| Course title | Elections and Electoral Systems II |
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| Course code | KPF/B076 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| 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) |
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| Course content |
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1. Crucial electoral behavior and decisions-making I. 2. Crucial electoral behavior and decision-making II. 3. Quantitative research into the effects of electoral systems: Measuring party systems. Measuring the size of party systems: the effective number of parties. 4. Quantitative research into the effects of electoral systems II. The stability of the party system - volatility. Strategic effects of electoral systems. 5. Electoral Geography I. 6. Electoral Geography II. 7. Theory of second-order elections and European Parliament elections in the Czech Republic. 8. Electoral Engineering and significant electoral reforms I. 9. Electoral Engineering and significant electoral reforms II. 10. Electoral Engineering and significant electoral reforms III.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The course will extend the knowledge gained in the course of Electoral Systems I and will get students familiarized with individual topics, which are engaged in electoral studies, namely - analysis of electoral behavior and voters' decisions, quantitative research of electoral system outputs, electoral geography, the theory of second-order elections and electoral engineering.
Students can use academic terminology. They can characterize the different approaches explaining voters' decisions in elections. Students can use basic techniques of quantitative research of the effects of electoral systems. They can distinguish basic approaches in electoral geography. They can use the theory of second-order elections. They can describe examples of selected electoral reforms, their causes and effects on the party system. |
| Prerequisites |
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Elections and Electoral Systems I
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
To obtain a credit: it is required to write an essay in the extent of 6-10 pages. |
| Recommended literature |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| 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: - |