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Ai Camp Intro.pdf | Roderic Ai Camp: Politics in Mexico, Introduction, text na 16.10, 8:00 | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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camp-governance.pdf | Roderic Ai Camp: Politics in Mexico, Who Governs? The Structure of Decision Making, text for 27.11.2008 | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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JMM528 Holmes - Foreign policy.pdf | Text 18.12. 8:00 Holmes: Most Safely in the Middle | Mgr. Ing. Magdalena Fiřtová, Ph.D. |
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JMM528-Canadian Political parties.pdf | Text 23.10.Thorburn: The development of Political Parties in Canada | Mgr. Ing. Magdalena Fiřtová, Ph.D. |
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JMM528-Federalism and Intergovernment relations.pdf | Text 4.12. 8.00 Stevenson: Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations | Mgr. Ing. Magdalena Fiřtová, Ph.D. |
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JMM528-Political System in Canada.pdf | Text 2O.11. 8.OO Whittington: The Prime minister, Cabinet and Executive | Mgr. Ing. Magdalena Fiřtová, Ph.D. |
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Meyer-Crossroads.pdf | Text for 8.1.2009 Maureen Meyer et al.: AT A CROSSROADS: Drug Trafficking, Violence and the Mexican State, Washington Office on Latin America, Briefing Paper 13, November 2007. | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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williams-resurgent.pdf | Edward J. Williams: The Resurgent North and Contemporary Mexican Regionalism, Mexican Studies / Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Summer, 1990), pp. 299-323 | PhDr. Mgr. Kryštof Přemysl Kozák, Ph.D. |
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Poslední úprava: CALDA (01.10.2008)
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Poslední úprava: FIRTOVA (03.10.2008)
Course Objectives 1.Learn historic background to US, Mexican and Canadian politics. 2.Review political institutions. 3.Compare Canadian, Mexican federalism with US system. 4.Analysis of the political inertia behind current day developments. |
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Poslední úprava: FIRTOVA (04.10.2008)
Section (A) United States of America a) Required Readings: James Q. Wilson, John J. DiIulio, Jr., American Government, Lexington 1995 (Czech translation: Jak se vládne v Americe, Praha 1993), or any other undergraduate-level textbook of American Government published in the U.S. Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence (1776) James Madison: Listy federalistů č. 10, 51 (Federalist Papers 10, 51) Constitution of the United States (1789) b) Additional readings: S. M. Lipset, American Exceptionalism: the Double-Edged Sword, New York 1996 Janda, Berry, Goldman, The Challenge of Democracy: Government in America, Boston 1989 Samuel P. Huntington, American Politics: the Promise of Disharmony, Harvard 1981. Mary P. Nichols, David K. Nichols (eds.), Readings in American Government, Dubuque 1990
Section (B) Canada a) Required Readings: Michael Whittington, Glen Williams, Canadian Politics in the 21st Century, Scarborough: Nelson Thompson Learning, 2000. Hugh Thorburn, Alan Whitehorn, Party Politics in Canada, Toronto: Prentice Hall, 2001. James Bickerton, Alain-G. Gagnon, and Patrick J. Smith, Ties that bind : parties and voters in Canada, Don Mills : Oxford University Press, c1999 b) Additional readings Keith Brownsey & Michael Howlett (ed.), The provincial state in Canada : politics in the provinces and territories, Peterborough ; Orchard Park, NY : Broadview Press, c2001. Robert J. Jackson, Doreen Jackson, Politics in Canada : culture, institutions, behaviour and public policy, Toronto : Prentice-Hall, 2001. Patrick Malcolmson, Richard Myers, The canadian regime : an introduction to parliamentary government in Canada, Peterborough : Broadview Press, 2002. Patrick James, Donald E. Abelson and Michael Lusztig (ed.), The myth of the sacred : the Charter, the courts and the politics of the constitution in Canada,Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002 Section (C) Mexico a) Required Readings: excerpts and articles will be provided in the final version of the sylabus
b) Additional readings (includes library code if applicable)
Subnational politics and democratization in Mexico / edited by Wayne A. Cornelius, Todd A. Eisenstadt & Jane Hindley, La Jolla : Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California, San Diego, c1999, viii, 369 s. : il. ; 23 cm [000522576], PL 6501
The paradox of revolution : labor, the state, and authoritarianism in Mexico / Kevin J. Middlebrook, Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995, xiv, 463 s. ; 24 cm, [000583393], PL 6870
Mexico's politics and society in transition / edited by Joseph S. Tulchin, Andrew D. Selee, Boulder, Colo. : Rienner, 2003, vii, 373 s. : il. ; 24 cm, [000357641], PL5864
The Mexico reader : history, culture, politics / edited by Gilbert M. Joseph and Timothy J. Henderson, Durham : Duke University Press, 2002, x, 792 s. : il., mapy ; 25 cm, [000357657], DJ6073
Mexico : biography of power : a history of modern Mexico, 1810-1996 / Enrique Krauze ; translated by Hank Heifetz, New York, NY : HarperPerennial, 1998, xix, 872 s. : il., mapy ; 25 cm, [000583424], T63-20
Democratizing Mexico : public opinion and electoral choices / Jorge I. Domínguez, James A. McCann, Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, xvi, 269 s. : il. ; 24 cm, [000583389], PL6868
Modern Latin America / Thomas E. Skidmore, Peter H. Smith, New York; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001, xi, 466 s., [000200783], T63 a[5]
Mexican Americans : the ambivalent minority / Peter Skerry, Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1993, xi, 463 s., [000200308], PL3191
Dillon, Sam and Preston, Julia, Opening Mexico: The Making of a Democracy, (New York, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004).
Camp, Roderic Ai, Politics in Mexico (Cambridge, Mass., Oxford University Press, 1999).
El narcotraficante : narcocorridos and the construction of a cultural persona on the U.S.-Mexico border / Mark Cameron Edberg ; foreword by Howard Campbell, Austin : University of Texas Press, 2004, xiv, 190 s. : il. ; 24 cm, [000201334], SO 3538
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Poslední úprava: FIRTOVA (13.12.2008)
Course Assignments: (A) Research Essay on US topic (7 pages in lenth, i.e. 12600 characters) or Oral Presentation (B) Reserach Essay on Canada OR Mexico (7 pages in lenth, i.e. 12600 characters) or Oral Presentation please note that you have to submit at least one written essay. Topics will be specified by Oct 16. The paper must be sumbmitted by December 18 (by e-mail and in hard copy). (C) Classroom participation (you may miss the maximum of 3 lectures per term) (D) Final Test (for registration use the SIS UK electronic system) |
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Poslední úprava: KOZAK (22.12.2008)
Units: (A) United States Government (Thursdays 930-1050, Room J1031) 1. Introduction (October 9) 2. The Declaration of Independence and its philosophical roots (October 16) 3. The Constitution of the United States and its principle of checks & balances as a development of Locke´s and Montesquieu´s separation of powers (October 23) 4. Federalism; federal versus state rights (October 30) 5. American political culture compared to that of other nations (November 6) 6. Public opinion, sources of political attitudes (November 13) 7. Political parties (November 20) 8. Interest groups, lobbying (November 27) 9. The U. S. Congress (December 4) 10. The Presidency (December 11) 11. The Judiciary (December 18) 12. Rights and liberties, "culture wars" (January 8)
(B) Government in Mexico and Canada (Thursdays 8-9:20, Room J1031) 9.10. class cancelled 16.10. Political parties and electoral system in Mexico (text: Roderic Ai Camp) 23.10. Political parties and electoral system in Canada (text: H. Thorburn: The development of Political Parties in Canada and Perspectives on the Structer and Dynamics of the Canadian Party System, in Thorburn Party Politics in Canada, 8th edition, Ch. 1 and 12, p. 1-9 and p. 148-162. Moreover, students should choose one of 5 major political parties and prepare its profile and analyze its results (i.e. what where major factors of its success or failure) in the Elections 2008.) 30.10. Mexican constitution (text: selected articles from the Mexican constitution) 6.11. Canadian constitution (text: Peter H. Russell, Can the Canadians Be a Sovereign People?, Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Dec., 1991), pp. 691-709, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3229303, Accessed: 04/10/2008.) 13.11. Class cancelled! 20.11. Political system in Canada (Executive and Legislative) 27.11. Political system in Mexico (Executive and legislative powers, judicial review) (text: Roderic Ai Camp: Politics in Mexico, Who Governs? The Structure of Decision Making, a scan is available in the SIS system, camp-governance.pdf. Please also read the following two short newspaper articles: Political Ally of Mexican President Embroiled in Scandal, The New York Times, March 15, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/world/americas/15mexico.html?fta=y
Mexico Tries to Curb Plane Crash Rumors, The New York Times, November 6, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/world/americas/06mexico.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Plane%20crash%20Mexico%20interior%20minister&st=cse )
4.12. Federal-provincial relations in Canada (text: Garth Stevenson, Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations in Wittington and Williams, Canadian Politics in the 21s Century, Ch. 4, p. 79-103) 11.12. Politics of Mexican regionalism
Edward J. Williams: The Resurgent North and Contemporary Mexican Regionalism, Mexican Studies / Estudios Mexicanos, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Summer, 1990), pp. 299-323 (file in the SIS system)
Hermosillo Journal; Scornful and Scorned, the New Yorkers of Mexico
By LARRY ROHTER, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: August 8, 1988
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2DD173BF93BA3575BC0A96E948260
Questions to focus on: What are the main differences among regional differences and their political consequences in the U.S., Mexico and Canada? What are the main similarities? What tools does the central government have to suppress regionalism? What are the main differences between Northern and Central Mexico? What could have changed since Vicente Fox became president? Who is a Chilango? Who is a Regiomontano?
18.12. Public policy example: Canadian foreign policy
8.1. 2009 Public policy example: Fighting the Drug War Text for 8.1.2009: Maureen Meyer et al.: AT A CROSSROADS: Drug Trafficking, Violence and the Mexican State, Washington Office on Latin America, Briefing Paper 13, November 2007. (file uploaded to SIS)
Related questions: Why is Mexico supposed to be at a crossroads? In what ways does drug trafficking affect government? What are the government policies against drug traffickers? Are they successful? In what ways? What are the political implications behind the war on drugs? What policies do the authors of the paper suggest? In what ways is the problem connected to North American scenario?
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