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Introduction to Political Science - JPB168
Title: Úvod do politologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Political Science (23-KP)
Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
Actual: from 2021
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 6
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: 999 / unknown (150)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. Dr. habil. MA PhDr. Petra Guasti, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. Dr. habil. MA PhDr. Petra Guasti, Ph.D.
Class: Courses for LLEP
Incompatibility : JPB254
Is incompatible with: JPB254
Is interchangeable with: JPB254
In complex pre-requisite: JPB202
Annotation -
Last update: doc. Dr. habil. MA PhDr. Petra Guasti, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)
The course introduces bachelor's program students to the basics of political science as a social science discipline. The course is divided into three blocks. In the first block, we will first become familiar with the fundamentals - the definition, development, and method of political science, as well as basic concepts and ideologies. In the second block, we will focus on institutions, actors, and processes examined in comparative politics. In the third block, we will then address selected current topics - populism and democratic innovations. The third block serves as an invitation to further advanced courses.
Course completion requirements -
Last update: doc. Dr. habil. MA PhDr. Petra Guasti, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

• The communication platform for this course will be Moodle, where all texts will be available, group projects will be conducted, and testing will take place.

• A fundamental requirement is that all participants of the course thoroughly acquaint themselves with the required reading for each lecture before the respective class.

• The purpose of the recommended reading is to encourage students to gain a deeper understanding of the presented topics.

• Students are also encouraged to utilize the library and other resources available at the university. During consultations, you have the opportunity to ask the instructors for additional reading recommendations.

REQUIREMENTS

1. QACQ

QACQ is a one-page text from the reading. Summarizing is a passive form of learning – you are repeating information contained in the text. The QACQ model is different – it focuses on thinking about the reading.
QACQ:
Q: Choose a quote.
A: Explain the main idea of the quote.
C: Explain the relevance of the quote to the entire text – what role does the quote play in the text.
Q: Formulate a question.

Approximate length: 300 words.

Students whose last names begin with letters A-F will submit QACQs in weeks 4 and 8.
Students whose last names begin with letters G-M will submit QACQs in weeks 5 and 9.
Students whose last names begin with letters N-R will submit QACQs in weeks 6 and 10.
Students whose last names begin with letters S-Z will submit QACQs in weeks 7 and 11.

Each student will write and submit a minimum of 2 QACQs during the course, based on their choice of text from the recommended reading list for that week.

QACQs must be sent electronically no later than 48 hours before the relevant lecture because the questions serve as the basis for group discussions (the second "Q" in QACQ). Submission of QACQs takes place through Moodle upload.

You have the opportunity to write a 3rd QACQ – for lecture number 12 – which leads to a 10% improvement in the grade.

2. GROUP PROJECT

Students will form groups of three.

Each group will choose one country from the list:

Europe: Albania, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Croatia, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Moldova, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

Asia: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Burma, China, Philippines, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Jordan, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.

Africa: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Cameroon, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Americas: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Chile, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela.

Australia and Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea.

Each group will provide basic information:

• Establishment, regime (democracy-autocracy), and its transformation.
• Governance system (parliamentary-presidential) and party system (one-party-two-party-multi-party).
• Key actors over the past 20 years.
• Evaluate democratization and autocratization processes in the country from 2000-2021, focusing on democracy, economy, governance, and specific issues (e.g., natural resource management, polarization, consensus-building ability, international integration, international cooperation).

Format similar to Wikipedia, BUT with proper citations for all information. Zero tolerance for plagiarism.

Length: minimum 2500 words (references and footnotes are not counted).

Possible sources:
Freedom House / Nations in Transit annual reports https://freedomhouse.org/countries/freedom-world/scores
Bertelsmann Transformation Index https://bti-project.org/en/?&cb=00000
Bertelsmann Sustainable Governance Indicators https://www.sgi-network.org/2020/Publications#Studies

and other information from academic literature (NOT Wikipedia).
Group projects must be uploaded to Moodle no later than week 12 of the course.

3. INTERIM TESTS

Each course participant will complete two interim tests (multiple choice). The first test will be based on the lectures and required readings in Block 1.

The second test will be based on the lectures and required readings in Block 2. Each test will have ten questions, randomly selected for each student from a pool of questions - the tests will not be identical.

Students will have three attempts to complete each test and choose the best score.

4. FINAL EXAM

During the exam period, students will register for the final exam. This test will consist of closed (multiple choice) and open questions. The test will be based on the lectures and required readings in Blocks 1 to 3. To pass the test successfully, a complete understanding of the required reading and discussions during the lectures is expected.

LOGIC
The aim of these requirements is to introduce students to the basics of political science. This should teach students to think reflectively and perceive political science from a theoretically and empirically informed perspective. Active participation is expected - each session (4-12) will include a part dedicated to discussing selected questions from the submitted QACQs.

GRADE COMPOSITION
QACQs (20%)
Group Project (20%)
On-going Tests (30%)
Final Exam (30%)
Opportunity for grade improvement: third QACQ (10%)

Literature - Czech
Last update: doc. Dr. habil. MA PhDr. Petra Guasti, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)

Povinná četba

 Hroch, M. (2019). Formování moderního národa v Evropě. In Novák, M. (ed.) Úvod do studia politiky. Praha: SLON, pp. 730-745.

Wallimann, I., Tatsis, N. C., & Zito, G. V. (1977). On Max Weber's definition of power. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Sociology13(3), 231-235.

Hayward, C., & Lukes, S. (2008). Nobody to shoot? Power, structure, and agency: A dialogue. Journal of Power1(1), 5-20.

Rosůlek, P. (2002). Politické ideologie. In Cabada, L., Kubát, M. a kol. Úvod do studia politické vědy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, pp. 132-160.

Sartori, G. (1962). Constitutionalism: a preliminary discussion. American Political Science Review56(4), 853-864.

 Rosenfeld, M., Sadurski, W., & Toniatti, R. (2015). Central and Eastern European constitutionalism a quarter century after the fall of the Berlin Wall: Introduction to the Symposium. International journal of constitutional law13(1), 119-123.

Moe, T. M., & Caldwell, M. (1994). The institutional foundations of democratic government: A comparison of presidential and parliamentary systems. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE)/Zeitschrift für die gesamte Staatswissenschaft150(1), 171-195.

Kubát, M. (2002). Volby a volební systémy. In Cabada, L., Kubát, M. a kol. Úvod do studia politické vědy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, pp. 267-298.

Novák, M. (2019). Strany a stranické systémy. In Novák, M. (ed.) Úvod do studia politiky. Praha: SLON, pp. 610-640

Kubát, M. (2019). Demokratické politické režimy. In Novák, M. (ed.) Úvod do studia politiky. Praha: SLON, pp. 786-805.

Schmitter, P. C., & Karl, T. L. (1991). What democracy is... and is not. Journal of democracy2(3), 75-88.

Urbinati, N. (2018). Moc populismu. In. Urbinati, N. Znetvořená demokracie. Praha: Karolinum, pp. 175-195.

Zaremberg, G., & Welp, Y. (2019). Beyond Utopian and Dystopian Approaches to Democratic Innovations. Recerca. Revista de Pensament i Anàlisi, 25(1), 45-59.

 

 

Doporučená četba

Novák, M. (2019). Politika a Politologie: Úvod do politické vědy. In Novák, M. (ed.) Úvod do studia politiky. Praha: SLON, pp. 28-58.

Beneš, V, Císař, O., Drulák, P. (2019). Výzkum politiky a jeho epistemologické, metodologické a normativní souvislosti. In Metodologie výzkumu politiky, Beneš, V., Drulák, P. (eds.). Praha: SLON, pp. 19-39.

Sartori, G. (2004). Where is political science going?. PS: Political Science & Politics37(4), 785-787.

Sartori, G. (1991). Comparing and miscomparing. Journal of theoretical politics3(3), 243-257.

Hroch, M. (2019). Mezinárodní diskuse o problematice utváření moderního národa. In Novák, M. (ed.) Úvod do studia politiky. Praha: SLON, pp. 714-729.

Hroch, M. (2020). The nation as the cradle of nationalism and patriotism. Nations and Nationalism26(1), 5-21.

Havel, V. (2018). The power of the powerless. East European Politics and Societies32(2), 353-408. rovněž v knihovně v českém jazyce jako Moc bezmocných

Ringen, S. (2005). Volnost, svoboda a skutečná svoboda. Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review41(05), 903-918.

Zürn, M., & De Wilde, P. (2016). Debating globalization: cosmopolitanism and communitarianism as political ideologies. Journal of Political Ideologies21(3), 280-301.

Sekerák, M. (2019). Towards conservatism? Party politics in Slovakia at the end of the 2010s. European View18(2), 233-241.

Rosůlek, P. (2002). Politické ideologie. In Cabada, L., Kubát, M. a kol. Úvod do studia politické vědy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, pp. 161-178.

Pospíšil, I. (2019). Aktivistický ústavní soud jako korektiv politiky: Struktura, obsazení a judikatura. In Lorenz, A. Formánková, H. Politický systém Česka. Brno: CDK, pp. 129-148.

Sadurski, W. (2020). Constitutional democracy in the time of elected authoritarians. International Journal of Constitutional Law18(2), 324-333.

Sadurski, W. (2019). Anti-constitutional Populist Backsliding. In Sadurski, W. Poland`s Constitutional Breakdown. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Pithart, P. (2014). Úvaha o prezidentech na hradě českých králů. Dvě dispozice: k pasivitě v podhradí a k vůdcovství na Hradě. Politologická revue20(2), 5-18.

Kubát, M. (2002). Politické režimy – formy vlády. In Cabada, L., Kubát, M. a kol. Úvod do studia politické vědy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, pp. 200-217.

Brunclík, M., & Kubát, M. (2016). The Czech Parliamentary Regime After 1989: Origins, Developments and Challenges. Acta Politologica8(2).

Kubát, M. (2002). Volby a volební systémy. In Cabada, L., Kubát, M. a kol. Úvod do studia politické vědy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, pp. 299-321.

Lebeda, T. (2019). Volební systémy. In Novák, M. (ed.) Úvod do studia politiky. Praha: SLON, pp. 673-709.

Lorenz, A. (2019). Záhadná krize demokratizace: Politika v Česku jako předmět výzkumu, In Lorenz, A. Formánková, H. Politický systém Česka. Brno:CDK, pp. 5-20.

 Kubát, M. (2002). Političtí aktéři. In Cabada, L., Kubát, M. a kol. Úvod do studia politické vědy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, pp. 219-243.

Balík, S. a Hloušek, V. (2019). Nepřetržitá volební kampaň a úskalí poměrného volebního systému v podmínkách nestabilních stran: Volby a stranický systém v Česku. In Lorenz, A. Formánková, H. Politický systém Česka. Brno: CDK, pp. 87-108.

Novák, M. (2019). Strany a stranické systémy. In Novák, M. (ed.) Úvod do studia politiky. Praha: SLON, pp. 641-667.

Kubát, M. (2019). Nedemokratické politické režimy. In Novák, M. (ed.) Úvod do studia politiky. Praha: SLON, pp. 813-833.

Bílek, J. (2015). Hybridní režimy jako svébytná kategorie politických režimů: Komparace vybraných přístupů. Středoevropské politické studie17(2), 212-233.

Deligiaouri, A., & Suiter, J. (2019). Assessing Democracy In Vitro, In Vivo, and In Actu and the Role of Democratic Theory Today. Democratic Theory6(2), 70-84.

Guasti, P. (2019). Stáčení k dekonsolidaci? Konsolidace demokracie

a občanská společnost v České republice. In Lorenz, A. Formánková, H. Politický systém Česka. Brno: CDK, pp. 40-64.

Bermeo, N. (2016). On democratic backsliding. Journal of Democracy27(1), 5-19.

Bustikova, L., & Guasti, P. (2017). The illiberal turn or swerve in Central Europe?. Politics and Governance5(4), 166-176

Urbinati, N. (2018). Moc populismu. In. Urbinati, N. Znetvořená demokracie. Praha: Karolinum, pp. 195-227.

Buštíková, L., & Guasti, P. (2019). The state as a firm: Understanding the autocratic roots of technocratic populism. East European Politics and Societies33(2), 302-330.

Bíba, J. (2013). Populismus a reprezentativní demokracie: k možnosti populismu jako emancipační strategie. Politologická revue19(1), 87-105.

Fung, A. (2003). Survey article: recipes for public spheres: eight institutional design choices and their consequences. Journal of political philosophy11(3), 338-367.

Curato, N., & Fossati, D. (2020). Authoritarian Innovations: Crafting support for a less democratic Southeast Asia. Democratization27(6), 1006-1020.

Chambers, S., & Gastil, J. (2020). Deliberation, Democracy, and the Digital Landscape. Political Studies, 0032321719901123

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: doc. Dr. habil. MA PhDr. Petra Guasti, Ph.D. (25.09.2023)

Students must know compulsory literature, presentations in Moodle and basic information from optional literature (according to the syllabus ) to pass two test and final exam (all as test in Moodle).

Entry requirements - Czech
Last update: doc. Dr. habil. MA PhDr. Petra Guasti, Ph.D. (20.09.2022)

Žádné.

Registration requirements - Czech
Last update: doc. Dr. habil. MA PhDr. Petra Guasti, Ph.D. (20.09.2022)

Kurz je určen pro studenty prvního ročníku programu Politologie a mezinárodní vztahy. 

 
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