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 8:00–9:40 exP21

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 75 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/75, only registered: 0/75

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Main objective of the course can be summarized as follows: students should be able to know electoral formulae and 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

Teaching methods

The course is mostly conducted through lectures. Students also write an essay about the electoral system of respective country of the World.

Assessment methods

Students write a seminar paper (maximum 10 points) during the semester and at the end of the semester write an final written exam (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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