Course: Czech Political System Since 1989

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Course title Czech Political System Since 1989
Course code KPF/B240
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Charvát Jakub, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course is designed as an introduction to the study of Czech politics after 1989. The first part of the course focuses on the brief introduction of the institutional structure of the Czech political system, second part analyses the most recent issues of Czech politics.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course aims to acquaint students with the constitutional and institutional framework of the Czech political system and its formal and informal mechanisms and procedures of the governance process and to contextualise current issues of Czech politics.
The graduate of the course should be able to orientate in the basic relations, procedures and mechanisms of the Czech political system.
Prerequisites
no prerequisities

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Written exam, 4 open questions, each of the following: 1. constitutional powers of the main political institutions 2. the most important procedures of Czech political system 3. electoral systems and governance process 4. the most recent issues of Czech politics
Recommended literature
  • Bureš, J., Charvát, J., Just, P., Štefek, M. Česká demokracie po roce 1989: institucionální základy české politiky. Praha, 2012. ISBN 978-80-247-4283-0.
  • Cabada, L., Vodička, K. Politický systém České republiky: historie a současnost. Praha, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7367-893-7.
  • Charvát, J. Krize politické stranictví a noví straničtí aktéři v české politice. Praha, 2016. ISBN 978-80-87956-47-2.
  • Charvát, J. Politika volebních reforem v České republice po 1989. Praha, 2013. ISBN 978-80-247-4700-2.
  • Kopeček, L. Deformace demokracie? Opoziční smlouva a česká politika 1998?2002. Brno, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7485-031-8.
  • Kopeček, L. Éra nevinnosti. Česká politika 1989?1997. Brno, 2010. ISBN 978-80-87029-98-5.
  • Lorenz, Astrid. Politický systém Česka. Brno, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7325-483-4.
  • Suk, J. Labyrintem revoluce. Aktéři, zápletky a křižovatky jedné politické krize (od listopadu 1989 do června 1990).. Praha, 2009.


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): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A8) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Political Science (Two-Subject Combination) (A8) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Political Science (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Social sciences - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Education Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -