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. Lukáš Vomlela, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Lubomír Hlavienka, Ph.D.

Timetable of Seminar Groups

USESEC129/A: No timetable has been entered into IS. L. Vomlela

Prerequisites (in Czech)

FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(P)

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields 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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