FVP:USESEP142 Introduction to Political Disc - Course Information

USESEP142 Introduction to Political Disciplines

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 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 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 to provide the students with development and structure of political discipline, with fundamental disciplines and the most important issues of present politics and with the role of the country and public administration in political processes. The tuition is with respect to other courses (Question of democracy, Political System of the Czech Republic, Political Parties, Movements and Doctrines, Political Systems of Central and Eastern Europe) conceived in three wider blocks. In the first one, the students acquire principal knowledge of development, subject and division of political discipline, of basic theoretical attitudes, of political philosophy and political ideology as well as of issue of democracy and totalitarianism. Another block provides brief typological survey of democratic governmental systems, political parties and partial systems, networks, elections and electoral systems. The final part of the lectures is dedicated to political communication, state, vertical division of state power, the role of public administration in political processes and chosen issues of political geography and geopolitics. The emphasis will be put on individual study of text-books and literature so that the students acquire basic information about the most important issues of present politics and political discipline from different points of view as well as the idea of comparative attitude to study of political institutions, phenomena and processes. The recommended literature enlarges gained information in some thematic blocks. The graduates have to manifest the knowledge of political terminology and basic theoretical findings, be able to orient in current political development and apply gained knowledge on concrete examples and situations.

Syllabus

• 1. Politics and political discipline (principal concepts and division)
  2. Political philosophy, political ideology
  3. Democracy and totalitarianism
  4. Political regimes - forms of government
  5. Political parties and partial systems
  6. Networks
  7. Elections and electoral systems
  8. Political geography
  9. Geopolitics
  10. Vertical structure of power in the state
  11. State administration in political process
  12. Political communication
  

Literature

required literature
• COLEBATCH, H. K. Úvod do policy. Brno, 2005. info
• NOVÁK, M., LEBEDA, T. a kol. Volební a stranické systémy. ČR v mezinárodním srovnání. Dobrá Voda: Aleš Čeněk, 2004. info
• CABADA, L., KUBÁT, M. a kol. Úvod do studia politické vědy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2003. info
• ŘÍCHOVÁ, B. Úvod do současné politologie. Srovnávací analýza politických systémů. Praha: Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-628-4. info
• FIALA, P., SCHUBERT, K. Moderní analýza politiky. Úvod do teorií metod policy analysis. Brno: Barrister&Principal, 2000. info
• BERG-SCHLOSSER, D., STAMMEN, T. Úvod do politické vědy. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a po, 2000. info
• DVOŘÁKOVÁ, V., KUNC, J. O přechodech k demokracii. Praha: SLON, 1994. info

recommended literature
• BALÍK, S., KUBÁT, M. Teorie a praxe totalitních a autoritativních režimů. Praha, Dokořán, 2004. info
• KLÍMA, M. Volby a politické systémy v moderních demokraciích. Praha: Radix, 2003. info
• JIRÁK, J., ŘÍCHOVÁ, B. Politická komunikace a média. Praha: Karolinum, 2000. info
• ŘÍCHOVÁ, B. Přehled moderních politologických teorií. Empiricko-analytický přístup v soudobé politické vědě. Praha: Portál, 2000. info
• KUNC, J. Stranické systémy v (re)konstrukci. Praha: SLON, 2000. info
• MILLER, D., COLEMANOVÁ, J., CONNOLY, W., RYAN, A. Blackwellova encyklopedie politického myšlení. Brno: CDK, Proglas/Jotta, 1995. info

Teaching methods

Lecture with a video analysis
Monological (reading, lecture, briefing)

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 the knowledge of political terminology, basic theoretical findings and ability to apply gained knowledge from literature and lectures. The test comprises at least 30 closed questions with four possibilities, from which only one is correct.

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