Political Systems of EastCentral and South Eastern Europe Today - JMMZ051

• Title: Political Systems of East Central South Eastern Europe Today
• Guaranteed by: Department of Russian and East European Studies (23-KRVS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2020
• Semester: summer
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: summer s.:
• Hours per week, examination: summer s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (0)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: prof. PhDr. Michal Kubát, Ph.D.
• Incompatibility : JMM095
• Interchangeability : JMM095
• Is pre-requisite for: JMMZ095
• Is interchangeable with: JMM095

Annotation

Course description:


This course is an introduction to the modern politics and government of Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of communism in 1989. You will not only learn about the most important and contemporary political events, but you will also learn to apply basic concepts of comparative politics to Central and East European political practice.

Last update: Kubát Michal, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

Aim of the course

The aim of this course is to leran and understand the modern politics and government of Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of communism in 1989.

Last update: Kubát Michal, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

Course completion requirements

Requirements:

Participation in the lectures. Reading the required literature. Be prepared to answer the questions and discuss relevant topics. Passing a final exam. Final exam consists of written test. Answers to a questions (cca 5) should be short analysis of some tasked topics related to the problems involved during the lectures. 

Grading policy:

Class participation/attendance - 10 %
Paper or other assignment - 20 % 
Final exam - 70 %

Final exam will consist of an in-class test (with open questions).

 

Grading from the total result is determined as follows:

91 and more = A

81–90 % = B

71–80 % = C

61–70 % = D

51–60 % = E

0–50 % = F

Last update: Kubát Michal, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

Literature

Literature:

Balík, S. et al.: Czech Politics: From West to East and Back Again. Barbara Budrich, 2017.

Berlung, S. et al.: The Handbook of Political Change in Eastern Europe. Edward Elgar, 2013.

Brunclík, M., Kubát, M.: Semi-Presidentialism, Parliamentarism and Presidents. Presidential Politics in Central Europe. Routledge, 2019.

Gwiazda A.: Democracy in Poland: Representation, Participation, Competition and Accountability Since 1989. Routledge 2016.

Fagan, A., Kopecký P.: The Routledge Handbook of East European Politics. Routledge, 2017.

Hague, R., Harrop, M.: Comparative Government and Politics: An Introduction. 8th ed. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. 

Huntington, S., P.: The Third Wave. Democratization in the Late 20 Century. University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

Linz, J., J., Stepan, A.: Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America and Post-Communist Europe. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.

Levitsky, S., Way, L., A.: Competetive Authoritarianism. Hybrid Regimes After the Cold War. Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Mudde, C., Kaltwasser, C., R.: Populism. Oxford University Press, 2017.

 

Sources:

Constitution of the Czech Republic http://www.psp.cz/cgi-bin/eng/docs/laws/1993/1.html Charter of Fundamental Rights and Basic Freedoms http://www.psp.cz/cgi-bin/eng/docs/laws/1993/2.html Constitution of the Slovak Republic http://www.nrsr.sk/default.aspx?SectionId=124   The Constitution of the Republic of Hungary (1949-2011) http://www.mkab.hu/index.php?id=constitution   The Constitution of the Republic of Hungary (2012) http://www.euractiv.com/sites/all/euractiv/files/BRNEDA224_004970.pdf http://www.euractiv.com/sites/all/euractiv/files/CONSTITUTION_in_English__DRAFT.pdf   Little Constitution of Poland 1992 http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/pl02000_.html The Constitution of the Republic of Poland 1997 http://www.sejm.gov.pl/prawo/konst/angielski/kon1.htm

Last update: Kubát Michal, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

Teaching methods

Teaching methodology: lectures and discussions.

Last update: Kubát Michal, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

Requirements to the exam

Upon successful completion of this course, student should be able to:

1)     understand the fundamentals of politics and government in East-Central Europe,

2)     identify the main turning points in the development of politics and government in the 20^th century and present,

3)     evaluate particularities of politics and government in the region.

Last update: Kubát Michal, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

Syllabus

 

Course programme (summer semester):

1) Syllabus reading

2) Transition to democracy in 1989

3) Czechoslovakia (1989–1993)

4) Czech Republic (politics and government) 

5) Czech Republic (parties and party systems)

6) Slovakia (politics and government)

7) Slovakia (parties and party systems)

8) Poland (politics and government)

9) Poland (parties and party systems)

10) Hungary (politics and government)

11) Hungary (parties and party systems)

12) Central Europe 30 years after: consolidated democracy?

 

Last update: Kubát Michal, prof. PhDr., Ph.D. (25.10.2019)