XUVSRP3573 Political Systems

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 3 credit(s).
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 offered to students of any study field.
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
Assessment methods
Test
Written exam
Oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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