POL184 Nondemocratic Regimes

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Hlaváček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 exP52
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Main objectives can be sumarized as follows: to understand the theory of non-democratic regimes; to aply this theory to the particular cases.
Syllabus
  • 1. Opening lecture 2. Terminology – history and present 3. Totalitarian regimes I – ideology and political religion 4. Totalitarian regimes II – nacism vs. communism 5. Totalitarian regimes III – theory and praxis 6. Authoritarian regimes I 7. Authoritarian vs. totalitarian regimes 8. Reading week 9. Authoritarian regimes II – typology 10. Authoritarian regimes III – typology 11. Nondemocratic regimes in Czechoslovakia 12. Structure of nondemocratic regimes - the power and the opposition 13. Transformation and the fail of nondemocratic regimes - transition to the democracy? 14. Closing lecture
Literature
  • BALÍK, Stanislav and Michal KUBÁT. Teorie a praxe totalitních a autoritativních režimů (The Theory and Practice of Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes). 1st ed. Praha: Dokořán, 2004, 168 pp. Edice Bod. ISBN 80-86569-89-6. info
  • BROOKER, Paul. Non-democratic regimes : theory, government and politics. 1st pub. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 2000, viii, 288. ISBN 0-333-66079-X. info
  • LINZ, Juan J. Totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000, vii, 343. ISBN 1555878903. info
  • CHEHABI, H. E. and Juan J. LINZ. Sultanistic regimes. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, x, 284. ISBN 0801856949. info
  • LINZ, Juan J. and Alfred C. STEPAN. Problems of democratic transition and consolidation : southern Europe, South America, and post-communist Europe. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, xx, 479. ISBN 0801851580. URL info
Assessment methods
final paper, written test
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 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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