CDSn4007 Comparative Perspectives on Democracy and Development

Fakulta sociálních studií
podzim 2021
Rozsah
1/1/0. 8 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
doc. Marek Rybář, M.A., Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Otto Eibl, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
doc. Marek Rybář, M.A., Ph.D.
Katedra politologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra politologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Po 14:00–15:40 U43
Předpoklady
None
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
This is a mandatory core course in the Conflict and Democracy Studies Program. It focuses on broad questions of political, economic, and social development and on how contemporary political regimes work. We will concentrate on understanding and explanation of broadly conceived social and political phenomena that have bearing on the character of contemporary societies. In all substantive (i.e. not methodological) weekly topics we will focus on four interrelated questions: How could be the phenomenon under review defined, conceptualized and perhaps measured, how it is caused, what it itself causes, and how sure we can be about our answers to these questions. In other words, we will focus on defining and operationalization, and on related methodological aspects, plus we will conceive of the phenomenon as a dependent variable and also as an independent variable.
Výstupy z učení
After successful completion of the course, the students will be able to:
identify the main paradigms used in the comparative political inquiry
describe and interpreter the key differences between various political institutional settings
propose ways to systematically investigate their consequences for the distribution of political power
systematically collect and evaluate empirical evidence and interprete them in light of established theoretical frameworks
Osnova
  • Paradigms in comparative research: structure, rationality, and culture.
  • Comparative politics and the comparative method.
  • Development I: history, geography, natural resources.
  • Development II: modernization, demography, infrastructure.
  • The emergence of modern states.
  • No class - public holiday.
  • Ethnicity, nation, and nationalism.
  • Democracy and democratization.
  • Autocracies and the fall of democratic regimes.
  • State institutions: executive-legislative relations.
  • Democratic competition and political representation.
Výukové metody
lectures, class discussion, individual and group projects
Metody hodnocení
Activity & File Cards (10%)
Research Diary (30%)
Midterm Exam (30%)
Final Exam (30%)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2020, podzim 2022, podzim 2023, podzim 2024.