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Political Sociology - ASGV00865
Title: Politická sociologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Sociology (21-KSOC)
Faculty: Faculty of Arts
Actual: from 2023 to 2023
Semester: winter
Points: 0
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Lukáš Linek, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Lukáš Linek, Ph.D.
Class: A – Mezioborová nabídka VP: Sociální vědy
Annotation -
Last update: Mgr. Petra Poncarová (21.05.2023)
The aim of the course is to introduce the basic concepts of political sociology. Therefore, in the introductory chapters, the course will introduce basic concepts such as power, interest, state, political regime and democracy. It will then focus on important aspects of political institutions and political action.
Aim of the course -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Lukáš Linek, Ph.D. (21.09.2023)

The aim of the course is to introduce the basic concepts of political sociology (the political, interest, power, state, regime, democracy).

Course completion requirements -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Lukáš Linek, Ph.D. (05.10.2023)

The condition for successful completion of the course is (1) active participation in the course based on the study of compulsory literature; (2) submitting 6 written preparations discussing compulsory reading; (3) presentation at the seminar; (4.) final test.

Literature -
Last update: Mgr. Petra Poncarová (18.05.2023)

All compulsory texts are available at Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=8097

1. What is political sociology? What is politics?

Recommended:

Hay, Colin. 2002. Political Analysis. A Critical Introduction. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave (strany 59–75).

 

2. Theory of interests. Theory of power - power as a relationship.

Required:

Hay, Colin. 2002. Political Analysis. A Critical Introduction. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave (strany 168–182).

Recommended:

Lukes, Steven. 2004. The Power. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.

Weber, Max. 1997. Autorita, etika a společnost. Praha: Mladá fronta (kapitola: Mocenská autorita a legitimita)

 

3. Theory of power – power as a network, discourse. Types of power. Governmentality.

Required:

Dobratz et a. 2012: kapitola 1: Power

Recommended:

Foucault, Michel. 2003. Myšlení vnějšku. Praha: Herrmann a synnové (chapter Subjekt a moc)

4. Theory of state

Required:

Dobratz et a. 2012: kapitola 2: Role of the State

Recommended:

Hay, Colin, Michael Lister, David Marsh (eds.). 2006. The State. Theories and Issues. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan

 

5. The political regime and its legitimacy. Theory of democracy (elitist, participatory, pluralist and economic)

Required:

Held, David. 1992. Models of Democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press and Basil Blackwell (chapter 6: Pluralism, Corporate Capitalism and the State).

Recommended:

Svenson, Palle. 1995. Teorie demokracie. Brno: CDK.

Barker, Rodney. 1990. Political Legitimacy and the State. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

 

6. Theory of democracy (elitist, participatory, pluralist and economic)

Required:

Gilens, Martin, Benjamin I. Page. 2014. „Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens.“ Perspectives on Politics 12(3): 564–581.

Recommended:

Held, David. 1992. Models of Democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press and Basil Blackwell (chapter 9: Deliberative Democracy and the Defence of the Public Realm)

Dahl, Robert. 2001. O demokracii. Praha: Portál.

 

7. Theory of political representation

Required:

Caramani, Daniele. 2017. “Will vs. Reason: The Populist and Technocratic Forms of Political Representation and Their Critique to Party Government.” American Political Science Review 111 (1): 54–67. doi:10.1017/S0003055416000538.

Recommended:

Przeworski, Adam, Susan C. Stokes, Bernard Manin (eds.). 1999. Democracy, Accountability and Representation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (chapter 1: Elections and Representation).

G. Bingham Powell, Jr. 2000. Elections as Instruments of Democracy: Majority and Proportional Visions. New Haven: Yale University Press.

 

8. Democratisation and prerequisites of democracy

Grugel, Jean. 2002. Democratization: A Critical Introduction. London, New York: Palgrave Macmillan (chapter 3: Theories of Democratization).

Recommended:

Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1994. „The Social Requisites of Democracy Revisited“, American Sociological Review 59(1): 1–22.

Huntington, Samuel. 2008. Třetí vlna. Brno: CDK.

Dahl, Robert. 2001. O demokracii. Praha: Portál.

 

9. Political culture, value orientations and political attitudes

Required:

Dobratz et a. 2012: kapitola 3: Politics, Culture, and Social Processes

Recommended:

Inglehart, Donald, Wayne E. Baker. 2000. „Modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values.“ American Sociological Review 65(1): 19–51.

Lane, Ruth. 1992. „Political Culture: Residual Category or General Theory?“ Comparative Political Studies 25: 362-387.

 

10. Political participation

Required:

Dobratz et a. 2012: kapitola 6: Political Participation

Recommended:

Vráblíková, Kateřina. 2008. „Politická participace – koncepty a teorie“. Politologický časopis (4): 366–387.

Teorell, Jan. 2006. „Political Participation and Three Theories of Democracy: A Research Inventory and Agenda.” European Journal of Political Research 45(5): 787–810.

 

11. Elections, Voting and Parties

Katz, Richard, Peter Mair. 1995. „Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy“. Party Politics 1(1): 5–28.

12. Contemporary issues in political sociology

Culpepper, Pepper D., Kathleen Turner. 2020. „Are we Amazon Primed? Consumers and the Politics of Platform Power. Comparative Political Studies 53(2): 288–318.

 
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