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Lecturer(s)
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Maškarinec Pavel, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) Robert Dahl - The theory of polyarchy 2) Schumpeter's analysis of democratic processes 3) Huntington's theory of waves 4) Theory of consociational democracy 5) Lijphart explanation of consociational democracy 6) Contemporary examples of consociational democracy 7) Iraqi model 8) Today's attempts to implement a model of consociational democracy 9) Lijphart theory of majority and consensual democracy comparison 10) Fragile and established democracy - theory and practice I 11) Fragile and established democracy - theory and practice II 12) Theory and practice of direct democracy 13) - "-
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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In the second term of the course, students will get acquainted with main authors of the theory of democracy, it will be focused on the theory of consociational democracy and its particular examples of the past and present.
Students will get acquainted with the main theories of democracy and their practical realization. This will allow them to get oriented in today's political situation in the world in terms of struggle for democracy. Each student will choose particular examples and try to analyze them from the point of their future development.
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Prerequisites
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Contemporary Political Science Theory I
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Students will prepare 6 - 8 pages of seminar paper. The topic will be approved by the lecturer in advance. Students will prove the ability to find their own topic and analyze it in terms of further development of democracy. At the exam, a lecturer will evaluate the seminar paper after a conversation with the student.
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Recommended literature
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HUNTINGTON, S. P. Třetí vlna. Demokratizace na sklonku 20. století. Brno, 2008.
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KUČERA, R. Filosofické kořeny politiky a politické vědy. Ústí nad Labem, 2014.
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LIJPHART, A. Consociational Democracy, 1969, in: Thinking about Democracy, Part II. London - New York, 2008.
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NOVÁK, M. O stranických a volebních systémech obecně i osobně, in: I. Pospíšil - E. Wagnerová (vyd.) Vladimír Klokočka, Liber amicorum. Praha, 2009.
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SCHUMPETER, J. Kapitalismus, socialismus a demokracie. Brno, 2004.
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