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Course, academic year 2010/2011
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British parliamentarism - JPB216
Title: Britský parlamentarismus
Guaranteed by: Department of Political Science (23-KP)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2010 to 2010
Semester: both
E-Credits: 2
Hours per week, examination: 2/0, C [HT]
Capacity: winter:unlimited / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
you can enroll for the course in winter and in summer semester
Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Tomáš Lebeda, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Tomáš Lebeda, Ph.D.
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Annotation -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (05.03.2013)
The course is held in the Czech language. The course introduces system of government, politics and political institutions in the United Kingdom. It focuses on the political system development and contemporary relationships among political institutions and other actors. The course describes British politics and compares it with politics in other western democracies.
Aim of the course -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (04.02.2019)

The course provides basic insights into the political system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Literature -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (05.03.2013)

Dunleavy, Patrick et all. (eds.) 2003. Developments in British Politics 7. Palgrave Macmillan

Gallagher, Michael, Michael Laver, Peter Mair. 2005. Representative Government in Modern Europe. Third edition. McGraw-Hill.

Heffernan, Richard, Grahame Thompson (eds.) 2005. Politics and Power in the UK. Columbia University Press

Jones, Bill, Philip Norton, Michael Moran, Dennis Kavanagh. 2004. Politics UK. Fifth edition. Longman.

Kavanagh, Dennis, Martin Smith, David Richards, Andrew Geddes. 2006. British Politics. Oxford University Press.

Klokočka, Vladimír, Eliška Wagnerová. 2004. Ústavy států Evropské unie 1. díl. Druhé vydání. Linde.

Klokočka, Vladimír. 1996. Ústavní zřízení evropských států. Linde.

Leach, Robert, Lynton Robins, Bill Coxall. 2006. British Politics. Palgrave Macmillan.

Mény, Yves, Andrew Knapp 1998. Government and Politics in Western Europe. Third edition. Oxford University Press.

Peele, Gillian. 2004. Governing the UK: British Politics in the 21st Century. Blackwell Publishers.

Rovná, Lenka A.. 2004. Kdo vládne Británii? SLON.

Říchová, Blanka a kol. 2003. Komparace politických systémů I. Třetí vydání, VŠE.

Teaching methods -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (05.09.2016)

Lectures and seminars.

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (31.03.2019)

Requirements:

1.      Seminar in-class presentation for about 10 minutes (Alternatively: seminar paper of about 10 pages). The presentations shall be presented during the seminar. Lecturers shall provide students with a list of topics and students may either choose a topic from the list, or suggest their own topic. In the latter case the lecturer must approve of the suggested topic.

2.      Mid-term test. The test is based on lectures, seminar presentations and required readings.

3.      Final exam. The exam is based on lectures, seminar presentations and required readings.

 

Syllabus -
Last update: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (04.02.2019)

 

1.      Introduction: British constitutional system and its importance in a comparative context
2.      The constitution
3.      Monarchs and their position in the political system throughout the history
4.      Constitutional and electoral reforms and the rise of the modern parliamentarism
5.      House of Commons
6.      House of Lords
7.      Parliamentary life, parliamentary privilege, publicity
8.      Cabinet and Prime minister
9.      Accountability of executive
10.  Opposition
11.  Electoral system and referenda
12.  Party system
 
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