OVp005 Basics of Political Science - seminar

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Marta Goňcová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Bc. Radovan Malachta, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Svatopluk Novák, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Marta Goňcová, CSc.
Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jitka Autratová
Supplier department: Department of Civics – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
OVp005/01: Thu 12:00–12:50 učebna 35, except Thu 27. 10., S. Novák
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course student should be able to explain Function od the State and his Organizations ant Institutions (Parliament, Goverment, President, Political system, Political Parties and so on).
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to practically realize the way of involvement of an individual in social action within the state apparatus. It will be ready to actively use the possibilities of self-governing territorial units.
Syllabus
  • 1. The State Development and forming conditions. 2. The features and functions of the state. 3. The basic documents of the constitutional order of the Czech Republic. 4. State power. 5. Division and control of state power. 6. The bodies of state administration. 7. Forms of government. 8. Democracy, development, characteristics, forms. 9. Policy, dimensions and characteristics. 10. Political system of the Czech Republic as part of a democratic state. 11. Political parties (parties, movements, coalitions). 12. Elections, types, characteristics .
Literature
    required literature
  • FILIP, Jan and Jan SVATOŇ. Státověda (Theory of State and Politics). 5th ed. Praha: Wolters Kluwer. 264 pp. ISBN 978-80-7357-685-1. 2011. URL info
  • BALÍK, Stanislav. Česká komunální politika v obcích s rozšířenou působností. Koalice, voličské vzorce a politické strany na místní úrovni v letech 1994-2006 (Czech Local Politics in the Accredited Communes. Coalitions, Electoral Constellations and Political Parties at Local Level in the Years 1994-2006). 1st ed. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury. 387 pp. Politologická řada, č. 27. ISBN 978-80-7325-144-4. 2008. info
    recommended literature
  • OECD. Financing Democracy: Funding of Political Parties and Election Campaigns and the Risk of Policy Capture. Paris: OECD Publishing, 2016. info
  • BUDGE, Ian and Hans KEMAN. Parties and democracy : coalition formation and government functioning in twenty states. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xii, 243. ISBN 0198279256. 1990. info
  • BENEŠ, Edvard. Demokracie dnes a zítra. 6. vyd. Praha: Čin. 311 s. 1948. info
Teaching methods
Seminar. Instrut is obligated, for is class discussion.
Assessment methods
Subject is concluded credit. The student submits a presentation containing the topics covered by the course content .
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 Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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