Course: Voting and Parties System

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Course title Voting and Parties System
Course code KZU/SVSM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course unspecified
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Páral Karel, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Úvod do problematiky 2. Modely parlamentarismu. Politický systém Velké Británie 3. Stranický systém Velké Británie 4. Racionalizovaný parlamentarismus. Politický systém Německa 5. Konsociační demokracie. Politický a stranický systém Švýcarska 6. Politický a stranický systém Francie 7. Politický a stranický systém Švédska a Dánska 8. Politický a stranický systém zemí Beneluxu 9. Politický a stranický systém Itálie 10. Politický a stranický systém Španělska 11. Politický a stranický systém Portugalska a Řecka

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to teach students to analyze the functions of political systems in Europe advanced consolidated democracies. The students, after completion of the course will gain a detailed knowledge of the institutional structures in the countries discussed, and an understanding of constitutional processes and interactions between institutions. The second part of the course consists of the doctrine of the party systems of these countries. To use the comparative method of political science, students familiarize themselves with the similarities and differences in the party systems of the northern, western and southern Europe, and will examine in detail programatiku and development of key party bodies, and their position in each party families.
Students will acquire skills of the course according to sylabus
Prerequisites
ability to work with specialized texts

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Knowledge of students will be tested by the final test
Recommended literature
  • GIDDENS, Anthony. Třetí cesta. Obnova sociální demokracie. Mladá fronta, Praha 2001, s. 149.
  • ISMAYR, Wolfgang. Die politischen Systeme Westeuropas. Opladen, Leske+Budčích 1999, s. 764.
  • PALMER, Monte. Comparative Politics. Itasca, F. E. Peacock Publishers 1997, s. 647.
  • PEROTTINO, Michel. Francouzský politický systém. Praha,SLON 2005, s. 335.
  • PETERS, B. GUY. Comparative Politics. Theory and Method. New York, Palgrave 1998, s. 262.


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