POL150 Party System in Slovakia

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Fiala, Ph.D., LL.M.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D.
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
This course is focusing on issues concerning contemporary political parties and party system of the Slovak Republic with the special stress put on the description and typology of party-political formation of party system in the period of the last ten years.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. Theories of cleavages in Slovak Society 3. Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), Democratic Party (DS), Democratic Union of Slovakia (DU) 4. Social Democratic Party of Slovakia (SDSS), Green Party of Slovakia (SZS), Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) 5. Slovak Christian and Democratic Union (SDKÚ), Party of Civic Understanding (SOP) 6. Party of Democratic Left (SDĹ), Smer (Direction) 7. The Association of Workers of Slovakia (ZRS), Communist Party of Slovakia (KSS) 8. Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) 9. The Slovak National Party (SNS) 10. Party of Hungarian Coalition (SMK) 11. Marginal parties in the system 12. Development of Party System after parliamentary elections of 1998 13. Closing test
Literature
  • Liďák, Jan - Koganová, Viera - Leška, Dušan: Politické strany a hnutia na Slovensku po roku 1989, Bratislava 1999
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Požadavky k získání zápočtu: desetistránkový referát odevzdaný písemně, aktivní účast na seminářích, písemný test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Spring 2002, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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