POL509 Spatial analysis of elections

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2011
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Voda, 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
Wed 12:00–13:30 P21
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
Course objectives
Main objetive of the course is to provide students more detailed knowledge about hte electoral results. At the end of the course, the students will better understand and can explore the voting behaviour and spatial analysis of electoral competition in multilevel aerea. Also the students are able to use the theoretical aprooaches to elctions and create new perpectives.
Syllabus
  • Weekly schedule of lectures: 1. Intorduction to the topic, literature and requirements of the course, registration of term-paper topics. 2. Delimitation of each approaches to spatial analyse of elecoral results. 3. Election in to the Chamber of deputies and its influence in to he another electoral competition. 4. Election in to the Senat - case study of majority system in Czech environment. 5. Work group - presetation of student´s work. 6. Regional election - case study of SOE. 7. European election - problem of abstention. 8. Municipality election I. - specification of electoral system 9. Municipality election II. - double voting in one moment. 10. Gerrymandering In Czechia. 11. Work group - presentation of student´s work. 12. The new candidate list in electoral competition. 13. Credit and final seminar.
Literature
  • VODA, Petr and Michal PINK. Kandidáti v poslaneckých volbách. Analýza preferenčního hlasování ve volbách do PS PČR v roce 2006 (Candidates in the deputies elections. Analysis of prefential voting in the elections to the Chamber of deputies in 2006). Středoevropské politické studie. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav MU, 2009, vol. 2009, 2-3, 18 pp. ISSN 1212-7817. info
  • EIBL, Otto, Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Jakub KYLOUŠEK and Michal PINK. Krajské volby 2008 (Regional election 2008). Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2009, 175 pp. ISPO č. 10. ISBN 978-80-7325-187-1. info
  • PINK, Michal and Josef SMOLÍK. Local Elections and Extreme Right-Wing Political Parties in the Czech Republic in 2006. World Political Science Review. The Berkley Electronic Press, 2008, 1/2008, I., p. on line, 20 pp. ISSN 1935-6226. info
  • KYLOUŠEK, Jakub. Analýza kandidátních listin pro volby do Poslanecké sněmovny v roce 2006 (případová studie volebního kraje Jihomoravského) (Analysis of the ballots for the 2006 Czech parliamentary elections (a case study of Southern Moravian Region)). In DANČÁK, Břetislav and Vít HLOUŠEK. Parlamentní volby 2006 a česká politika. 1st ed. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2006, p. 177-192. ediční řada Sborníky, svazek č. 30. ISBN 80-210-4161-7. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, working groups, presentation of students work.
Assessment methods
To pass the course, the student has to gain minimum of 31 points out of 100. 60 points can be gained in the written exam, 20 for the written asignment and 20 for active participation in the seminars together with a presentation of a report on a topic connected with the sub.ject of the course or an additional written essay. Grading: A: 100 – 93 B: 92 - 85 C: 84 – 77 D: 76 - 69 E: 68 - 61, F: 60 and less.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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