FSS:POL185 Election Systems - Course Information

POL185 Election Systems

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová

Timetable

Wed 14:00–15:40 U33

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 55 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/55, only registered: 0/55

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Political Science (programme FSS, B-HE)
• Political Science (programme FSS, B-HS)
• Political Science (programme FSS, B-KS)
• Political Science (programme FSS, B-MS)
• Political Science (programme FSS, B-PL) (2)
• Political Science (programme FSS, B-PS)
• Political Science (programme FSS, B-SO)
• Political Science (programme FSS, B-SP)

Course objectives

Main objective of the course can be summarized as follows: to learn electoral formulae to understand the theories about the dependence of the electoral and party systems

Syllabus

• 1. History of elections 2. Classification of the electoral systems 3. Laws of Duverger and Sartori 4. Electoral systems research 5. FPTP and two-round systems 6. Other majoritarian formulae 7. Semiproportional systems 8. List proportional systems I. 9. List proportional systems II. 10. STV and MMP 11. Mixed systems 12. Seminar - which electoral system is the best? Class resources are available to students through Masaryk University’s online Information System (IS). Under the course title "POL185: Volební systémy" you will find a study materials which contains extended informations about the course and the weekly schedule with required course materials, such as the lecture files.

Literature

• ŠEDO, Jakub. Volební právo a klasifikace volebních systémů. In CHYTILEK, Roman and Jakub ŠEDO. Volební systémy. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2004, p. 11-36. ISBN 80-210-3548-X. info
• CHYTILEK, Roman and Petr HUŠEK. Většinové volební systémy (Majoritarian Electoral Systems). In CHYTILEK, Roman and Jakub ŠEDO. Volební systémy. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2004, p. 64-93. Studie/30. ISBN 80-210-3548-X. info
• CHYTILEK, Roman and Nikola HYNEK. Semiproporční volební systémy (Semi-proportional Electoral Systems). In Chytilek, Roman a Šedo, Jakub (eds.) Volební systémy. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2004, p. 94-103. mimo edici. ISBN 80-210-3548-X. info
• HAVLÍK, Vlastimil, Jakub ŠEDO and Dalibor ČALOUD. Systémy poměrného zastoupení (The Electoral Systems of Proportional Representation). In CHYTILEK, Roman and Jakub ŠEDO. Volební systémy. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2004, p. 104-142. Studie 30. ISBN 80-210-3548-X. info
• ČALOUD, Dalibor. Smíšené volební systémy. In CHYTILEK, Roman and Jakub ŠEDO. Volební systémy. 1. vydání. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy univerzity, 2004, p. 143 - 157. ISBN 80-210-3548-X. info

Assessment methods

Written seminar paper (maximum 10 points), active participation on the seminar (maximum 4 points), written test (maximum 20 points). It is necessary to get at least 18 points.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• POLb1109 Election Systems
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• Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
  
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