FVP:USESEC129 Non-Democratic Regimes and Tra - Course Information

USESEC129 Non-Democratic Regimes and Transition Theory

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Petr Hušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Hušek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Petr Hušek, 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

• Central European Studies (programme FVP, B6702-MTS)

Course objectives

The course Non-Democratic Regimes and Transition Theory is focused on the theories and typologies of the non-democratic regimes including a transition theory and its types. The attention is paid mainly to the individual principal theories of the non-democratic regimes, i.e. totalitarian and authoritarian regimes and the nature of their functioning, next the main classification models of the transitions from the non-democratic regimes to democracy, a theory of consolidation of these regimes and topical discussions on so called semi-democratic (hybrid) regimes. The aim of the course is to present a theory and practice of the non-democratic regimes and to master the methods of application of this theory to political science.

Syllabus

• 1. Between democracy and non-democracy: Principal terms and definition of the field
  2. Theory and typology of the non-democratic regimes
  3. Theory and typology of a totalitarianism
  4. Theory and typology of the authoritarian regimes
  5. Criticism of a theory of non-democratic regimes
  6. The Transition Theory: democratization waves, models of democratization and transformation
  7. The Transition Theory: identity of a removed regime and influence on transition
  8. The Transition Theory: typology of termination of non-democratic regimes, stages of transition
  9. Theory of Consolidation
  10. Semi-democratic regimes
  11. Theory of hybrid regimes
  12. To potential trajectories of a development of the theories of non-democratic regimes and the transition theory
  

Literature

required literature
• BALÍK, S. - KUBÁT, M. Teorie a praxe totalitních a autoritativních režimů. Praha: Dokořán, 2004. info
• DVOŘÁKOVÁ, V. a KUNC, J. O přechodech k demokracii. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1994. info

recommended literature
• BROOKER, P. Non-Democratic Regimes. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. info
• HAERPFER, CH. W. Democratization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. info
• LINZ, J. J. Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes. London: Boulder, 2000. info
• LINZ, J. J. a STEPAN, A. Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation. Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins UP, 1996. 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 examining the theories and typologies of the non-democratic, totalitarian, authoritarian, semi-democratic and hybrid regimes and knowledge of theory of transition. The participation in the seminars in a form of discussions on the seminar paper´s topic and its continuous processing and running presentation of an achieved progress.

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