SDEb1016 Czechia after 1989

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
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
Course objectives
The course focuses on Czech politics after November 1989. It combines a chronological line and a thematic perspective on selected aspects of the period. The aim is for students to gain knowledge of the actors, realities and relationships of the time and to be able to understand and interpret key moments, trends and phenomena. The course primarily focuses on Czech politics, which it traces in the broader context of economic, social, media, cultural and other changes after 1989
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: - identify the root causes of the loss of legitimacy of the communist regime; - describe and analyse the major political actors of the transition and post-transition years and the relationships between them; - understand the institutional structure of the new democracy; - characterize and interpret important events, issues, trends and phenomena of development since 1989 (Velvet Revolution, economic reform, the division of Czechoslovakia, the Opposition Agreement, etc.)
Syllabus
  • Communist regime, society and opposition before 1989 2. The Civic Forum and the changes in its strategy towards the collapsing regime 3. The birth of pluralist politics and the development of the Civic Forum 4. The debate on de-communization, lustrations and political consequences 5. Economic reform, privatisation and the transition process 6. The division of Czechoslovakia 7. The period of the Klaus governments 8. The Opposition Treaty - its background, formation and form 9. Unstable governance 2002-2013 10. Crisis of 2013 11. Selected aspects of contemporary Czech history (technocratic governments, the phenomenon of political entrepreneurs, migration crisis, coronavirus pandemic, etc.).
Literature
    required literature
  • RAMEŠ, Václav. Trh bez přívlastků, nebo ekonomickou demokracii? : spory o podobu vlastnické transformace v porevolučním Československu. Praha: Ústav pro soudobé dějiny AV ČR, 2021, 353 stran. ISBN 9788072852581. info
  • Architekti dlouhé změny: expertní kořeny postsocialismu v Československu. Edited by Michal Kopeček. Vydání první. Praha: ÚSD AV ČR, 2019, 373 stran. ISBN 9788072852246. info
  • KOPEČEK, Lubomír. Éra nevinnosti : česká politika 1989-1997. [Brno]: [Masarykova univerzita. Středisko pro pomoc studentů se specifickými nároky], 2018, 1 online. URL info
  • GJURIČOVÁ, Adéla. Rozděleni minulostí : vytváření politických identit v České republice po roce 1989. Vyd. 1. Praha: Knihovna Václava Havla, 2011, 415 s. ISBN 9788087490037. info
  • Kapitoly z dějin české demokracie po roce 1989. Edited by Adéla Gjuričová - Michal Kopeček. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2008, 320 s. ISBN 9788071858768. info
  • ŽÍDEK, Libor. Transformace české ekonomiky (Transformation of the Czech Economy). 1st ed. Brno: Vydavatelství MU, 2006, 56 pp. ISBN 80-210-4197-8. info
  • ŽÍDEK, Libor. Transformace české ekonomiky :1989-2004. 2. vyd. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2006, ix, 304 s. ISBN 80-7179-922-X. info
  • SUK, Jiří. Labyrintem revoluce : aktéři, zápletky a křižovatky jedné politické krize : (od listopadu 1989 do června 1990). V čes. jaz. vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2003, 507 s. ISBN 8072600990. info
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan. Rozpad Československa : česko-slovenské vztahy 1989-1992. Bratislava: Academic Electronic Press, 2002, 457 s. ISBN 8088880025. info
  • Irreconcilable differences? : explaining Czechoslovakia's dissolution. Edited by Michael Kraus - Allison Stanger. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2000, xiii, 346. ISBN 0-8476-9020-2. info
  • MOŽNÝ, Ivo. Proč tak snadno? (Why so easy?). 2nd ed. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999, 200 pp. ISBN 80-85850-80X. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars, position papers
Assessment methods
mid-term test (20 %), 3 position papers (30 %), marked participation in seminar discussions (10 %), oral examination (40 %), minimum pass mark is 60 %.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
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