POL445 European Political Parties

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2002
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Fiala, Ph.D., LL.M.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
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 object of the course is to inform students about political parties on European level, in context of the enlargement of the EU and potential Czech membership. Attention will be paid to attitudes of national parties to the EU.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction into the study of European political parties 2. Definition of European political parties 3. European People's Party and the cooperation of christian democratic parties in the EU 4. Party of European Socialists and the cooperation of socialist and social democratic parties in the EU 5. European Liberal and Democratic Reform Party and the cooperation of liberal and radical parties in the EU 6. European Federation of Green Parties and the cooperation of green parties in the EU 7. Euroepan Free Alliance - Democratic Party of Peoples of Europe and the cooperation of ethnoregionalist parties in the EU 8. European Democratic Union and the cooperation of conservative parties in the EU 9. Confederal Group of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left and the cooperation of radical left parties in the EU 10. EURONAT and the cooperation of extreme right parties in the EU 11. Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities and the cooperation of anti-EU parties in the EU; European Federalist Party and the cooperation of eurofederalist parties in the EU; cooperation of single-issue parties in the EU 12. European party system 13. Test
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Ke získání zápočtu je třeba přednést a odevzdat seminární práci související s tematikou kursu v rozsahu cca 7 normostran. Téma je třeba domluvit, např. dílčí aspekty činnosti evropské politické strany (tj. financování, program apod., perspektivy konkrétní evropské strany vzhledem k rozšíření EU), popř. vztah některé národní strany z členských či kandidátských zemí k EU apod.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2002, recent)
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