UVSRPV0159 Political Systems

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – 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 follows the course Introduction to Political Disciplines and is divided into three thematic circles. The first one widens basic theoretical knowledge about structure, functioning and comparison of political systems, the other two are aimed to acquisition of necessary empiric findings about political systems of selected western European liberal democracies and USA and post-communist countries of central Europe. The students acquire information about constitutional and political regimes, partial and electoral systems, the most important networks and organizations and structures of public administration in observed countries.
Syllabus
  • I. Political systems and democracy models
    1. Theory and political systems comparison
    2. Democracy models and their comparison
    3. Hybrid democracies, totalitarian and authoritative regimes
    II. Political systems of liberal democracies
    4. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    5. The United States of America
    6. The French Republic, The Swiss Confederation
    7. The Federal Republic of Germany
    8. The Republic of Austria, The Kingdom of Sweden
    III. Political systems of Visegrad group countries
    9. Transformation of central European post-communist countries
    10. The Czech republic
    11. The Slovak Republic
    12. The Republic of Poland, the Republic of Hungary
Literature
    required literature
  • Říchová, B. a kol. Komparace politických systémů : západoevropské politické systémy. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická, 2009. info
  • Cabada, L. a kol. Komparace politických systémů : nové demokracie střední a východní Evropy. Praha: Oeconomica, 2008. info
  • Dvořáková, V. a kol. Základní modely demokratických systémů : komparace politických systémů. Praha: Oeconomica, 2008. info
  • KUBÁT, M. a kol. Politické a ústavní systémy zemí středovýchodní Evropy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004. info
  • Hloušek, V., Kopeček, L. (eds.). Demokracie. Teorie, modely, osobnosti, podmínky, nepřátelé a perspektivy demokracie. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2003. info
  • ŘÍCHOVÁ, B. Úvod do současné politologie. Srovnávací analýza politických systémů. Praha: Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-628-4. info
  • ŘÍCHOVÁ, B. Přehled moderních politologických teorií. Empiricko-analytický přístup v soudobé politické vědě. Praha, Portál, 2000. info
Assessment methods
Test
Written exam
Oral exam
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 to examine knowledge of basic terminology and theory of comparative politics and democracy as well as structure and functioning of political systems of current liberal democracies and Visegrad countries. The test comprises at least 30 closed questions with four possibilities, from which one, more, all, or none can be correct.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 1993, Winter 1994, Winter 1995, Winter 1996, Winter 1997, Winter 1998, Winter 1999, Winter 2000, Winter 2001, Winter 2002, Winter 2003, Winter 2004, Winter 2005, Winter 2006, Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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