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Successful accomplishment of the course is conditioned by thorough study of compulsory literature. |
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Last update: NOVAK (16.12.2008)
The aim of the two-semester course is to provide introduction to political science. |
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Last update: NOVAK (16.12.2008)
Compulsory literature for the first semester:
Aristotelés, Politika, Rezek, Praha (1.vyd. 1939) 1998 nebo novější slov. překl. Aristoteles, Politika, Pravda, Bratislava 1988 (nedávno vyšlo 2. kapesní vydání) 4., 5. a 6. kniha R.Aron, Demokracie a totalitarismus, Atlantis, Brno 1993 M.Weber, Politika jako povolání, Orbis, Praha 1929 (nebo novější překlad v: M.Weber, Metodologie, sociologie a politika, Oikoymenh, Praha 1998) M.Weber, ?Věda jako povolání?, v: Metodologie, sociologie a politika, Oikoymenh, Praha 1998, slov. překl.: "Veda ako povolanie" v: K metodológii sociálnych vied, Pravda, Bratislava 1983) M.Novák, Mezi demokracií a totalitarismem, Mezinárodní politologický ústav Masarykovy university, Brno 2008 M.Novák, "Aristotelova politická sociologie a moderní reprezentativní demokracie", Sociologický časopis, roč. 37, č.4/2001, s.405-423. M.Novák, ?Popper versus Schumpeter: srovnání dvou neklasických teorií demokracie?, Sociologický časopis, roč. 39, č.1/2003, s. 11-36 M.Novák, ?Mezi primátem politiky a ekonomickým rozvojem: Aronova sociologická koncepce industriálních společností?, Sociologický časopis, roč. 41, č.5/2005, s.801-821. (všechny tři moje výše zmíněné stati ze Sociologického časopisu lze zdarma stáhnout z internetu)
Recommended literature for the first semester:
A.Heywood, Politologie, Eurolex Bohemia, Praha 2004 D.Berg-Schlosser, T.Stammen, Úvod do politické vědy, ISE, Praha 2000 L.Cabada, M.Kubát et al., Úvod do studia politické vědy, Eurolex Bohemia, Praha 2002 M.Weber, "Ze sociologie mocenských struktur", in: M.Weber, Autorita, etika a společnost, Mladá Fronta, Praha 1997, s.47-222. |
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Last update: NOVAK (30.09.2013)
The lectures are also accompanied with a seminar. In the seminar students present a paper focused on a topic chosen in collaboration with the teacher of the seminar. |
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Last update: NOVAK (12.09.2011)
The lectures are also accompanied with a seminar. In the seminar students present a paper focused on a topic chosen in collaboration with the teacher of the seminar.
Requirments: Exam: oral or written (depending on the number of students). The exam is based on the lectures and required readings.
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Last update: NOVAK (16.12.2008)
Content: 1.-3. Introduction: terms: "political science", its classification. Historical development of political science as an independent scientific discipline. Political sociology and sociology of politics according to G. Sartori. International classification of political science.
4.-7. What is politics/policy/polity? Two conceptions of political science. Power, rule and legitimacy (M. Weber). Aims and functions of politics. Politics and society: politics-superstructure (Marxism) and primacy of politics (Aron); elitism (Michels, Pareto, Mills) and pluralism (Aron, Dahl). Political and non-political politics. Political culture G.Almond, S.Verba). Conflict, competition and integration.
8.-10. What is political theory? Do paradigms exist in political science?
11.-13. Classical and modern political thought: antic political thought and Christian thought on politics. Modern political thought - first (Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke) and second (Hegel, Marx) wave of modernity. Schumepter's non-classical theory of democracy and its influence. |