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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. Introduction to the study, acquaintance with the literature and requirements for completing the course. 2. What is democracy and what is (not yet). Theoretical reflection of the concept of democracy in history and the present. 3. Democratic transformations (R. A. Dahl) and waves of democratization (S. P. Huntington; R. Doorenspleet). 4. Historical types of undemocratic regimes. 5. Theory and practice of totalitarianism and authoritarianism. 6. Transitions to democracy in theory and practice, consolidation and deconsolidation of democracy. 7. Factors of successful and unsuccessful democratization. 8. Modern types of non-democratic regimes: problems of classification of modern non-democratic regimes. 9. Hybridization of political regimes. 10. The crisis of democracy: "dissatisfied democrats" and "critical citizens". 11. Autocratization trends in the 21st century: normative starting points. 12. Autocratization trends in the 21st century: methods of measurement. 13. Current alternatives to the liberal-democratic model of governance.
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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 aim of the course is to acquaint students with both the perspectives and especially the threats facing the 21st century liberal-democratic model of government. For these reasons, the course is thematically structured into five units. The first deals with the very definition of democracy and its historical development. The second focuses on the theory and practice of undemocratic regimes. Third on the transition to democracy and the consolidation of democracy. The fourth on current trends in the conception, study and classification of undemocratic regimes. Finally, the fifth on the crisis of democracy, autocratizing trends and alternatives to the liberal-democratic model of governance that can be encountered in today's world.
The student is able to use professional terminology. The student distinguishes individual theoretical approaches used in the current research of undemocratic regimes. The student is able to characterize the specifics of individual types of undemocratic regimes. The student knows various criteria for the consolidation of democracy. The student is familiar with the issue of hybridization of political regimes and alternatives to the liberal-democratic model of governance.
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Prerequisites
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None
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
To successfully complete the course, it is required: 1) Pre-Exam Credit: active participation in seminars (at least 75%), to submit a seminar paper; 2) Exam: a written exam in the form of a test examines the student's ability to analyze and interpret selected issues of liberal democracy and general democratic and non-democratic forms of government on the basis of reading and studying professional literature.
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Recommended literature
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Blokker, P. New democracies in crisis? A comparative constitutional study of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. London, 2014.
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CASSANI, A. ? TOMINI, L. Autocratization in post-Cold War Political Regimes. Cham, 2019.
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HLOUŠEK, V., KOPEČEK, L. a ŠEDO, J. Politické systémy. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2018. ISBN 978-80-7485-150-6.
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LEVITSKY, S. ? ZIBLATT, D. How Democracies Die. What History Reveals About Our Future. New York, 2018.
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LINZ, J. ? STEPAN, A. Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe. Baltimore, 1996.
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