Transition to Democracy in Theory and Praxis II - JPM147
Title: Přechody k demokracii v teorii a praxi II
Guaranteed by: Department of Political Science (23-KP)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2021
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 5
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/2, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (9999)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: not taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
Guarantor: PhDr. Josef Mlejnek, Ph.D.
Pre-requisite : JPM146
Is pre-requisite for: JPM006
Examination dates   Schedule   Noticeboard   
Annotation -
The course is held in the Czech language. This course is focused on transitions to democracy. The first part of the course is a review of various theoretical approaches to the study of transitions. In the second part of the course, we examine some of case studies: Spain, Portugal, Chile, Poland and the fall of communism.
Last update: MLEJNEKJ (16.04.2008)
Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to reach better understanding transition processes in the world.

Last update: MLEJNEKJ (13.10.2008)
Literature -

Readings:


1) Theoretical approaches


Dvořáková, Vladimíra; Kunc, Jiří: O přechodech k demokracii, SLON, Praha 1996

Huntington, Samuel P.: The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991

Linz, J. J.; Stepan, A.: Problems of democratic transition and consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, London, 1996

Przeworski, Adam: Democracy and the market: political and economic reforms in Eastern Europe and Latin America, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge; New York; Melbourne 1991, 1995


2) Spain and Portugal


Chalupa, Jiří: Jak umírá diktatura. Pád Frankova režimu ve Španělsku, Votobia 1997

Klíma, Jan: Salazar - tichý diktátor, Aleš Skřivan, Praha 2005

Kunc, Jiří: Stranické systémy v re/konstrukci, SLON, Praha 2000 - kapitola o Španělsku

O\'Donnell, Guilermo; Schmitter Philippe C.; Whitehead Laurence (eds): Transitions from authoritarian rule: southern Europe, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1991

Preston, Paul: Franco, BB art, Praha 2001

Vilallonga, José Luis de, Hovory s Juanem Carlosem, králem španělským, Český spisovatel, Praha 1995

Linz, Stepan: viz 1)


3) Chile


Caviedes, César N: Elections in Chile: the road toward redemocratization, Linne Rienner, Boulder 1991

Chalupa, Jiří: Dějiny Argentiny, Uruguaye a Chile, Nakladatelství Lidové Noviny, Praha 1999

Mainwaring, Scott: "Presidentialism, multipartism, and democracy: The difficult combination". Comparative Political Studies, 26, 1993, 198 - 227

Rabkin, Rhoda: "Redemocratization, electoral engineering, and party strategies in Chile, 1989 - 1995", Comparative Political Studies, 29, 1996, 335 - 356

Vial, Gonzalo: Pinochet. Portrét diktátora, Prostor, Praha 2007


4) Poland, the fall of communism


Aron, Raymond, Demokracie a totalitarismus, Atlantis, Brno 1993

Ash, Timothy Garton: Rok zázraků 1989, Lidové noviny Praha 1991

Cabada, Ladislav; Dvořáková, Vladimíra a kol: Komparace politických systémů III, VŠE, Praha 2000

Durman, Karel: Útěk od praporů. Kreml a krize impéria 1964 - 1991, Karolinum, Praha 1998

Irmanová, Eva: Kádárismus. Vznik a pád jedné iluze. Karolinum, Praha 1998

Kontler, László: Dějiny Maďarska, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, Praha 2001

Kubát, Michal: Politika v Polsku po roce 1989. Volby, volební systémy a jejich politické konsekvence, Karolinum, Praha 2000

Michnik, Adam: Sokratův stín, Doplněk, Kalligram, Brno 1998

Paczkowski, Andrzej: Půl století dějin Polska 1939 - 1989, Academia, Praha 2000

Rupnik, Jacques: Jiná Evropa, Prostor, Praha 1992

Solidarita. Polské nezávislé odbory od svého vzniku až po vyhlášení výjimečného stavu, Rozmluvy, Purley, 1987

Tigrid, Pavel: Dnešek je váš, zítřek je náš. Dělnické revolty v komunistických zemích, Vokno, Praha 1990

Last update: MLEJNEKJ (28.01.2014)
Teaching methods -

There will be a lecture and a seminar.

Last update: MLEJNEKJ (16.04.2008)
Requirements to the exam -

Seminar paper and verbal exam.

Last update: MLEJNEKJ (14.09.2011)
Syllabus -

1) Theoretical approaches.

2) Spain, Portugal; comparison.

3) Chile.

4) Poland, Solidarity movement.

5) The fall of communism.

Last update: MLEJNEKJ (16.04.2008)