FSS:POL190 Local politics - Course Information
POL190 Local politics
Faculty of Social StudiesSpring 2009
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavla Čiháková (seminar tutor) - 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
- Tue 14:00–15:40 U33
- 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 understand the system of public service, to understand the system of local authorities, local political parties and coalitions, to understand the index of functions of municipalities, to understand the local election system
- Syllabus
- 1. Organization of the course 2. Public Service, the functions of local government 3. Development of local polity and politics since 1990 4. Structure and competences of local authorities 5. Local election system, local coalitions 6. European Union and Czech local government 7. Reading week 8. Financing of municipalities 9. Opposition at local level 10. Local politics in small village 11. Local politics in in big town 12. Local politics in urban neighbourhood 13. Conclusion
- Literature
- BALÍK, Stanislav. Česká komunální politika v obcích s rozšířenou působností. Koalice, voličské vzorce a politické strany na místní úrovni v letech 1994-2006 (Czech Local Politics in the Accredited Communes. Coalitions, Electoral Constellations and Political Parties at Local Level in the Years 1994-2006). 1st ed. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008, 387 pp. Politologická řada, č. 27. ISBN 978-80-7325-144-4. info
- Komunální politické systémy. Edited by Jakub Hudák - Petr Jüptner - Jiří Svoboda. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2003, 190 s. ISBN 8073080567. info
- BALÍK, Stanislav. Komunální volby v České republice v roce 2002 (Communal Elections in Czech Republic in 2002). 1st ed. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity v Brně, 2003, 143 pp. Ediční řada Studie, svazek č. 28. ISBN 80-210-3211-1. info
- Assessment methods
- presence at lectures group project
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- POLb1125 Local politics
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- POLb1125 Local politics
- Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2009, recent)
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