FVP:USESE0006 Political Systems II - Course Information

USESE0006 Political Systems II

Extent and Intensity

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

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Radomír Sztwiertnia (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Radomír Sztwiertnia
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Žádné

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 provides information about basic variants of forms of constitutional-juridical and institutional-political settings of selected post-communist countries. It concentrates on genesis of political schemes in the areas of central and Eastern Europe after 1989, it classifies from the point of view of state and government forms and draws attention both on characteristic and lawful tendencies and on anomalies within this set. The aim of the course is to introduce issues of development of political systems in given area and lead students to a skill of analyzing these systems by standard political concepts and theories.

Syllabus

• 1. Introduction, organization of the course
  2. Post-communism: transformation of the area
  3. Post-communism: state and government forms in post-communist states
  4. Central-European area: Poland
  5. Central-European area: Slovakia
  6. Central-European area: Hungary
  7. Post-Soviet eastern-European area: decline of USSR
  8. Post-Soviet eastern-European area: Russia
  9. Post-Soviet eastern-European area: Ukraine
  10. Post-Soviet eastern-European area: Belorussia
  11. Post-Soviet eastern-European area: Moldavia
  12. Conclusion of the course
  

Literature

required literature
• HLOUŠEK, V. a KOPEČEK, L. Konfliktní demokracie. Moderní masová politika ve střední Evropě. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2004. info
• KUBÁT, M. a kol. Politické a ústavní systémy zemí středovýchodní Evropy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2004. info
• KUBÁT, M. Postkomunismus a demokracie. Politika ve středovýchodní Evropě. Praha: Dokořán, 2003. info
• FIALA, P. , HOLZER, J. , STRMISKA, M. a kol. Politické strany ve střední a východní Evropě. Ideově-politický profil, pozice a role politických stran v postkomunistických zemích. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2002. info

recommended literature
• CABADA, L. a DVOŘÁKOVÁ, V. Komparace politických systémů III. Praha: VŠE, 2004. info
• NOVÁK, M. Jakou demokracii pro nové demokracie? Konsensuální model, efektivita a kulturně homogenní země. Brno: MPÚ, 2001. info
• SARTORI, G. Srovnávací ústavní inženýrství. Praha: SLON, 2001. info
• LEWIS, P. G. Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe. New York: Routledge, 2000. info
• DAWISHA, K. a PARROTT, B. Democratic Changes and Authoritarian Reactions in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1997. info
• DAWISHA, K. a PARROTT, B. Politics, Power and the Struggle for Democracy in South-East Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1997. info
• DAWISHA, K. a PARROTT, B. The Consolidation of Democracy in East-Central Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1997. 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
• BEYME, K. Transitions to Democracy in Eastern Europe. London: Macmillan, 1996. info

Teaching methods

Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis

Assessment methods

Test
The analysis of student 's performance

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Written test aimed at verification of theoretical knowledge of lectures and recommended literature

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