POL401 Political Parties and Party Systems

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Roman Chytilek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Maxmilián Strmiska, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Maxmilián Strmiska, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Petříková
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 exP52
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
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand prevailing current approaches in the research into parties and party systems. They should be able then to use effectively related conceptual schemes and frameworks in order to analyze parties and party systems in contemporary democracies and to explain properties of parties and party arrangements.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. 2. Theory of party families, Social Democrats and Socialists, Far Left, Greens. 3. Christian Democrats, Conservative parties, Liberals, Far Right, Regional and Ethnic parties. 4. Populism and parties. 5. Cleavages and their conceptualization. 6. Concepts of political parties. 7. Concepts and typologies of party systems. 8. Cartelisation of politics. 9. Multilevel party systems. 10. Nationalization of party systems, 11. "Micro" and "macro" level of party competition.
Literature
  • HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Politické strany. Původ, ideologie a transformace politických stran v západní a střední Evropě (Political Parties. Origin, Ideology and Transformation of Political Parties in Western and Central Europe). Praha: Grada, 2010, 320 pp. edice Politologie. ISBN 978-80-247-3192-6. URL info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián, Roman CHYTILEK, Jakub ŠEDO and Otto EIBL. Volební komplexy zemí V4. Studie k pojetí víceúrovňového volebního prostoru (Electoral Complexes of the V4 Countries. A Study on the Conceptualization of Multi-Level Electoral Space). 1st ed. Brno: Centrum pro strudium demokracie a kultury, 2009, 222 pp. Srovnávací politologie. ISBN 978-80-7325-201-4. info
  • FIALA, Petr and Maxmilián STRMISKA. Teorie politických stran (Theory of Political Parties). Brno: Barrister&Principal, 1998, 260 pp. Monografie, 1. ISBN 80-85947-31-5. info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián. Soustavy politických stran v Indii : (od "kongresového systému" k multipartismu). 1. vyd. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 70 s. ISBN 8021016930. info
Teaching methods
The course consists of lectures and class discussions.
Assessment methods
1. final written exam, 2. paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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