Comparison of Central European Political Systems II. - JMMZ110

• Title: Comparison of Central European Political Systems II.
• Guaranteed by: Department of German and Austrian Studies (23-KNRS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2013 to 2013
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• 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. Blanka Říchová, CSc.; PhDr. David Příhoda

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. David Příhoda (30.09.2012)

This course is focused on political development in Germany, Austria and Visegrad countries after 1989. It emphasizes the roles of political actors, which are given them by the constitution. This course builds upon knowledge of key terms of political science explained in the JMMZ109.

Literature

Last update: PhDr. David Příhoda (17.05.2012)

Cameron, Fraser (ed.), The Future of Europe: Integration and Enlargement. London: Routledge, 2004.

DIMITROV, Vesselin - GOETZ, Klaus - WOLLMAN, Hellmut (eds). Governing after Communism. London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006.

ELSTER, J. et al. Institutional design in post-communist societies: rebuilding the ship at sea. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.

EKIERT, Grzegorz - Hanson, Stephen E. (eds). Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

HOLMES, Leslie. Post-Communism: An Introduction. Cambridge: Polity Press, 1997.

HUNTINGTON, Samuel. The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

O’BRENNAN, John, The Eastern Enlargement of the European Union. London: Routledge, 2006.

RAMET, Sabrina P. (ed.). Central and southeast European politics since 1989. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.

ROSE, Richard. Understanding Post-Communist Transformation: A Bottom-Up Approach. London, Routledge, 2008.

ROTSCHILD, Joseph - Wingfield, Nancy M. Return to Diversity: a Political History of East-Central Europe since World War II. New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. (from p. 277)

SAXONBERG, Steven. The Fall: A Comparative Study of the End of Communism in Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary and Poland. London: Routledge, 2001.

SCHLAGER, Neil - WEISBLATT, Jane. World encyclopedia of political systems and parties. New York, NY: Facts On File, 2006.

SWAIN, Geoffrey - SWAIN, Nigel. Eastern Europe since 1945. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Vachudová, Milada. Europe Undivided. Democracy, Leverage, and Integration After Communism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.

VODIČKA, Karel: Politisches System Tschechiens : Vom kommunistischen Einparteiensystem zum demokratischen Verfassungsstaat. Münster: Lit, 1996.

WHITE, Stephen - LEWIS, Paul (eds). Developments in Central and East European politics 4. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: PhDr. David Příhoda (30.09.2012)

The final grade consists of:

Essay (3 000 words) - 40 %

Final test - 40 %

Presentation - 10 %

Activity in class - 10 %

Students are required to enrol in Comparison of Central European Political Systems I. (JMMZ109) simultaneously. At the beggining of semester, lectures on JMMZ109 will be given. In the middle of the semester, JMMZ110 will follow. 

The final grade consists of:

Essay (3 000 words) - 40 %

Final test - 40 %

Presentation - 10 %

Activity in class - 10 %

Students are required to enrol in Comparison of Central European Political Systems I. (JMMZ109) simultaneously. At the beggining of semester, lectures on JMMZ109 will be given. In the middle of the semester, JMMZ110 will follow. 

Syllabus

Last update: PhDr. David Příhoda (30.09.2012)

1. Communist regimes before 1989

2. Models of transition

3. Democratization and democratic consolidation

4. German re-unification

5. Break up of Czechoslovakia

6. Presidents and executives

7. Parliaments and law-making

8. Political parties and party systems

9. Elections and electoral systems

10. Austria after 1989

11. EU's enlargement and Europeanization

12. Extremism in Central Europe after 1989