EUP410 Party Politics in Central Europe

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2006
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Anna Shavit, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Anna Shavit, Ph.D.
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
The course is focused on description and analysis of political partisanship and party systems in Central European countries. The course brings in historical and political science oriented perspective survey of parties and party systems in countries of Visegrad group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia). First aim of the course is to show historical background from the first period of democratization (1890s till 1920s/1930s) and to discuss meaning of communist regime legacy for the development of contemporary plural and competitive party systems in selected cases. Cases are selected not only with regard to different historical arrangements and traditions (Austrian/Hungarian part of the Habsburg Empire; patrimonial, national-accommodative, and bureaucratic-authoritarian models of communist regimes). The main purpose of the course is to analyze contemporary developments of selected party systems during the periods of democratic transition and democratic consolidation. The course is based on combination of tranzitology-approaches and classical tools of comparative politics.
Syllabus
  • 1) Opening session 2) First wave of democratization in Central Europe, Rokkanian cleavages, and emergence of modern mass parties 3) Heritage of Communist regimes and post-communist cleavages 4) Czech Lands before 1989 5) Czech Lands and Czech Republic after 1989 6) Hungary before 1989 7) Hungary after 1989 8) Slovakia I. 9) Slovakia II. 10) Poland before 1989 11) Poland after 1989 12) Euroscepticism and party approaches towards European integration in Central Europe 13) Seminar discussion on topics presented during the course 14) Reading weak
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007.
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