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Lecturer(s)
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Charvát Jan, Mgr. Ph.D., M.A.
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Course content
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1. Populism versus social demagoguery. 2. Populism as an ideology. 3. Populism as a "thin-centered" ideology. 4. Populism as a communication strategy. 5. Populist social movements. 6. Populism and democracy. 7. Populism and political extremism. 8. Italy - Forza Italia, Lega Nord, M5. 9. France - Front national / National Rassemblement. 10. The Netherlands - Pim Fortuyn, Geert Wilders. 11. Austria - FPO. 12. Czech Republic - populist far-right parties. 13. Czech Republic - populism in other political parties.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The course focuses on the issue of political populism in European politics. In the first part of the course, we will introduce various theoretical approaches to populism. The second part of the course focuses on the relationship of populism to democracy and extremism. In the last part, we will focus on specific political parties that belong to the family of populism.
The student will get acquainted with the basic theoretical concepts of populism. The student is able to describe the relationship between populism and democracy and populism and extremism. The student will get acquainted with the main populist parties in Europe.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
For successful completion of the course, relevant activity is required during the seminars and submission of seminar work.
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Recommended literature
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Havlík, V. et al. Populist Political Parties in East-Central Europe. Brno, 2012.
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KUBÁT, M., MEJSTŘÍK M., KOCIAN, J. ed. Populismus v časech krize. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, ISBN 978-80-246-3439-5..
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