POLn6002 Spatial analysis of elections

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Voda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. Daniel Kerekeš, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 PC25
Prerequisites
POLn4001 Quantitative Approaches && ! POL509 Spatial analysis of elections
Basic knowledge of quantitative tools.
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 the 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 area. Main ability of the students is better knowledge of quantitative tools for better interpretation of electoral results.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain the specific electoral rules at national level and regionalisation of electoral competition and local differencies.
Syllabus
  • Přednášky probíhají každý týden dle následujícího rozvrhu: 1. Introduction, general requirement and literature. 2. Description of electoral support for each political party in Czech national election. 3. Quantitative tolls, data, statistics, for spatial analysis 4. Description of electoral support in national election - Slovakia. 5. Statistics for spatial analysis - introduction of each method, own work with data and GIS, how to prepare own map. 6. Senatorial election - case study of majority electoral system. 7. Statistics for spatial analysis - own work with data and GIS. 8. Regionalizaton of Regional Election. 9. Statistics for spatial analysis - own work and advance tolls (GWR and residue). 10. Lokalization of Local Election. 11. Alternative electoral system for local election. 12. Less known feature of the presidential election. 13. Final seminar and assesment.
Literature
    required literature
  • PINK, Michal. Czech Republic : Regional Elections Without Regional Politics. In Schakel, Arjan H. Regional and National Elections in Eastern Europe : Territoriality of the Vote in Ten Countries. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, p. 83 - 104. Comparative Territorial Politics. ISBN 978-1-137-51786-9. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51787-6_4. info
  • EIBL, Otto and Michal PINK. Election Results, Candidate Lists and the Framing of Campaigns. In Boicu, Ruxandra; Branea, Silvia and Stefanel, Adriana. Political Communication and European Parliamentary Elections in Times of Crisis : Perspectives from Central and South-Eastern Europe. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, p. 255 - 267. Political Campaigning and Communication. ISBN 978-1-137-58590-5. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58591-2_18. web nakladatele info
  • PINK, Michal. Possible Outcomes of Introducing a Majority System for Elections to the Czech Parliament’s Chamber of Deputies. Středoevropské politické studie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2017, XIX, No 2, p. 135 - 163. ISSN 1212-7817. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CEPSR.2017.2.135. URL info
  • PINK, Michal and Josef SMOLÍK. Regionální aspekty volebního prahu krajských voleb v ČR (Regional Aspects of the Electoral Threshold of Regional Elections in the Czech Republic). In Klímová, V., Žítek, V. (eds.). XIX. mezinárodní kolokvium o regionálních vědách. Sborník příspěvků. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, p. 839-846. ISBN 978-80-210-8273-1. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/cz.muni.p210-8273-2016-108. URL info
  • HEJTMÁNEK, Jan and Michal PINK. Basic Spatial Patterns of Electoral Support in the 2013 Czech Presidential Election. European Electoral Studies. Brno: Katedra politologie, 2015, vol. 9, No 2, p. 84 - 99. ISSN 1801-6545. URL info
  • VODA, Petr and Michal PINK. Explanation of spatial differentiation of electoral results in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Los Angeles: University of California. Elsevier Ltd., 2015, vol. 48, No 4, p. 301-316. ISSN 0967-067X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.09.002. URL info
  • PINK, Michal and Josef SMOLÍK. Regionalizace volebního chování s ohledem na podporu krajní pravice v ČR (Regionalization of elegtoral behaviour in the context of far right electoral support in the Czech Republic). In Ing. Viktorie Klímová, Ph.D. a Ing Vladimír Žítek, Ph.D. 18th International Colloquium on Regional Sciences. Brno. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, p. 768 - 773. ISBN 978-80-210-7861-1. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-7861-2015-102. info
  • EIBL, Otto and Michal PINK. Senatorial elections: The majority model in the Czech Republic. Representation. London: Routledge - Taylor and Francis group, 2013, Vol. 49, N. 2, p. 169 - 187. ISSN 1749-4001. URL info
  • PINK, Michal. The Electoral Base of Left-Wing Post-Communist Political Parties in the Former Czechoslovakia. Středoevepské politické studie. Brno: MPÚ, 2012, XIV., 2-3, p. 170 - 190, 20 pp. ISSN 1212-7817. info
  • PINK, Michal, Otto EIBL, Vlastimil HAVLÍK, Tibor MADLEŇÁK, Peter SPÁČ and Petr VODA. Volební mapy České a Slovenské republiky po roce 1993: vzorce, trendy, proměny (Electoral maps of Czech and Slovac Republic after 1993: patterns, trends, changes). Brno: CDK, 2012, 261 pp. Politologická řada. ISBN 978-80-7325-287-8. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, working groups, presentation of professionals in the sector and students work.
Assessment methods
To pass the course, the student has to gain minimum of 31 points out of 50. 10 points can be gained in the written exam, 30 for the written asignment and 10 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: 50-47 B: 46-43 C: 42-39 D: 38 - 35 E: 34 - 31
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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