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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (21.01.2020)
The course is divided into two parts. The first part of the course shall present key theoretical concepts that are essential for understanding major constitutional differences between Western democracies in a comparative perspective. It will discuss three democratic regimes types (presidentialism, semi-presidentialism and parliamentarism) in terms of their conceptualizations. The second part of the course shall focus on several key model countries that represent useful empirical cases of conceptual models presented in the first part: the USA, the UK and Germany and France. The course shall be completed with seminar where students shall present their papers on various theoretical or empirical themes closely connected to the course focus. |
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (21.01.2020)
The aim of the course is to provide students with major analytical and conceptual tools to compare democratic polities of Western countries. The students will also gain a significant portion of empirical facts about democatic systems of the Western polities. |
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (21.02.2024)
In order to sucessfully accomplish the course, students are obliged:
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (13.02.2021)
Class 1 Constitutions and Constitutionalism Readings: Sartori, Giovanni. 1962. Constitutionalism. A Preliminary Discussion. The American political science review 56(4): 853-864
Class 2 Democratic Regime Types Readings: Elgie, Robert. 2005. From Linz to Tsebelis: three waves of presidential/parliamentary studies?. Democratization 12(1): 106-122.
Class 3 Heads of States in a Comparative Perspective Readings: Tavits, Margit. 2009. Presidents with prime ministers: Do direct elections matter?. Oxford: Oxford University Press chapter 1
Class 4 Constitutional Conventions Readings: Taylor, Greg. 2014. Convention by consensus: Constitutional conventions in Germany. International Journal of Constitutional Law 12(2): 303-329.
Class 5 Political System of the USA (I) Readings: US Election Booklet 2020
Class 6 Political System of the USA (II) Readings: Marshall, William. 2008. Eleven reasons why presidential power inevitably expands and why it matters."Boston University Law Review 88: 505-522
Class 7 Political System of the USA (III) Readings: Heitshusen, Valerie. 2020. Introduction to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Class 8 Political system of the United Kingdom (I) Loughlin, Martin. 2015. The British Constitution: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Class 9 Political system of the United Kingdom (II) Readings: Garnett, Mark and Philip Lynch. 2009. Exploring the British Politics. 2nd edition. London: Pearson and Longman. Chapter 8.
Class 10 Political system of the United Kingdom (III) Readings: Garnett, Mark and Philip Lynch. 2009. Exploring the British Politics. 2nd edition. London: Pearson and Longman. Chapter 7.
Class 11 Political system of France Knapp, Andrew, and Vincent Wright. 2006.The government and politics of France. Routledge. Chapter 4.
Class 12 Political system of Germany Saalfeld, Thomas. 2003. Germany: Multiple Veto Points, Informal Co-ordination, and Problems of Hidden Action. In: Strøm, Kaare, Torbjörn Bergman, and Wolfgang C. Müller, eds. Delegation and accountability in parliamentary democracies. Oxford University Press (p. 347-375). |
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (21.02.2024)
The course is based on lectures, seminars, and homework (readings and quizzes). |
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (03.02.2023)
Class 1 Constitutions and Constitutionalism Readings: Sartori, Giovanni. 1962. Constitutionalism. A Preliminary Discussion. The American political science review 56(4): 853-864
Class 2 Democratic Regime Types Readings: Elgie, Robert. 2005. From Linz to Tsebelis: three waves of presidential/parliamentary studies?. Democratization 12(1): 106-122.
Class 3 Heads of States in a Comparative Perspective Readings: Tavits, Margit. 2009. Presidents with prime ministers: Do direct elections matter?. Oxford: Oxford University Press chapter 1
Class 4 Constitutional Conventions Readings: Taylor, Greg. 2014. Convention by consensus: Constitutional conventions in Germany. International Journal of Constitutional Law 12(2): 303-329.
Class 5 Political System of the USA (I) Readings: US Election Booklet 2020
Class 6 Political System of the USA (II) Readings: Marshall, William. 2008. Eleven reasons why presidential power inevitably expands and why it matters."Boston University Law Review 88: 505-522
Class 7 Political System of the USA (III) Readings: Heitshusen, Valerie. 2020. Introduction to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Class 8 Political system of the United Kingdom (I) Readinigs: Louhglin, Martin. 2015. The British Constitution: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Introduction and chapter 1.
Class 9 Political system of the United Kingdom (II) Readings: Garnett, Mark and Philip Lynch. 2009. Exploring the British Politics. 2nd edition. London: Pearson and Longman. Chapter 8.
Class 10 Political system of the United Kingdom (III) Readings: Garnett, Mark and Philip Lynch. 2009. Exploring the British Politics. 2nd edition. London: Pearson and Longman. Chapter 7.
Class 11 Political system of France Knapp, Andrew, and Vincent Wright. 2006.The government and politics of France. Routledge. Chapter 4.
Class 12 Political system of Germany Saalfeld, Thomas. 2003. Germany: Multiple Veto Points, Informal Co-ordination, and Problems of Hidden Action. In: Strøm, Kaare, Torbjörn Bergman, and Wolfgang C. Müller, eds. Delegation and accountability in parliamentary democracies. Oxford University Press (p. 347-375).
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