POL407 Interest Groups

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Aneta Pinková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Marek Rybář, M.A., 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
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 11:30–13:00 U41
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
At the end of the course the students shall be able to apply the most important theoretical concepts needed for the analysis of organized interests in a broader societal context, and to identify and compare the Czech system to various national and transnational systems of interest groups and social movements. Students shall also be able to describe the patterns of collective action and its key components in the Czech Republic.
Syllabus
  • 1. Course Introduction and Organization
  • 2. Pluralism
  • 3. Corporatism
  • 4. Definitions of Interest Groups
  • 5. Organized Interests in the EU
  • 6. Social Movements I.
  • 7. Social Movements II.
  • 8. Social Movements III.
  • 9. Legislative Framework and History of Interest Politics in Czech Republic
  • 10. Interest Representation in the EU
Literature
  • BALME, Richard and Didier CHABANET. European governance and democracy : power and protest in the EU. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2008, xvii, 267. ISBN 9780742529359. info
  • CÍSAŘ, Ondřej. Politický aktivismus v České republice: Sociální hnutí a občanská společnost v období transformace a evropeizace (Political Activism in the Czech Republic: Social Movements and Civil Society in the Eras of Transformation and Europeanization). Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008, 187 pp. Politologická řada, sv. č. 28. ISBN 978-80-7325-168-0. URL info
  • BERRY, Jeffrey M. and Clyde WILCOX. The interest group society. 4th ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007, x, 212. ISBN 9780321430151. info
  • Participace a zájmové organizace v České republice. Edited by Zdenka Mansfeldová - Aleš Kroupa. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2005, 244 s. ISBN 8086429539. info
  • HIX, Simon. The political system of the European Union. 2nd ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, xxii, 490. ISBN 033396182X. URL info
  • CÍSAŘ, Ondřej. Transnacionální politické sítě: Jak mezinárodní instituce ovlivňují činnost nevládních organizací (Transnational Policy Networks: How International Institutions Influence the Activities of Nongovernmental Organizations). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2004, 181 pp. Monografie, sv. č. 11. ISBN 8021035919. info
  • Pressure groups in british politics. Edited by Bill Coxall. 1st pub. Harlow: Longman, 2001, x, 205. ISBN 0582289947. info
  • OLSON, Mancur. The logic of collective action :public goods and the theory of groups. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1971, x, 186 s. ISBN 0-674-53751-3. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods consist of lectures, and class discussions based on students´presentations.
Assessment methods
The final grade will be based on the evaluation of the final exam (maximum of 32 points) and position papers (maximum of 18 points each final-exam question gets between 0 and 10 points).
Evaluation:
A. 50-46 points
B. 45-42 points
C. 41-38 points
D. 37-34 points
E. 33-30 points
F. 29 points and less
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 2000, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2019.
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