USESEP027 Political Culture

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jiří Sedláček (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 presents the origin of theoretical concept of political culture in the works of American political scientists Almond and Verba and with changes of its understanding from the 60´s till present day. On the example of Czech political culture, the role of political culture in modern society will be analysed more closely together with its foundation and interconnection with democratic political order and influence of totalitarian dictatorships on its form. The special attention will be paid to the role of political culture for stability of political regime and its manifestations in the moments of political changes, including post-communist period.
Syllabus
  • 1.Political culture - origin of theoretical concept - Almond and Verba - The Civic Culture
    2.Changes in understanding of the term political culture from the 60´s of the 20th century till present day
    3. Political culture, democracy, totalitarian regimes and transitions to democracy
    4.Development of Czech political culture I - origin of modern Czech society
    5. Development of Czech political culture II - tradition and modernity - formation of modern political culture in the 19th century
    6. Development of Czech political culture III -Czech political culture between wars - political trends and political behaviour, political elites and political culture
    7.Development of Czech political culture in the period of totalitarian and post-totalitarian regimes
    8. Czech political culture and transitions to democracy
    9. Role and changes of political culture in post-communist era
    10. Czech and European political culture - social roots, "Czech peculiarities" and Europeanization trends?
    11. Czech political culture in the 21st century
    12. Conclusion of the course
Literature
    recommended literature
  • SKOVAJSA, M. Politická kultura: přístupy, kritiky a uplatnění ve zkoumání politiky. Karolinum, Praha, 2006. info
  • KŘEN, J. Dvě století střední Evropy. Praha: Argo, 2005. info
  • SKALNÍK, P. Politická kultura: antropologie, sociologie, politologie. Set Out, Praha, 2004. info
  • POLLACK, D. - JACOBS, J. - MŰLLER, O., PICKEL, G. Political Culture in Post-Communist Europe. Ashgate, Aldershot, 2003. info
  • PECKA, E. a kol. Politická kultura v ČR. . Praha: VŠE, 2000. info
  • KLICPEROVÁ-BAKER, M. Ready for Democracy? Civic Culture and Civilisty with a Focus on Czech Society. Institute of Psychology, Academy of Science of t, 1999. info
  • PLASSER, F.-PRIBERSKY, A. Politicial Culture in East Central Europe. Avebury, Brookfield, 1996. info
  • RAK, J. Bývali Čechové: české historické mýty a stereotypy. HaH, Jinočany, 1994. info
  • ALMOND, G., A. - VERBA, S. The Civic Culture Revisited. Sage, Newsbury Park, 1989. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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