USESEN037 Political Parties and Party Systems in Central Europe in the 20th Century

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lukáš Vomlela, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lukáš Vomlela, 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 course provides an outline regarding the development, activity and history of political parties and their programmes and partial systems in central Europe in the 20th century. The development of political movements, parties and ideologies and their transformations in the central European countries will be followed in the period from World War I till the rise of communist regimes and beginnings of cold war at the end of the 40´s of the 20th century. The attention will be paid to destruction and decline of political party system in satellite regimes of sovietised central Europe in the period of two political blocks, first crises and attempts of reform of communist systems in central Europe from the 50´s of the 20th century till the period of fall of communism and beginnings of their transformation after 1989.
Syllabus
  • 1. State of historical research of modern political parties
    2. Outline and comparison of partial-political spectrum in central European countries after 1918
    3. Principal political forces in Czechoslovakia 1918-1938
    4. NSDAP Programme and role of A. Hitler
    5. Communism in inter-war central Europe
    6. Transformation of partial system in the second Czechoslovak republic
    7. Political parties and system of national and patriotic frontlines 1945-1948
    8. Political parties in Germany and Austria - from occupational allied administration to consolidation of democracy
    9. Persecution of non-communist parties in Soviet central European satellites
    10. Communist parties in central Europe after 1945
    11. Fates of democratic parties in countries of central Europe in the period of communism
    12. Trends in development of political parties of central Europe after 1989
Literature
    required literature
  • Dějiny Rakouska. Praha, NLN (2. vydání), 2007. info
  • HLOUŠEK, Vít. Konflikt versus konsensus. Konfliktní linie, stranické systémy a politické strany v Rakousku 1860-2006. Mezinárodní politologický ústav MÚ Brno, Brno, 2007. info
  • Křen, Jan. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha: Argo, 2005. info
  • MALÍŘ, Jiří - MAREK, Pavel a kolektiv. Politické strany a hnutí v českých zemích a Československu 1861-2004. I. a II. díl. Nakladatelství Doplněk, Brno, 2005. info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián - HLOUŠEK, Vít - KOPEČEK, Lubomír - CHYTIL,. Politické strany moderní Evropy: Analýza stranicko-politických systémů. Praha, 2005. info
  • DAVIES, Norman. Polsko. Dějiny národa ve středu Evropy. Praha, 2003. info
  • KONTLER, László. Dějiny Maďarska. Praha, NLN, 2001. info
  • PACZKOWSKI, Andrzej. Půl století dějin Polska 1939-1989. Praha: Academia, 2000. info
  • VYKOUKAL, Jiří - LITERA, Bohuslav - TEJCHMAN, Miroslav. Východ : Vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. Praha, 2000. info
  • FIALA, Petr - HOLZER, Jan - MAREŠ, Miroslav - PŠEJA, Pavel. Komunismus v České republice. Masarykova univerzita, Brno, 1999. info
  • MÜLLER, Helmut. Dějiny Německa. Praha, 1995. info
  • BROKLOVÁ, Eva. Československá demokracie. Politický systém 1918-1938. Sociologické nakladatelství, Praha, 1992. info
  • Dějiny zemí Koruny české II. (1740 až 1989). Paseka Praha -Litomyšl, 1992. info
  • LIPTÁK, Lubomír. Politické strany na Slovensku 1860-1869. Praha, 1992. 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 essay on selected topic or issue with use of minimally 5 sources regarding the topic approved by the lecturer. Oral exam focused on testing the knowledge of both general context and concrete realia.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2014.
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