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Ai Camp Intro.pdf | Roderic Ai Camp: Politics in Mexico, Oxford University Press, 2002, Introduction | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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anguiano-cardenas.pdf | Arturo Anguiano: Cárdenas and the Masses, The Mexico Reader. History, Culture and Politics, Duke University Press, 2002 | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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calles-institutions.pdf | Plutarco Elías Calles: Mexico Must Become a Nation of Institutions ans Laws, in: The Mexico Reader. History, Culture and Politics, Duke University Press, 2002 | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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camp-governance.pdf | Roderic Ai Camp: Politics in Mexico, Oxford Univesity Press, 1999, Who Governs? The Structure of Decision Making. | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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carpenter-drugs.PDF | Ted Galen Carpenter: Bad Neighbor Policy. Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, Mexico: The Next Colombia? | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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constitution-eng.pdf | Mexican Constitution in English, 2005 | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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dietz-indigenismo.pdf | Gunther Dietz: From Indigenismo to Zapatismo. The Struggle for a Multi-ethnic Mexican Society, in: Nancy Grey Postero and Leon Zamosc, The Struggle for Indigenous Rights in Latin America, Sussex Academic Press, 2004 | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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dietz-indigenismo2.pdf | Gunther Dietz: From Indigenismo to Zapatismo. The Struggle for a Multi-ethnic Mexican Society, in: Nancy Grey Postero and Leon Zamosc, The Struggle for Indigenous Rights in Latin America, Sussex Academic Press, 2004 | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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gov-mex-study-guide_2010.doc | Study guide (examples), 2010 | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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gov_mex_test2011_anonym.xls | Exam results 2010/2011 -anonymous | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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haber-mexico-politics.PDF | Stephen Haber et al., Mexico Since 1980, Cambridge University Press, 2006, Chapter 5, The Transformation of Mexican Politics | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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JMM528-Canadian_Political_parties.pdf | Thorburn: The development of Political Parties in Canada | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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mexico-gov.ppt | Mexican Government Introduction PPT | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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paz-chingada.pdf | Octavio Paz: The Sons of La Malinche, in: The Mexico Reader. History, Culture and Politics, Duke University Press, 2002, | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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williams-resurgent.pdf | Edward J. Williams: The Resurgent North and Contemporary Mexican Regionalism, Mexican Studies / Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Summer, 1990), pp. 299-323 | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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Last update: KOZAK (02.10.2009)
The goal of the course is for the students to compare and understand the implications of different government structures within the North American continent. They should also be able to apply them to specific examples. |
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Last update: KOZAK (02.10.2009)
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Last update: FIRTOVA (16.09.2010)
lecture combined with some seminar elements, active participation of students encouraged. |
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Last update: FIRTOVA (31.01.2011)
Course requirements:
1. Active participation, including thorough preparation for each class - 10%
Students will be required to read and discuss assigned texts, which are available at the course website.
2. Newsletter on government - 10%
Each student will put together one newsletter and send it to the class no later than Friday night before the Monday class. The newsletter shall consist of two recent articles relevant for a class on goverment, covering either Mexico (in the first part of the course) or Canada (second part of the course). Each class will start with a short discussion of the newsletter. Recommended sources: El Universal, La Jornada, The News http://www.thenews.com.mx/, The Globe and Mail, National Post, Le Devoir, The Economist, The New York Times, Business Week, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal.
3. Oral presentation on a selected topic - 15%
Each student shall select a topic relevant to governance in Mexico or Canada and have an attractive 5 minute oral presentation about it. If possible, the presentation should be in Powerpoint format and should include relevant statistics, graphs, figures as well as a list of resources. The topics can either be selected from the list of sample topics below or have to be approved by the instructor.
Sample topics:
Choose a major institution in Mexico or Canada. Provide basic background information about it (budget, personnel, mission), but focus primarily on a problem or controversy that the institution is dealing with and analyze it in more detail.
Examples: Mexico's Commission on Human Rights - How does it deal with the militarization of the war on drugs? Mexican Governor of Chiapas - How does he deal with the remnants of the Zapatista insurgency? Indian and Norther Affairs Canada - how does it deal with aboriginal governance rights?
Choose a specific social or political problem in Mexico or Canada. Describe what institutions are trying to address it, what are their available resources. Focus on proposed solutions and approaches and assess their respective merits and consequences.
Examples: Mexico City dramatic air pollution, rural poverty in Southern Mexico. Health Care reform in Canada, integration of immigrants in Quebec, consequences of global warming in the Arctic.
If you come up with your own topic, it should be specific and related to the topic of governance.
5. Written essay on a similar topic as the presentation - 25%
In the essay, each student shall primarily address the specific problem raised in the presentation and elaborate it in more detail (min. 7000 characters with spaces, at least 4000 devoted to addressing the problem). The essay shall be well structured, contain academic references, and should not be primarily descriptive, but analytical.
Essays are due January 15, 2011.
6. Final exam - 40%
In the first part, students will have to provide definitions for basic terms and concepts from the readings, the last part will contain three more general questions which will require a longer response based on thorough understanding of the course materials.
Classification: 70-80% good, 81-90% very good, 91-100% excellent |
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Last update: KOZAK (15.12.2010)
Course Program:
1 Introduction, basic concept of governance, course organization, distribution of presentations. 4.10. 20010
texts: 49th parallels, The Economist, 19 June 2010, available in FACTIVA or SIS.
2 The Institutions of Canadian Government 11. 10. 2010
texts: D. Savoie: Governing from the Centre, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999, Introduction, available in SIS. G. White: Cabinets and First Ministers, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2005, Chapter 1. available in SIS. Newsletter: Olga Georgievová Presentation: Richard Zábranský, Pavla Voborníková
3 Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms 18. 10. 2010
texts: Peter H. Russell, Can the Canadians Be a Sovereign People?, Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec., 1991), pp. 691-709, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3229303, Accessed: 04/10/2008.) J. Kelly, Governing with the Charter, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005, Introduction, Available in SIS.
Newsletter: Eva Bergmanová-Gnip Presentation: Marek Aldorf (TBC)
4 Political parties and electoral system in Canada 25. 10. 2010
texts: K. Carty, The Shifting Place of Political Parties in Canadian Public Life." IRPP, Choices 12 (4), 2006, available at http://www.irpp.org/choices/archive/vol12no4.pdf, accessed on 10/9/2010. H. Thorburn, The development of Political Parties in Canada and Perspectives on the Structer and Dynamics of the Canadian Party System, in Thorburn Party Politics in Canada, 8th edition, Chapter 12, available in SIS.
Newsletter: Barbora Polachová Presentation: Musilová Nikola
5 Federal-Provincial relations in Canada 1. 11. 2010
texts: A.Gagnon and R. Iacovino, Federalism, Citizenship and Quebec, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007, Chapter 3, available in SIS.
Newsletter: Zuzana Schmidtová, Pavla Voborníková Presentation: Olga Georgievová
6.Aboriginal politics and Self-Governance 8. 11. 2010
texts: T. Flanagan, First Nations, Secon Thoughts, Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 2000, Chapter 1, available in SIS
Newsletter: Richard Zábranský Presentation: Zuzana Schmidtová, Eva Bergmanová-Gnip
7. Mid-term Test 15.11.
8 Governance and politics in Mexico 22.11. 2010
texts: Octavio Paz: The Sons of La Malinche, in: The Mexico Reader. History, Culture and Politics, Duke University Press, 2002, available in SIS (paz-chingada.pdf)
Roderic Ai Camp: Politics in Mexico, Oxford Univesity Press, 1999, Introduction, available in SIS (Ai Camp - Intro.pdf)
9 Mexican Political Transformation 29.11. 2010
text: Stephen Haber et al., Mexico Since 1980, Cambridge University Press, 2006, Chapter 5, The Transformation of Mexican Politics, available in SIS (haber-mexico-politics.pdf)
Try comparing the transformation process with other countries that have experienced significant changes in political and economical structures. What were the main driving forces behind the transformative processes in Mexico? What can be considered a success, what a failure ?
10 Formal institutions in Mexico 6.12. 2010
Plutarco Elías Calles: Mexico Must Become a Nation of Institutions and Laws, in: The Mexico Reader. History, Culture and Politics, Duke University Press, 2002, available in SIS (calles-institutions.pdf).
Mexican Constitution (translated into English): Constitution of Mexico, 2005 (in SIS, constitution-eng.pdf) Focus on Articles 1-27, Article 123, Article 136. Think comparatively with respect to U.S. Constitution. What are the main similarities? What are the main differences? What underlying values can you identify in the text?
11 Informal institutions in Mexico 13.12.
texts: Arturo Anguiano: Cárdenas and the Masses, The Mexico Reader. History, Culture and Politics, Duke University Press, 2002, available in SIS (anguiano-cardenas.pdf).
Roderic Ai Camp: Politics in Mexico, Oxford University Press, 1999, Who Governs? The Structure of Decision Making, a scan is available in the SIS, (camp-governance.pdf).
David Luhnow: The Secrets of the World's Richest Man, The Wall Street Journal, August 4, 2007. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118615255900587380.html?mod=home_we_banner_left
12 Public policy example: Government policies towards indigenous groups in Mexico, agrarian reform 20.12.
texts: Gunther Dietz: From Indigenismo to Zapatismo. The Struggle for a Multi-ethnic Mexican Society, in: Nancy Grey Postero and Leon Zamosc, The Struggle for Indigenous Rights in Latin America, Sussex Academic Press, 2004, available in the SIS (dietz-indigenismo.pdf, dietz-indigenismo2.pdf). The text is in two separate parts for easier upload, both of them. Details are not that important, focus on conceptual issues:
How did the Mexican state deal with indigenous people in the past? What are the most problematic issues connected with indigenous people in Mexico? What led to the Zapatista uprising? How did the government change its strategy and policies towards indigenous groups? Are there any differences between formal and informal policies and methods?
Newsletter: Presentation:
Bonus topics: Edward J. Williams: The Resurgent North and Contemporary Mexican Regionalism, Mexican Studies / Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Summer, 1990), pp. 299-323 (available through JSTOR)
Larry Rohter: Hermosillo Journal; Scornful and Scorned, the New Yorkers of Mexico, The New York Times, August 8, 1988 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2DD173BF93BA3575BC0A96E948260
Public policy example: Fighting the Drug War
text: Ted Galen Carpenter: Bad Neighbor Policy. Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, Mexico: The Next Colombia?, available in the SIS (carpenter-drugs.pdf). |
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Last update: KOZAK (02.10.2009)
English proficiency, basic knowledge of terms in constitutional law and political science |