CDSn4105 Radicalization of Politics

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Vlastimil Havlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Vlastimil Havlík, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 U43
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
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present one of the faces of the radicalization of politics in the region of central Europe. The major focus is on the impact of populism and populist governance on the quality of democracy including checks and balances, human rights, and the rule of law.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, students should be able to apply selected conceptual and analytical framework for the study of populism as expression of radicalization of politics in Central and Eastern Europe, i.e. its relation to the quality of (liberal) democracy in the region.
Syllabus
  • 1. Populism as expression of radicalization of politics 2. Populism and liberal democracy 3. Institutions 4. Minority rights 5. Populism as corrective to democracy 6. Presentation of design of papers 7. Theory and main argument 8. Data and data collection 9. Analysis 10. Individual consultations 11. Presentation of final papers
Literature
    required literature
  • Bugaric, B. (2008). Populism, liberal democracy, and the rule of law in Central and Eastern Europe. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 41(2), 191-203.
  • Muller, J. W. 2016. What is Populism? University of Pensylvania Press, pp. 7-40.
  • Szente, Z. (2021). Populism and populist constitutionalism. In: Gárdos-Orosz, F. and Zoltán Szente (eds.): Populist challenges to constitutional interpretation in Europe and beyond. Routledge, pp. 3-28.
  • Abi-Hassan, S. (2017). Populism and gender. The Oxford handbook of populism, 426-444.
  • Anduiza, E., Guinjoan, M., & Rico, G. (2019). Populism, participation, and political equality. European Political Science Review, 11(1), 109-124.
  • Zaslove, A. (2004). Closing the door? The ideology and impact of radical right populism on immigration policy in Austria and Italy. Journal of Political ideologies, 9(1), 99-118.
  • Blokker, P. (2019). Populism as a constitutional project. International journal of constitutional law, 17(2), 536-553.
  • Navrátil, J., & Kluknavská, A. (2020). Civil Society Trajectories in CEE: Post-Communist'Weakness' or Differences in Difficult Times? Politologicky Casopis/Czech Journal of Political Science, 27(2).
  • Krzyżanowska, N., & Krzyżanowski, M. (2018). ‘Crisis’ and migration in Poland: Discursive shifts, anti-pluralism and the politicisation of exclusion. Sociology, 52(3), 612-618.
  • Mudde, C., & Kaltwasser, C. R. (2015). Vox populi or vox masculini? Populism and gender in Northern Europe and South America. Patterns of Prejudice, 49(1-2), 16-36.
  • Mudde, C., & Kaltwasser, C. R. (2015). Vox populi or vox masculini? Populism and gender in Northern Europe and South America. Patterns of Prejudice, 49(1-2), 16-36.
  • Mudde C and Rovira Kaltwasser C (2012),‘Populism and (liberal) democracy: A framework for analysis’,in Mudde C and Rovira Kaltwasse C (Eds)Populism in Europe and Americas. Threat or Corrective for Democracy? Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-2
  • Guasti, P., & Bustikova, L. (2020). In Europe’s closet: The rights of sexual minorities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. East European Politics, 36(2), 226-246.
Teaching methods
lectures, seminar discussion, presentation, group projects, reading
Assessment methods
three position papers, three short in-class presentations, final presentation, final paper
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/fss/spring2024/CDSn4105