POLb1124 Introduction into the geography election

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Wed 8:00–9:40 U41
Prerequisites
! POL248 Introd. into the geogr. elect. && ! NOW ( POL248 Introd. into the geogr. elect. )
Basic knowledge from intorduction in to the political sciences.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Main objetive of the course is to provide students more detailed knowledge of political support of political parties within the legislative bodies of countries in and outside the EU. At the end of the course, the students will better understand voting behaviour in the countires and differences between the various regions.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain why political aprties win elections in selected regions.
Syllabus
  • Weekly schedule of lectures: 1. Intorduction to the topic, literature and requirements of the course, registration of term-paper topics. 2. Delimitation of elecoral geography as a sub-disciplin of political science, relationship with political geography, demography and other social science dispiclins. Terminology (region, political region, electoral district etc.) 3. Electoral geography of the Czech Republic.. 4. Electoral geography of France 5. Electoral geography of Great Britan. 6. Electoral geography of postcommunist countries / Poland. 7. Electoral geography of USA and Canada. 8. Electoral geography of Germany, Austria. 9. Electoral geography of Scandinavian countries. 10. Electoral geography of Italy. 11. Electoral geography of Russia. 12. Credit and final seminar.
Literature
    required literature
  • Morrill, Richard, Knopp, Larry and Brown, Michael. 2007. “Anomalies in red and blue: Exceptionalism in American electoral geography”. In Political Geography, Volume 26, pp. 525-553. Elsevier: Atlanta
  • LEIB, Jonathan a Nicholas QUINTON. 2011. On the Shores of "Moribund Backwater"? Trends in Electoral Geography Research Since 1990. In WARF, Barney a Jonathan LEIB. Revitalizing electoral geography. 2. vyd. Burlington: Ashgate, s. 9-30
  • Johnston, Ron; Pattie, Charles. 2012. Learning electoral geography? Party campaigning, constituency marginality and voting at the 2010 British general election. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. Vol. 38 Issue 2, p 285-298.
  • Michael E. Shin and John Agnew. 2007. The geographical dynamics of Italian electoral change, 1987 - 2001. Electoral Studies, Volume 26, Issue 2, June 2007, Pages 287-302.
  • KYLOUŠEK, Jakub, Michal PINK a Jakub ŠEDO. 2007. Volební mapa města Brna. Brno: CDK.
  • Agnew, J. 2007. "Remaking Italy? Place Configurations and Italian Electoral Politics under the 'Second Republic,'" Modern Italy, 12/1, 17-38.
  • KOSTELECKÝ, Tomáš, Renáta MIKEŠOVÁ, Markéta POLÁKOVÁ, Daniel ČERMÁK, Josef BERNARD and Martin ŠIMON. Geografie výsledků parlamentních voleb : vzorce volebního chování v Česku 1992-2013. Vydání první. Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., 2015, 209 stran. ISBN 9788073302849. info
  • ŘÍCHOVÁ, Blanka. Přehled moderních politologických teorií : [empiricko-analytický přístup v soudobé politické vědě]. Vyd. 2. Praha: Portál, 2006, 303 s. ISBN 8073671778. info
  • DENVER, D. T. Elections and voters in Britain. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, xii, 212. ISBN 0333751914. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, working groups, presentation of students work.
Assessment methods
To pass the course, the student has to gain minimum of 31 points out of 100. 60 points can be gained in the written exam, 20 for the written asignment and 20 for active participation in the seminars together with a presentation of a report on a topic connected with the sub.ject of the course or an additional written essay. Grading: A: 100 – 93 B: 92 - 85 C: 84 – 77 D: 76 - 69 E: 68 - 61, F: 60 and less.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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