USESEC126 Political Parties and Party Systems

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lukáš Vomlela, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lukáš Vomlela, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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 aim of the course is to make the students familiar with principal attitudes to studies of political parties and party systems. The students will be gradually presented an issue of definition and origin of political parties and party systems in Europe and the theoretical concepts which are in this study crucial. Except for the theoretical background, the students will learn also model cases of states with specific party systems. A final part of the course will be dedicated to the methodological issues concerning the research of party systems and new questions and problems which the political parties and their systems currently have to deal with.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory meeting, introduction to the course content
    2. Political party in the centre of attention (definition of the term and issue)
    3. Origin and function of political parties
    4. Parties and party systems I. (establishment of political parties and party systems in Europe)
    5. Parties and party systems II. (attitude to a research of political parties and party systems, theory and practice, S. Rokkan, G. Sartori, M. Duverger, J. Blondel, von Beyme)
    6. Typology of party systems I. (theory of party systems by G. Sartori)
    7. Typology of party systems II. (theory of party systems by G. Sartori)
    8. Political parties and party systems in the third millennium I. ("new" types of political parties in Central Europe)
    9. Political parties and party systems in the third millennium II. (transformation of party systems in Central Europe)
    10. Measurement of party systems (analytical instruments for measurement of party systems, the most used methods and indexes)
    11. Political parties, coalition, government and opposition
    12. The most modern trends in research of political parties and party systems
Literature
    required literature
  • SARTORI, G. Srovnávací ústavní inženýrství. Zkoumání struktur, podnětů a výsledků. Praha: Slon, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7419-048-3. info
  • HLOUŠEK, V. a KOPEČEK, L. Politické strany. Původ, ideologie a transformace politických stran v západní a střední Evropě. Praha: Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3192-6. info
  • FIALA, P. a STRMISKA, M. Teorie politických stran. Brno: Barrister&Principal, 2009. ISBN 978-80-87029-71-8. info
  • SARTORI, G. Strany a stranické systémy. Schéma pro analýzu. Brno: CDK, 2005. ISBN 80-7325-062-4. info
  • HLOUŠEK, V., KOPEČEK, L. Konfliktní demokracie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně, 2004. ISBN 80-210-3449-1. info
    recommended literature
  • WINSŁAWSKA, M. (ed.). Partie polityczne w początkach XXI wieku. Problemy rozwoju, organizacji i funkcjonowania. Toruń: Wydawnictwo naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja, 2013. ISBN 978-83-231-2861-8. info
  • FIALA, P. a kol. Středoevropské systémy politických stran: Česká republika, Maďarsko, Polsko a Slovensko. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politol, 2003. ISBN 80-210-3091-7. info
  • HLOUŠEK, V. a KOPEČEK, L. (eds). Rudí a růžoví. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002. ISBN 80-210-2990-0. info
  • KUNC, J. Stranické systémy v re/konstrukci: Belgie, Itálie, Španělsko, Československo, Česká republika. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2000. ISBN 80-85850-79-6. info
  • NOVÁK, M. Systémy politických stran. Praha: SLON, 1997. ISBN 80-85850-22-2. 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
Seminar paper.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2018, Summer 2019.
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