BSS465 Political corruption

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Aneta Pinková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Petříková
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 U41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course offers the possibility of deeper understanding of political corruption, its causes and consequences. It will deal both with theoretical and methodological issues related to the study of corruption (such as definition, operationalization, measurement etc.) and practical/empirical problems such as anti-corruption policies, political party finance and transparency of public contracts.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction: course organization and requirements, definition of corruption, political and administrative corruption, social organization of corruption, institutional corruption. 2. Corruption as a social and economic issue: development and impact of perception of corruption, cultural context, economic consequences. 3. Corruption as a political issue: corruption as a threat of democracy, political consequences of corruption, corruption as a method of promoting interests 4. Corruption and political parties. 5. Corruption and media. 6. Other actor and stakeholders: NGOs, business, political entrepreneurs. 7. How to measure and control corruption? Methods of measuring corruption, corruption indexes, Global Integrity Project, anti-corruption strategies. 8. How to do research on political corruption? Corruption as a research topic, availability and reliability of data, research approaches, seminal works and influential authors. 9. Case studies: pork barrel politics. 10. Case studies: transparency of public contracts 11. Case studies: prominent corruption scandals in European countries and USA 12. Corruption in the Czech Republic 13. Anti-corruption policies in the Czech Republic
Teaching methods
lectures seminars: discussion on student position papars
Assessment methods
Written test, essay, active participation in the seminars including a presentation of one position paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2013, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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