USESE0018 Political Parties, Movements and Doctrines

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2014
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 offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce development, action and history of political movements, parties and their programmes in central Europe in the 19th and 20th century. Political movements, parties and ideologies have been influencing national, regional and European history markedly. The cognition of their scope and programmes or ideas of profile personalities will contribute markedly to wider understanding of central European history in given time period, The primary axis of interpretation will be divided into three chronological periods. The first one will be aimed at origin and formation of modern national movements, on beginnings of political party spirit and liberal constitution from Napoleon era till World War I. The second one will follow development of political movements, parties and ideologies and their changes in central European countries from 1918 till rise of communist regimes and beginnings of cold war at the end of the 40´s of the 20th century. The third one will be dedicated to destruction and decline of political party sprit in satellite regimes of Sovietised central Europe in the period of two power blocks, the first crises and efforts to reform communist systems in central Europe in the 50´s of the 20th century till the decline of communism and beginnings of their transformation after 1989.
Syllabus
  • 1. Development of political and national movements in central Europe from 1848 revolution
    2. Beginnings of modern political society in liberal era
    3. Nationalism and its influence on formation of political programmes
    4. The rise of political party spirit from World War I
    5. Democratic parties and totalitarian movement and their programmes between two World Wars
    6. Nazism in central Europe
    7. Programmes of resistance movements 1939-1945
    8. Foundation of communist regimes and fates of political parties in central Europe
    9. Liquidation of civil society and democratic movements and programmes
    10. Parties and their programmes in exile
    11. Programme of reform movements in central Europe in cold war era
    12. Transformation of political systems - old and new programmes
Literature
    required literature
  • URBAN, O. Kapitalismus a česká společnost. Praha: NLN, 2003. info
  • Paczkowski, A. Půl století dějin Polska. 1939-1989. Praha, 2000. info
  • VYKOUKAL, J. , Litera, B. a Tejchman, M. Východ. Vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. Praha: Libri, 2000. info
  • WANDYCZ, P. S. Cena svobody. Střední Evropa v dějinách od středověku do současnosti. Praha: Academia, 1998. info
  • BROKLOVÁ, E. Československá demokracie. Politický systém 1918-1938. Praha: SLON, 1992. info
    recommended literature
  • KŘEN, J. Interpretace národních, středoevropských a evropských dějin. In Soudobé dějiny, roč. VI, č. 4,. info
  • Kárník, Z. České země v éře První republiky. Díl I. II. III. Praha, 2000. info
  • MAREK, P. a kol. Přehled politického stranictví na území Československa v letech 1861-1998. Olomouc: Gloria, 2000. info
  • Kořalka, J. Češi v habsburské monarchii a v Evropě 1815-1918. Praha, 1996. info
  • TIGRID, P. Politická emigrace v atomovém věku. Praha: Prostor, 1991. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Lecture with a video analysis
Assessment methods
Test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Oral exam aimed at testing knowledge both general context (terminology, chronology) and concrete political movements, parties and doctrines.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2015.
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