CDS442 Czech Republic and Slovakia: Democracy, Politics and Conflicts

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2019
Rozsah
1/1/0. 7 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D. (přednášející)
doc. Mgr. Peter Spáč, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Otto Eibl, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Mgr. Matěj Pospíchal (pomocník)
Garance
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Katedra politologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra politologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The course is focused on description and analysis of evolution of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The course brings together political science and historical perspective survey of basic societal, economic, and (mainly) political processes and developments. The background of the course is to show Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1992 and to discuss individual periods and important events (the First Czechoslovak Republic, the Slovak State, February 1948, the communist regime, the Prague Spring, the Velvet Revolution etc.) including their legacy for the contemporary situation. The main aim of the course is to present evolution Czech and Slovak democracy and politics. The students will gain knowledge of various aspects including the parties and party systems, constitutional institutions, electoral reforms, clashes of institutions, political cleavages, etc.
Výstupy z učení
At the end of the course the students should be able to interpret history and politics of Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Osnova
  • 1. Czechoslovakia until 1939 and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia; 2. Slovakia until 1938, the Slovak State, and Czechoslovakia 1945-1948; 3. Czechoslovakia 1948 – 1989; 4. The Velvet Divorce; 5. The evolution of Czech party politics and the rise of political entrepreneurs; 6. Problems and clashes of Czech democracy; 7. The era of Vladimír Mečiar and its fall; 8. The Slovak party system of the new millennium and new challenges; 9. Slovak political institutions and their anomalies; 10. Discussion seminar: EU and Euroscepticism.
Literatura
  • Spáč, Peter (2012): Slovakia. In Havlík, Vlastimil and Pinková, Aneta (eds.): Populist Political Parties in East-Central Europe. Brno: Masaryk University, pp. 227-258
  • Kaniok, Petr (2016): Eurosceptics we Remain? Czech Republic, Euroscepticism and the 2014 EP election. In Patrick Moreau and Birte Wassenberg (eds.): European Integration and New Anti-Europeanism. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, pp. 147- 162.
  • Spáč, Peter (2016): Anti-Europeanism and Euroscepticism in Slovakia. In Patrick Moreau and Birte Wassenberg (eds.): European Integration and New Anti-Europeanism. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, pp. 163-180.
  • Hanley, Seán and Milada Anna Vachudova (2018): Understanding the illiberal turn: democratic backsliding in the Czech Republic. East European Politics, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 276-296.
  • Brunclík, Miloš and Kubát, Michal (2016): The Czech Parliamentary Regime after 1989: Origins, Developments and Challenges, Acta Politologica, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 5-29.
  • Hanley, Seán: Blue velvet: the rise and decline of the new Czech right. In Szczerbiak, Aleks and Hanley, Seán (eds.): Centre-right parties in post-communist East-Central Europe. London: Routledge, pp. 28-54.
  • Pridham, Geoffrey (1999): Complying with the European Union's Democratic Conditionality: Transnational Party Linkages and Regime Change in Slovakia, 1993-1998. Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 51, No. 7, pp. 1221-1244.
  • Balík, Stanislav et al.: Czech Politics: From West to East and Back Again. Opladen: Barbara Budrich (part of the book).
  • Haughton, Tim (2001): HZDS: The Ideology, Organisation and Support Base of Slovakia's Most Successful Party. Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 53, No. 5, pp. 745-769.
  • Dowling, Maria (2002): Czechoslovakia. New York: Oxford University Press (part of the book).
  • Rybář, Marek (2006): Old Parties and New: Changing Patterns of Party Politics in Slovakia. In Jungerstam-Mulders, Susanne (ed.): Post-Communist EU Member States: Parties and Party Systems. Burlington: Ashgate, pp. 147-176.
Výukové metody
lectures, class discussion, position papers
Metody hodnocení
Requirements of the course: final written test and 7 position papers.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Academic Honesty Students are expected to know the Masaryk University study rules and maintain academic honesty by refraining from plagiarism and from cheating during exams. Plagiarism means that one presents other peoples’ ideas as one’s own and does not credit the author. Plagiarism is one of the most serious breaches of ethical standards in the academic environment, for it denies the mission of the university and the meaning of studying. From a legal perspective, plagiarism is the stealing of intellectual property. The official Faculty of Social Studies disciplinary policy states that academic dishonesty is not tolerated under any circumstances. For students caught plagiarizing or cheating in a course, the minimum penalty is immediate expulsion from the course, a grade of F for the semester, and referral to the Faculty Dean, who may choose to send the case to the FSS Disciplinary Committee. To avoid plagiarism, students are responsible for learning and following the rules about proper citation of sources.
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