Course: Elections and Electoral Systems I

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Course title Elections and Electoral Systems I
Course code KPF/B075
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Maškarinec Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1 - Historical development of elections and electoral law. 2 - Classification of the electoral systems. 3 - Research of the electoral systems. Electoral laws and their criticism. 4 - Majoritarian electoral systems I. 5 - Majoritarian electoral systems II. 6 - Semiproportional electoral systems. 7 - Proportional electoral systems. 8 - The single transferable vote and personalized proportional electoral systems. 9 - Mixed electoral systems. 10 - Electoral reforms and policy of electoral engineering. The development of the electoral system in the Czech lands. Electoral reform in the Czech Republic.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on the phenomenon of elections and in particular on the issue of electoral systems. It introduces with the influence of electoral system on party system or the political system as a whole. The course is structured thematically, with regard to individual problems, and follows the main theoretical knowledge of current electoral studies. Individual problems, phenomena and theories are complemented and illustrated by comparison of selected examples from world politics.
Student can use scholarly terminology. Student is able to characterize the specifics of each type of electoral systems. Student distinguishes between different types of electoral systems used in the Czech Republic in elections to various bodies since 1990. Student is able to characterize the specifics of the electoral system used in Czechoslovakia in the years 1920-1935 and 1946.
Prerequisites
The course has no prerequisite courses or other prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
For successful completion of the course is required the presentation of a paper, writing a seminar work, and passing a written test, the questions will be based on the content of lectures and compulsory (basic) literature.
Recommended literature
  • BRACHTL, V. Srovnání proporcionality navrhovaných úprav volebního systému do dolní komory českého parlamentu. Evropská volební studia, roč. 4, č. 1, s. 56-65. 2009.
  • ČALOUD, D. Volební systém a volební inženýrství: současný stav a možné změny. D. Čaloud; T. Foltýn; V. Havlík; A. Matušková (vyd.), Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny v roce 2006, s. 145-163. Brno, 2006. ISBN 80-7325-108-6.
  • FILIP, J.; SCHELLE, K. Vývoj a současnost voleb a volebního práva v ČSFR. Brno, 1992. ISBN 978-80-2100-405-4.
  • CHARVÁT, J. Řecká varianta a reforma sněmovního volebního systému. Evropská volební studia, roč. 4, č. 1, s. 66-89. 2009.
  • CHYTILEK, R.; ŠEDO, J.; LEBEDA, T.; ČALOUD, D. Volební systémy. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7367-548-6.
  • KLÍMA, M. Volby a politické strany v moderních demokraciích. Praha, 1998. ISBN 80-86031-13-6.
  • LEBEDA, T. Vládní stabilita v České republice a volební systém poměrného zastoupení. Politologický časopis, roč. 5, č. 2, s. 115-136. Brno, 1998.
  • LIJPHART, A. Electoral Systems and Party Systems. A Study of Twenty-Seven Democracies 1945-1990. Oxford, 1995. ISBN 978-01-9828-054-5.
  • SARTORI, G. Srovnávací ústavní inženýrství. Praha, 2001. ISBN 80-85850-94-.
  • STRMISKA, M.; HLOUŠEK, V.; KOPEČEK, L.; CHYTILEK, R. Politické strany moderní Evropy. Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7367-038-0.
  • ŠARADÍN, P. Teorie voleb druhého řádu a možnosti jejich aplikace v České republice. Olomouc, 2008. ISBN 978-80-244-1876-6.
  • ŠEDO, J. Návrhy volební reformy a posun ve volebním inženýrství v České republice. Evropská volební studia, roč. 4, č. 1, s. 48-55. 2009.
  • ŠEDO, J. Volební systémy postkomunistických zemí. Brno, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7325-137-6.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Political Science (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter