FVP:UVSRPVN109 Political System of the Czech - Course Information

UVSRPVN109 Political System of the Czech Republic: History and Present

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Dušan Janák, Ph.D. (lecturer)

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

• Public Administration and Social Policy (programme FVP, N6731-SPSP)

Course objectives

The course introduces the historical development of the political system in the Czech Republic from 1918 to the present time in two chronological and thematic parts. In the first part there are the main trends of political system and its subsystems (constitutional, partial and electoral system and bodies of state power) of Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1989. In the second part there is transformation to democracy after the 1989, disintegration of the Czechoslovakian federation and the process of transformation of constitutional and political system of the Czech Republic, including the final comparison with other Central European countries. Attention is also given to selected issues, representation of political interests, local politics and the role of government in the political process.

Syllabus

• 1st Introduction to the study (terminology, periodization, literature)
  2nd Democratic political system of the first Czechoslovak Republic (1918 - 1938)
  3rd The political system in the period of the Second Republic, the Nazi totalitarian system in the Protectorate, the Provisional government (1938 - 1945)
  4th Pretotalitní system called the People's Democracies and totalitarian communist system (1945 - 1956)
  5th Transformation of post-totalitarian communist regime of Czechoslovakia (1956 - 1989)
  6th Transformation to democracy and the disintegration of the Czechoslovak Federation (1989 - 1992)
  7th Constitutional institutions of the Czech Republic
  8th Partial system and political parties in the Czech Republic
  9th Electoral systems and elections in the years 1990 - 2004
  10th Organized interests and other aspects of the political system
  11th State and local governments in the political process
  12th The transformation of the political system of the Czech Republic in the Central European kontext
  

Literature

required literature
• KUBÁT, M. Současná česká politika. Co s neefektivním režimem? Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2013. info
• DVOŘÁKOVÁ, V. Rozkládání státu. Praha: Universum, 2012. info
• VODIČKA, K., CABADA, L. Politický systém České republiky: historie a současnost. 3., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2011. info
• KOPEČEK, L. Éra nevinnosti. Česká politika 1989-1997. Brno. Barrister & Principal, 2010. info
• BALÍK, S. a kol. Politický systém českých zemí 1948- 1989. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004. info
• NOVÁK, M. - LEBEDA, T. a kol. Volební a stranické systémy: ČR v mezinárodním srovnání. Dobrá Voda: Aleš Čeněk, 2004. info

recommended literature
• GJURIČOVÁ, A. - KOPEČEK, L. (eds. ). Kapitoly z dějin české demokracie po roce 1989. Praha - Litomyšl: Paseka, 2008. info
• Cabada, L. - Šanc, D. Český stranický systém ve 20. století. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2005. info
• MALÍŘ, J. - MAREK, P. a kol. Politické strany II. Vývoj politických stran a hnutí v českých zemích a Československu 1861-2004. Brno: Doplněk,, 2005. info
• ŠIMÍČEK, V. - HLOUŠEK, V. (ed.). Výkonná moc v ústavním systému České republiky. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, MPÚ, 2005. info
• HLOUŠEK, V. - KOPEČEK, L. Konfliktní demokracie. Moderní masová politika ve střední Evropě. Masarykova univerzita, MPÚ, 2004. info
• SUK, J. Labyrintem revoluce. Praha: Prostor, 2003. info
• PAVLÍČEK, V. a kol. Ústavní právo a státověda. II. díl. Ústavní právo České republiky. Část 1. Praha: Linde Praha, a. s., 2001. info
• BROKL, L. a kol. Reprezentace zájmů v politickém systému České republiky. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1997. 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

A written test will verify understanding of the character and changes of the political system in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, the basic subsystems and institutions, as well as the principles of their activities from 1918 to the present. It will have two parts. The first consists of a minimum of 10 closed questions with four possible answers, of which one, more, all, or none of the answers may be right. The second part has analytic-synthetic or comparative interpretation. The condition for the successful completion of the subject is knowledge of obligatory readings and lectures.

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