POL337 Democratization in practice

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Michal Mochťak, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petr Preclík, E.MA (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – 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 17:00–18:30 U43
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
POL337/OBSE_Ukrajina: No timetable has been entered into IS.
POL337/FAC_a_ISIS: No timetable has been entered into IS.
POL337/WHO_a_ebola: No timetable has been entered into IS.
POL337/Mandat_ACR: No timetable has been entered into IS.
POL337/Amnesty_a_Rwanda: No timetable has been entered into IS.
POL337/Belorusko: No timetable has been entered into IS.
Prerequisites
Studenti by před zápisem měli mít absolvovaný kurz POL104 Úvod do politologie (prerekvizita).
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
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Course objectives
The course aims at introducing the current dynamics in democracy promotion and its practical aspects in different parts of the world. The main focus will be on clarifying the relation between the theoretical background of democratization studies and practical issues of democracy support. At the end of the course, students will be able to identify positive aspects of democratization efforts, but also to analyze the challenges faced by the present-day approaches on the level of an individual, community, state or a region.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. Support of democratisation.
  • 2. Democracy - what is and what is not.
  • 3. Who promotes democracy/democratisation? Democratization as "global" interest.
  • 4. Foreign aid and evaluation of democracy/democratisation promotion.
  • 5. Reading week.
  • 6. Introduction into study of democracy/democratisation promotion; advocacy and justification democracy/democratisation promotion.
  • 7. Elections and violence during elections.
  • 8. Violence and democratisation: occupation in favour of democracy promotion.
  • 9. Post-conflict construction/reconstruction of democracy.
  • 10. Election observer missions.
  • 11. Presentation of projects I;
  • 12. Presentation of projects II;
  • 13. Exam test
Literature
  • Chytílek, R. et al. (eds., 2009): Volební systémy. Praha: Portál, p. 95-110.
  • Hyde, S. D. (2011): Catch Us If You Can: Election Monitoring and International Norm Diffusion. American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 55, p 356–369.
  • UNDP (2009): Elections and Conflict Prevention. New York: Bureau for Development Policy.
  • Lindberg, S. I. (2006): Democracy and Elections in Africa. Baltimore: The Jonh Hopkins University Press.
  • Reilly, B. (2001): Democracy in Divided Societies: Electoral Engineering for Conflict Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Horowitz, D. L. (1993): Democracy in Divided Societies. Journal of Democracy, Vol 4, No 4, pp 18-38.
  • Kelley, J. G. (2009): D-Minus Elections: The Politics and Norms of International Election Observation. International Organization, Vol. 63, p 765-87.
  • Teorell, J. (2010): Determinants of democratization: explaining regime change in the world, 1972-2006. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Shapiro, I. (2012): Skutečný svět demokratické teorie. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Pospíšil, I. – Preclík, P. (2012): Mezinárodní rozměr voleb: mezinárodní monitoring a přezkumy voleb. In Šimíček, V (ed., 2012): Volby - svátek demokracie, nebo pletich? Brno: Masarykova univerzita, p 145-172.
  • Huntington, S. P. (2008): Třetí vlna: demokratizace na sklonku dvacátého století. Brno: CDK.
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussions, reading, group projects.
Assessment methods
written exam; group project and its presentation, essay based on the presented project. Students must attain at least 60% of all point in order to pass.
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 2012, Autumn 2013.
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