Course: Teories of parliamentarism and representation

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Course title Teories of parliamentarism and representation
Course code KFHS/K433
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmíd Jan, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Basic definition of terms 2) Direct democracy 3) The concept of parliament from the Middle Ages to the present 4) Theory of representation from Tertullian to T. Hobbes 5) Free mandate and representation (E. Burke) 6) representation and the nation (J.E. Sieyes) 7) criticism of representation by J. J. Rousseau 8) the birth of the modern theory of parliamentarism: W. Bagehot 9) criticism of parliamentarism: from Schmitt to Habermas 10) crisis of parliamentarism in the post-industrial era?

Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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