next the main classification models of the transitions from the non-democratic regimes to democracy, a theory of consolidation of these regimes and topical discussions on so called semi-democratic (hybrid) regimes. The aim of the course is to present a theory and practice of the non-democratic regimes and to master the methods of application of this theory to political science.
Syllabus
  • 1. Between democracy and non-democracy: Principal terms and definition of the field
    2. Theory and typology of the non-democratic regimes
    3. Theory and typology of a totalitarianism
    4. Theory and typology of the authoritarian regimes
    5. Criticism of a theory of non-democratic regimes
    6. The Transition Theory: democratization waves, models of democratization and transformation
    7. The Transition Theory: identity of a removed regime and influence on transition
    8. The Transition Theory: typology of termination of non-democratic regimes, stages of transition
    9. Theory of Consolidation
    10. Semi-democratic regimes
    11. Theory of hybrid regimes
    12. To potential trajectories of a development of the theories of non-democratic regimes and the transition theory
Literature
    required literature
  • BALÍK, S. - KUBÁT, M. Teorie a praxe totalitních a autoritativních režimů. Praha: Dokořán, 2004. info
  • DVOŘÁKOVÁ, V. a KUNC, J. O přechodech k demokracii. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1994. info
    recommended literature
  • BROOKER, P. Non-Democratic Regimes. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. info
  • HAERPFER, CH. W. Democratization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. info
  • LINZ, J. J. Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. London: Boulder, 2000. info
  • LINZ, J. J. a STEPAN, A. Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation. Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1996. 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
A written test examining the theories and typologies of the non-democratic, totalitarian, authoritarian, semi-democratic and hybrid regimes and knowledge of theory of transition. The participation in the seminars in a form of discussions on the seminar paper´s topic and its continuous processing and running presentation of an achieved progress.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019.
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