POL451 Democratic and Nondemocratic Political Regimes

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 9 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Hlaváček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jaroslav Petřík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Otto Eibl, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Timetable
Wed 14:00–15:40 U41
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Lectures are concentrated to question, what is non-democracy, respectively what means the term non-democratic regime. They inform of subtypes/categories of non-democratic regimes (totalitarianism, authoritarianism, sultanism) and methodology of their classification. Framework of these issues represents classical debate on non-democracies as well as contemporary debate on hybrid regimes. Problems are primarily based of works of J. J. Linz, A. Stepan, P. Brooker, T. Carothers, F. Zakaria, E. Mazo, L. Diamond.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction 2. Theory of totalitarianism 3. Theory of authoritarianism I. 4. Theory of authoritarianism II. 5. Methamorphosis of theory of non-democratic regimes 6. Theory of transition I. 7. Theory of transition II. 8. Readinf Week 9. Theory of consolidation 10. Theory of semidemocratic regimes 11. Theory of hybrid regimes 12. Contemporary trends in theory of regimes 13. Final lecture, test
Literature
  • BROOKER, Paul. Non-democratic regimes : theory, government and politics. 1st pub. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press, 2000, viii, 288. ISBN 033366079X. info
  • LINZ, Juan J. Totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2000, vii, 343. ISBN 1555878903. info
  • CHEHABI, H. E. and Juan J. LINZ. Sultanistic regimes. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998, x, 284. ISBN 0801856949. info
Assessment methods
seminar paper + written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007.
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