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Lecturer(s)
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Bařinka Kapitán, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Burdová Žaneta, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Introduction to study of political science, political science in social sciences Normative political science - political theory, theories of democracy Normative political science - political philosophy Normative political science - ideologies System analysis Types of governmnent, political regimes of democratic countries Theory of democracy vs. non-democratic systems Political actors and political parties Party systems Elections and electoral systems
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 55 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 36 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and explain the basics of scientific work in the social sciences |
| to distinguish individual kinds of professional outputs |
| Skills |
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| to use international resource databases to find relevant sources of information |
| to create formally acceptable academic paper |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize the political agents and their role in the political system |
| to characterize the periods of the development of the discipline |
| to categorize fundamental research currents in political science |
| to recognize and classify fundamental topics of political science |
| to characterize the fundamental subfields of political science |
| to explain the differences between key concepts of particular research areas |
| to characterize on a basic level the terms of contemporary political theory commonly used in the analysis of political institutions and process |
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| to use appropriate terminology in Czech and English language |
| to analyze political affairs on a basic level |
| to interpret on his/her own the findings of different subfields of political science |
| to choose appropriate theoretical approach for interpretation of political processes |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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| Students' portfolio |
| Seminar |
| Individual study |
| Competences |
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| Seminar |
| Students' portfolio |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Written exam |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Berg-Schlosser, Dirk; Stammen, Theo. Úvod do politické vědy. Vyd. 1. Praha : Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 2000. ISBN 80-86130-09-06 (b.
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Cabada, Ladislav; Kubát, Michal. Úvod do studia politické vědy. Praha : Eurolex Bohemia, 2004. ISBN 80-86432-63-7.
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Dočekalová, Pavla; Švec, Kamil,; Daneš, Jaroslav. Úvod do politologie. Vyd. 1. Praha : Grada, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-2940-4.
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Heywood, Andrew. Politologie. 3. vyd. Plzeň : Aleš Čeněk, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7380-115-1.
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Klíma, Michal. Volby a politické strany v moderních demokraciích. Praha : Radix, 1998. ISBN 80-86031-13-6.
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Novák, Miroslav; Lebeda, Tomáš. Volební a stranické systémy : ČR v mezinárodním srovnání. Dobrá Voda : Aleš Čeněk, 2004. ISBN 80-86473-88-0.
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Novák, Miroslav; Miltová, Alena; Ryba, Jiří. Systémy politických stran : úvod do jejich srovnávacího studia. 1. vyd. Praha, 1997. ISBN 80-85850-22-2.
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Říchová, Blanka. Úvod do současné politologie : srovnávací analýza demokratických systémů. Praha : Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-628-4.
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