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Political Systems in Comparative Perspective - JPB151

Anglický název:	Political Systems in Comparative Perspective
Zajišťuje:	Katedra politologie (23-KP)
Fakulta:	Fakulta sociálních věd
Platnost:	od 2019
Semestr:	letní
E-Kredity:	6
Způsob provedení zkoušky:	letní s.:
Rozsah, examinace:	letní s.:2/1, Zk [HT]
Počet míst:	70 / 210 (30)
Minimální obsazenost:	neomezen
4EU+:	ne
Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu:	ne
Stav předmětu:	vyučován
Jazyk výuky:	angličtina
Způsob výuky:	prezenční
Způsob výuky:	prezenční
Poznámka:	předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán povolen pro zápis po webu při zápisu přednost, je-li ve stud. plánu

Garant:	doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D.
Vyučující:	doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D.
Třída:	Courses for incoming students
Neslučitelnost :	JPB139
Je neslučitelnost pro:	JPB139

Termíny zkoušek Rozvrh LS Nástěnka

Anotace - angličtina

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (21.01.2020)

The course provides students with basic knowledge on major models of constitutional systems of Western democracies, with a special focus on Europe. The course shows that political systems of Western countries are not only shaped by constitutions and other formal rules, but also by a range of factors that lay beyond the constitution. Hence, the course seeks to present current political systems of Western democracies as a result of interplay of constitutional and extra-constitutional factors. After accomplishing the course students will be able to define three democratic regimes types (presidentialism, semi-presidentialism and parliamentarism) as well as their varying conceptualizations. Furthermore, they will be able to identify major decision-makers in political systems in various democratic regimes types, they will understand key relations between the triangle of actors: head of state, government (cabinet) and parliament and their position and functions in respective regime types. In addition to the constitutional institutions in terms of their powers, students will be also able to identify and analyze impact of extra-constitutional factors such as party system, constitutional conventions, public expectations, timing of elections etc.
The course is divided into two parts. The first part of the course shall present key theoretical concepts that are essential for understanding major constitutional differences between Western democracies in a comparative perspective. It will discuss three democratic regimes types (presidentialism, semi-presidentialism and parliamentarism) in terms of their conceptualizations. The second part of the course shall focus on several key model countries that represent useful empirical cases of conceptual models presented in the first part: the USA, the UK and Germany and France. The course shall be completed with seminar where students shall present their papers on various theoretical or empirical themes closely connected to the course focus.

Cíl předmětu - angličtina

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (21.01.2020)

The aim of the course is to provide students with major analytical and conceptual tools to compare democratic polities of Western countries. The students will also gain a significant portion of empirical facts about democatic systems of the Western polities.

Podmínky zakončení předmětu - angličtina

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (21.02.2024)

In order to sucessfully accomplish the course, students are obliged:

to get at least 50 per cent of points in on-line quizzes (in the Moodle platform) on a weekly basis (30 % of the final grade). The quizzes reflect readings assigned for each topic.
to present an issue in a group seminar presentation (20 % of the final grade). All the members of the group must be present during the presentation of their topic. Students who do not participate at their group presentation are supposed to elaborate a seminar paper of about 3 000 words, including references to compensate for their absence.
to oppose and review a seminar presentation of other students (10 % of the final grade). Students who do not oppose a paper are supposed to write aabout 1-2 pages long essay in which they comment on the presentation, evaluate its strengths and weaknesses, clairty of the presentation and arguments used. Finally, students also add a few questions.
to get at least 50 per cent of points in the final exam. (40 % of the final grade).

Literatura - angličtina

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (13.02.2021)

Class 1 Constitutions and Constitutionalism

Readings: Sartori, Giovanni. 1962. Constitutionalism. A Preliminary Discussion. The American political science review 56(4): 853-864

Class 2 Democratic Regime Types

Readings: Elgie, Robert. 2005. From Linz to Tsebelis: three waves of presidential/parliamentary studies?. Democratization 12(1): 106-122.

Class 3 Heads of States in a Comparative Perspective

Readings: Tavits, Margit. 2009. Presidents with prime ministers: Do direct elections matter?. Oxford: Oxford University Press chapter 1

Class 4 Constitutional Conventions

Readings: Taylor, Greg. 2014. Convention by consensus: Constitutional conventions in Germany. International Journal of Constitutional Law 12(2): 303-329.

Class 5 Political System of the USA (I)

Readings: US Election Booklet 2020

Class 6 Political System of the USA (II)

Readings: Marshall, William. 2008. Eleven reasons why presidential power inevitably expands and why it matters."Boston University Law Review 88: 505-522

Class 7 Political System of the USA (III)

Readings: Heitshusen, Valerie. 2020. Introduction to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Class 8 Political system of the United Kingdom (I)

Loughlin, Martin. 2015. The British Constitution: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Class 9 Political system of the United Kingdom (II)

Readings: Garnett, Mark and Philip Lynch. 2009. Exploring the British Politics. 2nd edition. London: Pearson and Longman. Chapter 8.

Class 10 Political system of the United Kingdom (III)

Readings: Garnett, Mark and Philip Lynch. 2009. Exploring the British Politics. 2nd edition. London: Pearson and Longman. Chapter 7.

Class 11 Political system of France

Knapp, Andrew, and Vincent Wright. 2006.The government and politics of France. Routledge. Chapter 4.

Class 12 Political system of Germany

Saalfeld, Thomas. 2003. Germany: Multiple Veto Points, Informal Co-ordination, and Problems of Hidden Action. In: Strøm, Kaare, Torbjörn Bergman, and Wolfgang C. Müller, eds. Delegation and accountability in parliamentary democracies. Oxford University Press (p. 347-375).

Metody výuky - angličtina