POL470 Election Systems in Postcommunist Countries

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D.
Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
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
Abstract
At the course students should be able to: know development of the electoral systems in the European Post-Communist countries learn the most important trends in the research and development of these systems analyse elections and electoral systems on the examples of the Post-Communist Europe
Key topics
1. Electoral systems of the Post-Communist coutries and their research 2. Development in the Czech Republic and Slovakia 3. Development in Poland, Hungary and Slovenia 4. Electoral systems in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia 5. Research of the electoral systems in the Central Europe 6. Electoral systems in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine 7. Development in the Western Balkans I. (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro) 8. Development in the Western Balkans II. (Serbia, Macedonia, Albania) 9. Other Post-Communist countries (Romania, Bulgary, Moldova) 10. Research of the electoral systems in the Eastern and South-Eastern Europe 11. Elections in the multi-level perspective I. - European elections in the Post-Communist countries 12. Elections in the multi-level perspective II. - European elections in the Post-Communist countries Class resources are available to students through Masaryk University’s online Information System (IS). Under the course title "POL470: Volební systémy postkomunistických zemí" you will find an extended syllabus which contains important general information about the course and the weekly schedule
Study resources and literature
  • ŠEDO, Jakub. Volební systémy postkomunistických zemí (Electoral system of Post-Communist Countries). 1st ed. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2007, 420 pp. Srovnávací politologie č. 9. ISBN 978-80-7325-137-6. info
  • CHYTILEK, Roman. Zkoumání volebních systémů (Electoral Systems Research). In CHYTILEK, Roman and Jakub ŠEDO. Volební systémy. Brno: MPÚ MU, 2004, p. 37-63, 28 pp. Studie/30. info
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
Two written seminar papers (shorter - description of the elections - maximum 5 points, longer - analysis of the electoral system or other analytical topic - maximum 15 points) and final written test - maximum 20 points. It is necessary to get at least 25 points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013.
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