POL713 Political Party Systems II.

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jiří Baroš, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Timetable
Fri 6. 3. 9:30–10:45 U41
Prerequisites (in Czech)
POL711 Political Party Systems I.
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
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Course objectives
The course further develops the knoledge students have gained in the course Systems of political parties I. Different party systems of European and non-European countires will be analysed, with focused on large or specific countries, such as France, Spain, Itali, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Austria, Ireland, USA, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary.
Syllabus
  • 1. Party system and political parties of Great Britan and Ireland: Evolution of British and Irish systems of political parties. 2. Party system and political parties of France: Evolution of the French party system with focus on the development after 1945. 3. Party systems of Benelux and Scandinavia with focus on the Netherlands, Sweden and in the outline also Belgium. Party systems of the Netherlands and Sweden during the 20th Century will be dealt with in more detail. In the case of Belgium, the students will be required to master the ideological and programatical orientation of the more important political parties and changes in the party system. 4. Party system and political parties of Germany, Austria and (in the outline) Switzerland. 5. Party system and political parties of Italy, Spain and Greece. The evolution of the Italian and Spanish party systems will be dealt with in more detail (focus on Italy after 1945, Greece and Spain after 1974, or 1975). 6. Party systems and political parties of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The general evolution of the post-communist party systems of Central Europe with focus on the situation after 1989. 7. Party system and political parties in the USA. Evolution of the American party system and its characteristics. Differences ot the American and European partisanship.
Literature
  • Parliamentary Elections and the Party Landscape in the Visegrad Group Countries,
  • Aarts, Kees – Kolk, Henk van der: The Parliamentary Election in the Netherlands, 22 November 2006 Electoral Studies, 2007.
  • Handbook of party politics. Edited by Richard S. Katz - William Crotty. 1st ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2006, xiii, 550. ISBN 0761943145. info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián, Vít HLOUŠEK, Lubomír KOPEČEK and Roman CHYTILEK. Politické strany moderní Evropy. Analýza stranicko-politických systémů (Political Parties in Modern Europe: Analysis of Party Systems). 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2005, 727 pp. Politologie. ISBN 80-7367-038-0. info
  • DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Vladimíra. Spojené státy americké : společnost a politika. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2002, 298 s. ISBN 8072771418. info
Assessment methods
The evalutaion is based on a written asignment (term paper) and written exam. The students can gain up to 32 points (term paper 8 points, written exam 24 points), 18 points are required to pass. A. 32 – 30 points B. 29 – 27 points C. 26 – 24 points D. 23 – 21 points E. 20 – 18 points F. 17 points and less
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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