POL596 Czech Politics after the November 1989

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Vlastimil Havlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, 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
Mon 11:30–13:00 U41
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
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to understand and explain key moments and events of the Czech and Czechoslovakian politics after 1989.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction; 2. Communist regime and society; 3. Charter 77 and opposition; 4. Birth of the Civic Forum; 5 Collapse of the Communist regime and strategy of the Civic Forum; 6. Cooptation, electoral system and elections 1990; 7. The end of the Civic Forum and changes of political spectrum; 8. Economic reform, privatisation and neoliberal Zeitgeist; 9. Lustration; 10. Crises of the Czech-Slovak relationships. 11. Czech right-wing and left-wing parties and their leaders.
Literature
  • KOPEČEK, Lubomír. Éra nevinnosti. Česká politika 1989-1997 (The Age of Innocence. Czech Politics 1989 to 1997). Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2010, 380 pp. edice Politika, ekonomika a mezinárodní vztahy. ISBN 978-80-87029-98-5. URL info
  • SUK, Jiří. Labyrintem revoluce : aktéři, zápletky a křižovatky jedné politické krize : (od listopadu 1989 do června 1990). Vyd. 2. Praha: Prostor, 2009, 507 s. ISBN 9788072602193. info
  • RYCHLÍK, Jan. Rozpad Československa :česko-slovenské vztahy 1989-1992. Bratislava: Academic Electronic Press, 2002, 457 s. ISBN 80-88880-02-5. info
Teaching methods
seminars, class discussion, reading.
Assessment methods
Position papers, presentation and written examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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