CDS441 Far Right and Left Parties

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Věra Stojarová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Lucie Bohdalová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Otto Eibl, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 11:30–13:00 U34
Prerequisites
The course is designed for graduate students of CDS.
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
The course focuses on the European far right and left parties. The module offers an understanding of far right and left party families in Europe, definition, identification, explanatory models, coherent conceptual and empirical framework to study party families.
Learning outcomes
student will be able to state main concepts of far right and far left parties and describe the main holders of contemporary far right and far left parties.
Syllabus
  • Course structure: 1. Introduction into the module. 2. LECTURE: Conceptualisation of far right and far left. Terminology. 3. LECTURE: Far Right: Case study France FN 4. LECTURE: Far Right in Austria (FPO, BZO) 5. LECTURE: Scandinavian: Swedish democrats SD 6. LECTURE: Case study Central Europe: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic. 7. LECTURE: Far Right: Balkans. 8. Mid-term test 9. LECTURE: Overview of European far left. 10. LECTURE: The German Far Left: a success story. Literature: (42 pp) 11. LECTURE: Far Left: French and Italian radical left: failure? 12. Far Left in Eastern Europe: 13. Pre-term test
Literature
    required literature
  • CHIOCCHETTI, Paolo. The radical left party family in Western Europe, 1989-2015. First published. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis group, 2017, xviii, 235. ISBN 9781138656185. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, seminars
Assessment methods
1) Presentation and leading further discussion (10 points, therefore 10 %) 2) Paper (20 points, therefore 20 %) 3) Pass the test (63 points, therefore 70 % )
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019.
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