POL021 Party Systems: Analysis and Typology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 15 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Maxmilián Strmiska, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Maxmilián Strmiska, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
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
The aim of the course is to foster the development of theoretically informed analysis of party arrangements on various institutional levels.
Syllabus
  • 1. Conceptualization of party systems and its consequences for party system analysis. 2. Descriptive and explanatory typologies of party systems. 3. The challenges of comparative study of party systems. 4. Analyzing party arrangements in multi-level settings.
Literature
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián. Party Systems in Multi-Level Settings: A Study on Conceptualization and Typology. In STRMISKA, Maxmilián, Roman CHYTILEK and Nikola HYNEK. Federalism and Multi-level Polity: The Canadian Case. 1st ed. Brno: Mgr. Anton Pasienka - AP, 2007, p. 6-31. Vol. 3. ISBN 80-902652-9-4. info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián. The Czech Party System: A Few Observations on the Properties and Working Logic of the Czech Party Arrangement. In Parliamentary Elections and Party Landscape in the Visegrád Group Countries. 1st ed. Brno: Democracy and Culture Studies Centre, 2007, p. 107-115. ISPO, 7. ISBN 978-80-7325-116-1. info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián. Regionální strany, stranické systémy a teritoriálně-politický pluralismus. Pojetí a typologie evropských regionálních stran a regionálních stranických soustav (Regional parties, party systems, territorial and political pluralism. A Notion and typology of European regional parties and regional party arrangements). 1st ed. Brno: Anton Pasienka, 2005, 144 pp. Politologická ed., 4. ISBN 80-902652-5-1. info
  • FIALA, Petr and Maxmilián STRMISKA. Teorie politických stran (Theory of Political Parties). Brno: Barrister&Principal, 1998, 260 pp. Monografie, 1. ISBN 80-85947-31-5. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Zkouška probíhá písemnou formou. Součástí zkoušky je hodnocení písemné seminární práce o rozsahu 10 až 20 normostran a eseje o rozsahu 4 až 8 normostran. Celkově je možno získat 85 bodů, z toho maximálně 40 bodů za seminární práci a 25 bodů za esej. K absolvování předmětu je zapotřebí získat nejméně 40 bodů. Seminární práci a esej je zapotřebí odevzdat do 6. 6. 2008. Po tomto termínu nebudou žádné práce přijímány. Hodnocení v tomto předmětu je průběžné.
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 Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2008, recent)
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