JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Political opposition in the Czech lands

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Course title Political opposition in the Czech lands
Course code KFHS/B391
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Kocian Jiří, prof. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Definition of the term political opposition and its development. 2. Opposition in democracy to non-democracy. 3. Types and models of political opposition in democracy (R. Dahl, K. v. Beyme, J. Blondel). 4. Anti-system and extreme political opposition. 5. Radical and national opposition in the period of the first Czechoslovak Republic. 6. The model of "loyal" opposition in the second republic. 7. Ideas of the Czech resistance in the protectorate on the simplification of the post-war party system. 8. Exile "opposition" against President Beneš. 9. Forms of opposition activity in the period of the post-war republic. 10. Political opposition in the period 1948-1990 I. 11. Political opposition in the period 1948-1990 II. 12. Democratic and extremist opposition after 1990 I. 13. Democratic and extremist opposition after 1990 II.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course is devoted to the topic of political opposition in the Czech lands. It concentrates the two main blocks. The first presents a theoretical view of the definition of the concept of political opposition and various typological classifications of the concept of political opposition. The second focuses on the form and transformation of the political opposition in the Czech lands, from the period of the first Czechoslovak Republic, through the second republic, the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, the third republic, the communist regime 1948-1990, to the period after 1990.
The student is able to use professional terminology. The student will gain the ability to define the concept of political opposition. The student knows different typologies of political opposition. The student is able to describe, analyze and classify the forms of political opposition in the Czech lands in various stages of the development of Czechoslovakia, respectively. Czech Republic.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
To successfully complete the course, it is required to prepare a seminar paper and passing a written test.
Recommended literature
  • Balík, S. - Hloušek, V. - Holzer, J. - Šedo, J. Politický systém českých zemí 1848-1989. Brno, 2007.
  • Blažek, P. a kol. Opozice a odpor proti komunistickému režimu v Československu. Brno, 2005.
  • Broklová, Eva. Československá demokracie. Politický systém 1918-1938. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1992. ISBN 80-901059-6-3.
  • Dahl, R. Political Oppositions in Western Democracies.. New Haven, 1968.
  • Fiala, P. - Holzer, J. - Mareš, M. - Pšeja, P.. Komunismus v České republice. Brno, 1999.
  • Hoppe, J. Opozice 68. Sociální demokracie KAN a K231. Praha, 2009.
  • J. Gebhart - J. Kuklík. Druhá republika 1938-1939. Praha, 2004.
  • Karel Vodička, Ladislav Cabada. Politický systém České republiky : historie a současnost. Praha, 2011.
  • Kárník, Z. Malé dějiny československé (1867-1939). Praha, 2008.
  • Klimek A. Boj o Hrad, díl I a II. Praha, 1998.
  • Kubát, M. Politická opozice v teorii a středoevropské praxi. Praha, 2010.
  • Kuklík, J. - Němeček, J. Proti Benešovi! Česká a slovenská protibenešovská opozice v Londýně 1939-1945. Praha, 2004.
  • Malíř, J. - Marek, P. a kol. Politické strany a hnutí v českých zemích a Československu 1861-2004.. Brno, 2005.
  • Otáhal, M. Opoziční proudy v české společnosti 1969-1989.. Praha, 2011.


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JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM, date of update: 01.11.2024 23:51. Data created for academic year 2024/2025