JAN EVANGELISTA PURKYNĚ UNIVERSITY IN ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM
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Course: Traditions of Czech politics

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Course title Traditions of Czech politics
Course code KFHS/N500
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
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)
  • Kocian Jiří, prof. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
1. Ideas about tzhe Czech statehood in the years 1848-1918. 2. The emergence of the Czechoslovak state as one of the three transformation models in Central Europe. 3. Political elites of the interwar Czechoslovakia. 4. Programs and emancipation processes 1918-1938. 5. Czechoslovakia in European politics in the 1930s and 1940s. 6. State system and legislation in the years 1938-1945. 7. Restoration of the state in the era of the Cold War. 8. Changes in property relations after 1945. 9. Social reality of Czech society after the Second World War. 10. Advent and consolidation of the communist regime. 11. Persecution of citizens as a form of state policy. 12. Nations and nationalities in a common state. 13. Changes in statehood - from the reform of 1968 to the restoration of democracy in 1989.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course focuses on the traditions and development of Czech politics and selected areas of state policy and state institutions in the Czech lands and Czechoslovakia during the 20th century with an emphasis on the period of existence of a common state of Czechs and Slovaks in 1918-1992. The interpretation includes the political, social and cultural changes that Czech society in particular has undergone. The international context will also be monitored and attention will be paid to the beginnings of modern Czech statehood in the period after the fall of communism and on the path to the division of the common state.
The student is able to use professional terminology. The student is able to characterize the concept of statehood. The student is able to clarify the influence of basic systemic changes in the 20th century on the development of Czech (or Czechoslovak) statehood. The student is able to characterize the political, social and cultural changes that Czech society has gone through.
Prerequisites
None

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
To successfully complete the course, it is required: 1) Pre-Exam Credit: to submit a seminar paper; 2) Exam: an oral exam.
Recommended literature
  • BARTLOVÁ, M. a kol. Československo? Kulturní konstrukce státní identity. Praha: UMPRUM, 2017. ISBN 978-80-87989-23-4.
  • Broklová, Eva. Československá demokracie. Politický systém 1918-1938. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 1992. ISBN 80-901059-6-3.
  • Gebhart, Jan, Kuklík, Jan. Druhá republika 1938-1939: Svár demokracie a totality v politickém, společenském a kulturním životě. Praha ? Litomyšl: Paseka, 2004. ISBN 80-7185-626-6.
  • JÁNOŠÍKOVÁ, P. - KNOLL, V. - RUNDOVÁ, A. Mezníky českých právních dějin. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7380-251-6.
  • Kalinová,L. Společenské proměny v čase socialistického experimentu. Academia, 2007.
  • KAPLAN, K. - PALEČEK, P. Komunistický režim a politické procesy v Československu. Brno, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7364-049-1.
  • Kárník, Z. Malé dějiny československé (1867-1939). Praha, 2008.
  • Kostrbová, Lucie, Malínská, Jana a kol. 1918: Model komplexního transformačního procesu?. Praha: Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR, v. v. i., 2010. ISBN 978-80-86495-57-6.
  • KUKLÍK, J. Mýty a realita tzv. Benešových dekretů.. Praha: Linde, 2008. ISBN 80-7201-352-1.
  • KUKLÍK, J. O české státnosti. Úvahy a polemiky. 3/Demokratický a laický stát. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. ISBN 978-80-246-1642-1.
  • Kuklík, Jan. Londýnský exil a obnova československého státu 1938-1945. Právní a politické aspekty obnovy Československa z hlediska prozatímního státního zřízení ČSR v emigraci. Praha: Karolinum,, 1998. ISBN 80-7184-665-1.
  • MARŠÁLEK, P. Protektorá Čechy a Morava. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. ISBN 80-246-0302-0.
  • Němeček, Jan a kol. 1938: Československo a krize demokracie ve střední Evropě ve 30. a 40. letech XX. století. Hledání východisek. Praha: Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., 2010. ISBN 978-80-7286-156-9.
  • Pernes, Jiří. Krize komunistického režimu v Československu v 50. letech 20. století. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7325-154-3.
  • Rychlík J. Češi a Slováci ve 20.století. 1.2. Bratislava - Praha: Academic Electronic Press 1997-1998 Rychlík J., Češi a Slováci ve 20.století. 1.2. Bratislava - Praha: Academic Electronic Press Rychlík J., Češi a Slováci ve 20.století. 1.2. Bratislava - Praha: Academic Electronic Press 1997-1998 Rychlík J., Češi a Slováci ve 20.století. 1.2. Bratislava - Praha: Academic Electronic Press 1997-1998. 1998.
  • Veber, Václav. Osudové únorové dny. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7106-941-6.


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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