POL554 Political Parties, Movements and Society in Italy

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Maxmilián Strmiska, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Maxmilián Strmiska, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 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
At the end of the course the students are able to characterize the nature of political pluralism in Italy in different phases of the political development since 1945. They are able to interpret and critically evaluate specific concepts (such as trasformismo, qualunquismo etc.) stemming from the Italian political milieu.
Syllabus
  • 1. An Introduction 2. The Making of the Post-War Political Pluralism 3. Polarized Pluralism, Major Parties and Their Properties 4. Evolution of Italian Parties in the 1950s and 1960s 5. Protest Movements in the 1960s and 1970s, New Left, Extreme Right in Italy. 6. Reading Week 7. Parties and Society in Italy in the 1970s and 1980s 8. DC, PCI, PSI: Their Late Developments 9. The Northern League; autonomist movements in the Venetian region. 10. Transformation of political pluralism in the first half of the 1990s. 11. Parties and Movements in the "Second Republic" Period: Challenges, Trends, Interpretations 12. Discussion
Literature
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián, Vít HLOUŠEK, Lubomír KOPEČEK and Roman CHYTILEK. Politické strany moderní Evropy. Analýza stranicko-politických systémů (Political Parties in Modern Europe: Analysis of Party Systems). 1st ed. Praha: Portál, 2005, 727 pp. Politologie. ISBN 80-7367-038-0. info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián. Liga Severu a regionální strany v Itálii. Vyd. 1. Brno: AP, 2004, 101 s. ISBN 8090265243. info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián. "Ozbrojená opozice" : studie k subverzívnímu terorismu. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 86 s. ISBN 802102450X. info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián. Studie k utváření italského multipartismu (1994-1999). Enigma "středu" a bipolarita (A Study on the Making of Italian Multipartism (1994-1999). Enigma of the Center and Bipolarity). Politologický časopis. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, 2000, vol. 7, No 2, p. 109-130. ISSN 1211-3247. info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián. Italské politické strany (1945-1994). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 83 s. ISBN 8021011521. info
  • STRMISKA, Maxmilián. Italská Nová levice a protestní hnutí (1967-1978). 1992, 247 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Two written tests: the first test (0-10 points) will consist of ten closed questions, the second one (0-22 points) of two open questions covering the discussed topics. Evaluation: 32-30 points A, 29-27 points B, 26-24 points C, 23-21 points D, 20-17 points E, 16 points and less F.
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 2011, Autumn 2012.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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