POL419 Czech Party System after 1989

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Wed 16:00–17:40 J.516
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
During the course the students should acquire detailed knowledge of the character of the Czech party system as evolved after 1989. The period will be divided into basic stages within which the developments of particular parties nad movements and the system as such will be treated as well. The course also concentrates on the analysis of the general character of the Czech party system and on the characterization of individual parties and movements.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction, theoretical division between the right and the left, situation before November 1989, development till June 1990 2) Civic Forum (OF) 3) Parties outside OF till February 1991 4) From the dissolution of OF till June 1992 - governmental coalition 5) From the dissolution of OF till June 1992 - other parties and movements 6) The right in 1992-1996 7) The left and the centre in 1992-1996 8) Shifts in the relations within the system till the general election in June 1998, strengthening of the posilování bipolar character of the system 9) Present state (from general election 1998 until now) 10) Development of the internal party organisation, general characteristics of the system in its respective stages 11) Final test
Literature
  • FIALA, Petr and Pavel PŠEJA. Vývoj organizační struktury českých politických stran po listopadu 1989. K problematice vlivu politicko-kulturních a sociálních faktorů na vytváření formální stranicko-politické organizace. (The Evolution of Organizatiobnal Structures of Czech Political Parties after November 1989. Problems of the Influence of Politicaly-Cultural and Social Factors on Forming of Formal Oarty-political Organization.). Politologický časopis. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 1998, vol. 1998, No 4, p. 419 - 430, 11 pp. ISSN 1211-3247. info
  • FIALA, Petr, Miroslav MAREŠ and Pavel PŠEJA. Vývoj politických stran a jejich systému po listopadu 1989 (The Evolution of Political Parties and their System after November 1989). In VEČERNÍK, Jiří. Zpráva o vývoji české společnosti 1989 - 1998. 1st ed. Praha: Academia, 1998, p. 269-286. ISBN 80-200-0703-2. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Pro úspěšné absolvování kursu je zapotřebí aktivní účasti na seminářích (minimální akceptovatelná účast je 70 %) a sepsání seminární práce na téma související se zaměřením kursu (rozsah max. 10 normostran, tj. 18 000 znaků, s povolenou odchylkou 15 %).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Spring 2002.
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