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Last update: Mgr. Petra Poncarová (21.05.2023)
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Last update: doc. PhDr. Lukáš Linek, Ph.D. (21.09.2023)
The aim of the course is to introduce the basic concepts of political sociology (the political, interest, power, state, regime, democracy). |
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Last update: doc. PhDr. Lukáš Linek, Ph.D. (05.10.2023)
The condition for successful completion of the course is (1) active participation in the course based on the study of compulsory literature; (2) submitting 6 written preparations discussing compulsory reading; (3) presentation at the seminar; (4.) final test. |
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Last update: Mgr. Petra Poncarová (18.05.2023)
All compulsory texts are available at Moodle: https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=8097 1. What is political sociology? What is politics? Recommended: Hay, Colin. 2002. Political Analysis. A Critical Introduction. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave (strany 59–75).
2. Theory of interests. Theory of power - power as a relationship. Required: Hay, Colin. 2002. Political Analysis. A Critical Introduction. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave (strany 168–182). Recommended: Lukes, Steven. 2004. The Power. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. Weber, Max. 1997. Autorita, etika a společnost. Praha: Mladá fronta (kapitola: Mocenská autorita a legitimita)
3. Theory of power – power as a network, discourse. Types of power. Governmentality. Required: Dobratz et a. 2012: kapitola 1: Power Recommended: Foucault, Michel. 2003. Myšlení vnějšku. Praha: Herrmann a synnové (chapter Subjekt a moc) 4. Theory of state Required: Dobratz et a. 2012: kapitola 2: Role of the State Recommended: Hay, Colin, Michael Lister, David Marsh (eds.). 2006. The State. Theories and Issues. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan
5. The political regime and its legitimacy. Theory of democracy (elitist, participatory, pluralist and economic) Required: Held, David. 1992. Models of Democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press and Basil Blackwell (chapter 6: Pluralism, Corporate Capitalism and the State). Recommended: Svenson, Palle. 1995. Teorie demokracie. Brno: CDK. Barker, Rodney. 1990. Political Legitimacy and the State. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
6. Theory of democracy (elitist, participatory, pluralist and economic) Required: Gilens, Martin, Benjamin I. Page. 2014. „Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens.“ Perspectives on Politics 12(3): 564–581. Recommended: Held, David. 1992. Models of Democracy. Cambridge: Polity Press and Basil Blackwell (chapter 9: Deliberative Democracy and the Defence of the Public Realm) Dahl, Robert. 2001. O demokracii. Praha: Portál.
7. Theory of political representation Required: Caramani, Daniele. 2017. “Will vs. Reason: The Populist and Technocratic Forms of Political Representation and Their Critique to Party Government.” American Political Science Review 111 (1): 54–67. doi:10.1017/S0003055416000538. Recommended: Przeworski, Adam, Susan C. Stokes, Bernard Manin (eds.). 1999. Democracy, Accountability and Representation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (chapter 1: Elections and Representation). G. Bingham Powell, Jr. 2000. Elections as Instruments of Democracy: Majority and Proportional Visions. New Haven: Yale University Press.
8. Democratisation and prerequisites of democracy Grugel, Jean. 2002. Democratization: A Critical Introduction. London, New York: Palgrave Macmillan (chapter 3: Theories of Democratization). Recommended: Lipset, Seymour Martin. 1994. „The Social Requisites of Democracy Revisited“, American Sociological Review 59(1): 1–22. Huntington, Samuel. 2008. Třetí vlna. Brno: CDK. Dahl, Robert. 2001. O demokracii. Praha: Portál.
9. Political culture, value orientations and political attitudes Required: Dobratz et a. 2012: kapitola 3: Politics, Culture, and Social Processes Recommended: Inglehart, Donald, Wayne E. Baker. 2000. „Modernization, Cultural Change, and the Persistence of Traditional Values.“ American Sociological Review 65(1): 19–51. Lane, Ruth. 1992. „Political Culture: Residual Category or General Theory?“ Comparative Political Studies 25: 362-387.
10. Political participation Required: Dobratz et a. 2012: kapitola 6: Political Participation Recommended: Vráblíková, Kateřina. 2008. „Politická participace – koncepty a teorie“. Politologický časopis (4): 366–387. Teorell, Jan. 2006. „Political Participation and Three Theories of Democracy: A Research Inventory and Agenda.” European Journal of Political Research 45(5): 787–810.
11. Elections, Voting and Parties Katz, Richard, Peter Mair. 1995. „Changing Models of Party Organization and Party Democracy“. Party Politics 1(1): 5–28. 12. Contemporary issues in political sociology Culpepper, Pepper D., Kathleen Turner. 2020. „Are we Amazon Primed? Consumers and the Politics of Platform Power. Comparative Political Studies 53(2): 288–318. |