POL485 Electoral Systems and Elections

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Roman Chytilek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Adéla Pešková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Zuzana Řiháková (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 P22
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
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Course objectives
Students are able, at the end of the course, to know and apply different theoretical approaches in the electoral systems research for the analysis of the elections, electoral and party systems.
Syllabus
  • 1. Classification of the electoral systems and the terminology 2. Discussion about the electoral reform in the Czech Republic 3. Research of the stability and stabilization of the party systems and the electoral systems 4. Research of the electoral systems I. 5. Research of the electoral systems II. 6. Majoritarian electoral systems 7. List proportional electoral systems and party systems 8. Mixed electoral systems and party systems 9. STV and party systems 10. Semi-PR electoral systems 11. Electoral engineering and electoral reforms 12. Electoral systems and elections in the divided societies Class resources are available to students through Masaryk University’s online Information System (IS). Under the course title "POL485: Volební systémy a volby" an extended syllabus which contains important general information about the course and the weekly schedule.
Literature
  • ŠEDO, Jakub. Volební právo a klasifikace volebních systémů. In CHYTILEK, Roman and Jakub ŠEDO. Volební systémy. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2004, p. 11-36. ISBN 80-210-3548-X. info
  • CHYTILEK, Roman. Zkoumání volebních systémů (Electoral Systems Research). In CHYTILEK, Roman and Jakub ŠEDO. Volební systémy. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2004, p. 37-63, 28 pp. Studie/30. info
  • CHYTILEK, Roman and Petr HUŠEK. Většinové volební systémy (Majoritarian Electoral Systems). In CHYTILEK, Roman and Jakub ŠEDO. Volební systémy. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2004, p. 64-93. Studie/30. ISBN 80-210-3548-X. info
  • CHYTILEK, Roman and Nikola HYNEK. Semiproporční volební systémy (Semi-proportional Electoral Systems). In Chytilek, Roman a Šedo, Jakub (eds.) Volební systémy. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2004, p. 94-103. mimo edici. ISBN 80-210-3548-X. info
  • HAVLÍK, Vlastimil, Jakub ŠEDO and Dalibor ČALOUD. Systémy poměrného zastoupení (The Electoral Systems of Proportional Representation). In CHYTILEK, Roman and Jakub ŠEDO. Volební systémy. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2004, p. 104-142. Studie 30. ISBN 80-210-3548-X. info
  • ČALOUD, Dalibor. Smíšené volební systémy. In CHYTILEK, Roman and Jakub ŠEDO. Volební systémy. 1. vydání. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2004, p. 143 - 157. ISBN 80-210-3548-X. info
  • ŠEDO, Jakub. Přenos kvantitativních metod výzkumu výstup volební soutěže do odlišných regionálních podmínek - případ stability a stabilizace systémů politických stran v postkomunistických zemích Evropy (Quantitative methods of research of the outcomes of the electoral competition and their transfer to the different regional conditions - the case of the stability and of the stabilization of the party systems in post-communist Europe). In FIALA, Petr and Maxmilián STRMISKA. Víceúrovové vládnutí: teorie, přístupy, metody. 1st ed. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2005, p. 121-135. ISBN 80-7325-074-8. info
  • BIRCH, Sarah. Electoral systems and political transformation in post-communist Europe. 1st pub. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003, xii, 212 s. ISBN 0-333-98765-9. info
  • REILLY, Ben. Democracy in divided societies : electoral engineering for conlict management. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, xiii, 217. ISBN 0521797306. info
  • The politics of electoral systems. Edited by Michael Gallagher - Paul Mitchell. First published. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, xxxii, 662. ISBN 9780199238675. info
  • Electoral systems and democracy. Edited by Larry Jay Diamond - Marc F. Plattner. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006, xxvi, 245. ISBN 0801884756. URL info
  • Chytilek, Roman: Zkoumání většinových volebních systémů. Dizertační práce. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007.
Teaching methods
The course is mostly conducted through lectures, reading of the important theoretical papers and applications of the theory of the electoral systems and writing of the seminar paper and the monitoring of the elections.
Assessment methods
In is necessary to get at least 30 points of maximum 50 points. Seminar paper - maximum 15 points, electoral monitoring - maximum 5 points, final written test - maximum 30 points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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