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Political systems of Central Europe - JPB262

Title:	Politické systémy střední Evropy
Guaranteed by:	Department of Political Science (23-KP)
Faculty:	Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual:	from 2022
Semester:	winter
E-Credits:	4
Examination process:	winter s.:
Hours per week, examination:	winter s.:2/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (6)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
State of the course:	not 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 priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan

Guarantor:	Mgr. Jakub Stauber, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite :	JPB252

Examination dates Schedule Noticeboard

Annotation -

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Stauber, Ph.D. (26.10.2019)

The course is devoted to the political systems of selected countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia. The lectures will cover the issues of transition to democracy in these countries, constitutional development and the position of individual constitutional institutions and elements of political systems. Attention will also be paid to the comparison of individual elements of political systems within two regions: Visegrad and the Baltic region. The seminars are thematically focused on socio-economic transformations and their influence on national political systems.

Literature -

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Stauber, Ph.D. (26.10.2019)

Compulsory:

Cabada, Ladislav a kol. (2008). Komparace politických systémů III.: Nové demokracie střední a východní Evropy. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická, nakladatelství Oeconomica.

Kubát, Michal a kolektiv. (2004). Politické a ústavní systémy zemí středovýchodní Evropy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia.

Luther, Kurt Richard - Müller-Rommel, F. (2009). Political Parties in the New Europe. Oxford: OUP.

další texty (povinná četba) budou upřesněny v průběhu semestru

Optional:

Cabada, Ladislav - Dvořáková, Vladimíra (eds.) (2004). Komparace politických systémů III. 2. vydání. Praha: Vysoká škola ekonomická. (starší vydání výše uvedené publikace)

Dvořáková, Vladimíra - Kunc, Jiří (1994). O přechodech k demokracii. Praha: Slon.

Fiala, Petr - Holzer, Jan - Strmiska, Maxmilián a kol. (2002). Politické strany ve střední a východní Evropě. Ideově-politický profil, pozice a role politických stran v postkomunistických zemích. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav.

Hloušek, Vít - Kopeček, Lubomír (eds.) (2002). Rudí a růžoví. Transformace komunistických stran. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav.

další literatura bude doporučena vyučujícím v průběhu kurzu

Teaching methods

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Stauber, Ph.D. (26.10.2019)

Lecture supplemented by an analysis of documents on the political and constitutional development of the discussed countries.

The content of the seminar is a group presentation on a given topic according to thematic areas. The working group will have about 4-5 students. The joint presentation is a necessary condition for completing the course and will account for 20% of the total assessment. Students will be evaluated individually according to their individual performance. At the beginning of the presentation will be marked the authorship of the individual parts.

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Controlled participation in lessons: One unexcused absence is allowed. Students who will not be able to present due to serious reasons (ERASMUS + trip abroad, long-term illness, etc.) will write a separate seminar paper in the range of 10-12 standard pages on a topic based on seminar topics. Seminar work will be part of the overall evaluation.

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Stauber, Ph.D. (26.10.2019)

The course ends with a written exam. The content of the exam is lectured by teachers during the course, compulsory literature and documents given by teachers during lectures, seminar topics (contents of presentations). The student can take the exam if he / she has attended the seminars and worked on a seminar presentation.

The written exam is evaluated on the following scale:

91% or more A
81-90% B
71-80% C
61-70% D
51-60% E
00 - 50% F

Students who have decided to enroll in the course despite being on an Erasmus + trip abroad are replacing their participation in the seminars with seminar work. Seminar work will be based on topics for seminars and will be consulted with course guarantors. Range: 10-12 standard pages incl. memorandum, without literature. It will be submitted no later than 20.12.2019 inclusive. By this deadline, it is necessary to send a seminar paper to the faculty's course email.

Syllabus -

Last update: Mgr. Jakub Stauber, Ph.D. (26.10.2019)

Program of lectures

2.10. Introduction and theory

9.10. Poland

16.10. Poland + Seminar 01

23.10. Slovakia + Seminar 02

30.10. Slovakia + Seminar 03

6.11. Hungary + Seminar 04

13.11. Hungary + Seminar 05

20.11. Romania + Seminar 06

27.11. Estonia + Seminar 07

4.12. Estonia, Latvia + Seminar 08

11.12. Latvia + Seminar 09

18.12. Lithuania + Seminar 10