FSS:POL109 Political Systems - Course Information
POL109 Political Systems
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Peter Spáč, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Otto Eibl, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Tomáš Foltýn, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Aneta Pinková, Ph.D. (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová - Timetable
- Thu 10:00–11:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka
- 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
- there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to learn types of the political systems to use them in the analysis of the political system to get basic informations about the political systems
- Syllabus
- 1. Theory of democracy I. 2. Theory of democracy II. 3. Konsotional democracy, consensual and Westminster model 4. Swiss democracy, parliamentary democracy 5. Presidential and semi-presidential model - USA and France 6. Chancellors model - Germany; West-European parliamentary systems 7. Half-semestral test 8. Post-Communist democracies in the Central Europe 9. Model of the Eastern Europe - Russian Federation 10. Balkan states I. 11. Balkan states II. 12. Evropean union Class resources are available to students through Masaryk University’s online Information System (IS). Under the course title "POL109: Politické systémy" you will find an interactive syllabus which contains important general information about the course and the weekly schedule with links to required course materials, such as the lecture files and quizzes.
- Literature
- HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Demokracie. Teorie, modely, osobnosti, podmínky, nepřátelé a perspektivy demokracie (Democracy. Theories, Models, Individualities, Conditions, Enemies and Perspectives of Democracy). 1st ed. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2003, 379 pp. Sborníky, svazek č.16. ISBN 80-210-3195-6. info
- DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Vladimíra. Komparace politických systémů. Vyd. 1. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, nakladatelství Oeconomica, 2003, 265 s. ISBN 8024505347. info
- ŘÍCHOVÁ, Blanka. Komparace politických systémů II. Vyd. 3., přeprac. V Praze: Oeconomica, 2004, 230 s. ISBN 9788024507576. info
- Assessment methods
- Seminar paper (maximum 6 point), half-semestral test (maximum 10 points) and written final test (maximum 30 points). Students need at least 28 points (out of maximum 46 points) and at least 16 points for the final test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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