POLb1121 Money and Politics

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2020
Rozsah
1/1/0. 5 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
Mgr. Aneta Pinková, Ph.D. (přednášející)
doc. Mgr. Peter Spáč, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Michal Tóth, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Petr Voda, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
Mgr. Aneta Pinková, Ph.D.
Katedra politologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra politologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Po 12:00–13:40 exP21
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Mateřské obory/plány
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Cíle předmětu
The course provides an insight into the topic of money in political arena. It shows that money is an inseparable part of power and decision making and it has important role and consequences in politics. The course deals with key aspects of money in politics, i.e. pork barrel politics, corruption, legitimacy of decisions and impact of money distribution on voting behavior. At the end of the course, students will be able to understand fundamental concepts connected to the role of money in politics and discuss their meaning, role and their implications.
Výstupy z učení
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
- discuss and analyze the role of money in various political processes;
- define pork-barrel politics, political corruption, lobbying and related phenomena;
- understand and critically evaluate the main theoretical approaches to the study of all these phenomena;
- describe and analyze instances of pork-barrel lobbying, political corruption and lobbying;
Osnova
  • Introduction to the Topic, Course Information, Course Requirements
  • Interest Groups and Lobbying in Politics
  • The Phenomenon of Pork Barrel Politics
  • Pork Barrel Logic of Real Politics
  • Incidence of Pork Barrel Politics and its Consequences
  • Discussion Seminar 1
  • Political Corruption and Related Phenomena
  • Funding Political Parties
  • Discussion Seminar 2
  • Political corruption: data and methods
  • Voters’ Perception of Pork Barrel Politics: An Experimental Approach
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • Golden, M. and Min, B. (2013): Distributive Politics Around the World. Annual Review of Political Science, 16, pp. 73-99.
  • Kurer, Oskar. "Corruption: An alternative approach to its definition and measurement." Political Studies 53.1 (2005): 222-239.
  • Gardiner, John A. 2001. Defining Corruption, in: Heidenheimer, Arnold J. – Johnston, M. (eds.): Political Corruption, Concepts & Contexts. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, pp. 25-40.
  • Hoare, A. G. (1992): Transport investment and the political pork barrel: a review and the case of Nelson, New Zealand. Transport Reviews, 12(2), pp. 133-151.
  • Bullock, C. S. and Hood, M. V. (2005): When Southern Symbolism Meets the Pork Barrel: Opportunity for Executive Leadership. Social Science Quarterly, 86(1), pp. 69-86.
  • Evans, D. (2004): Greasing the Wheels. Using Pork Barrel Projects to Build Majority Coalitions in Congress. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-25.
  • Hopkin, Jonathan. 2003. The Problem With Party Finance: Theoretical Perspectives on the Funding of Party Politics. London School of Economics (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.588.7164&rep=rep1&type=pdf)
  • Bøggild, T. (2016). How Politicians’ Reelection Efforts Can Reduce Public Trust, Electoral Support, and Policy Approval. Political Psychology, 37(6), 901–919.
  • Braidwood, T. (2015). Desirable pork: do voters reward for earmark acquisition? Research & Politics, 2(4).
  • Rose-Ackerman, Susan. 1999. Corruption and Government: Causes, Consequences, and Reform. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 113-126.
  • Hilgers, Tina. 2012. Democratic Processes, Clientelistic Relationships, and the Material Goods Problem, in: Hilgers, Tina (ed.): Clientelism in Everyday Latin American Politics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 3-22.
  • Lancaster, Thomas D., and Gabriella R. Montinola. "Comparative political corruption: Issues of operationalization and measurement." Studies in Comparative International Development 36.3 (2001): 3-28.
  • Spáč, P. (2016): Pork Barrel Politics in a Coalition Government Environment and the Effect of Grants on the Reelection of Local Incumbents: Evidence from Slovakia. Czech Journal of Political Science, 23(3), pp. 251-271.
  • Klemens, Joos. 2011. Lobbying in the new Europe : successful representation of interests after the Treaty of Lisbon, Weinheim : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co, pp. 15-42. (https://application.wiley-vch.de/books/sample/3527505970_c01.pdf)
  • McDermott, R. (2002). EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. Annual Review of Political Science, 5(1), 31–61.
  • Laboutková, Šárka - Vymětal, Petr. 2018. Measuring the Transparent Lobbying - A Pilot Study for the Czech Republic. 16th International Scientific Conference “Economic Policy in the European Union Member Countries”At: Čeladná, Czech Republic, pp. 184-184.
  • Fiva, J. H. and Halse, A. H. (2016): Local favoritism in at-large proportional systems. Journal of Public Economics, 143, pp. 15-26.
  • Mulcahy, Suzanne. 2015. Lobbying in Europe: Hidden Influence, Privileged Access. Transparency International, pp. 14-22. (https://www.transparency.cz/wp-content/uploads/Lobbying-in-Europe-Hidden-influence-priviledged-access.pdf)
  • Stein, R. M. and Bickers, K. N. (1994): Congressional Elections and the Pork Barrel. The Journal of Politics, 56(2), pp. 377-399.
Výukové metody
Lectures, discussion seminars, reading, essays
Metody hodnocení
Position papers (2 * 10 points) – students are required to write two position papers during the course (details below) Final examination (40 points) – written examination with both multiple-choice and open questions
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
More detailed information is available in the syllabus in the folder "Course-Related Instructions" in Study Materials.
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