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Lecturer(s)
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Bařinka Kapitán, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. What is politics? Historical roots of thinking about politics. 2. Political Science as an independent scientific discipline - historical development. Political Science in the Czech Republic. 3. Political Science in the context of other scientific disciplines. Political Science - Political Thoery - Political Philosophy 4. The State and governance. Sovereignty, nation, supranationality. 5. Constitutionalism. Political order and the law state 6. Power, authority, legitimacy 7. Key concepts of modern politics - democracy, humar rights, liberty, citizenship, equality, justice, tolerance 8. Political economy and the state. Equality, social justice, welfare. Ownership, planning, market. 9. Classical ideologies: conservatism and liberalism. 10. Classical ideologies: anarchism, socialism, nationalism 11. Ideologies of non-democratic political systems: fascism, national socialism, communism, Islamic fundamentalism 12. New ideologies: environmentalism and feminism
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Discussion, Students' portfolio, Individual study, Self-study of literature, Lecture, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
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- 10 hours per semester
- Team project (50/number of students)
- 8 hours per semester
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| Students will get acquainted with basic concepts and terms udes in Political Science. They will make a clear sense of what Political Science is and what are its tasks. Students will be able to describe the development and extablishment of Politics, define the key objects of its interest, name affiliated disciplines and classify the subdisciplines of Political Science. Students will be capable of describing crucial political concepts and ideologies and relate them to political and historical events. |
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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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DRYZEK, John S. - HONIG, Bonne - PHILLIPS, Anne. The Oxford Handbook of Political Theory. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2006.
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Fiala, Petr. Německá politologie. Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury: Brno, 1995.
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Fiala, Petr; Schubert, Klaus. Moderní analýza politiky : uvedení do teorií a metod policy analysis. Brno : Barrister & Principal, 2000. ISBN 80-85947-50-1.
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GAUS, Gerald F. - KUKATHAS, Chandran. Handbook of Political Theory. SAGE: Londýn, Dillí, Thousand Oaks, 2004.
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Gordon, Scott. Controlling the State. Constitutionalism from Ancient Athens to Today. 1999. ISBN 0674009770.
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Hay, Colin; Lister, Michael; Marsh, David. The state : theories and issues. 1st ed. Houndmills : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. ISBN 1-4039-3426-6.
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Heywood, Andrew. Politické ideologie. s. d. Praha : Victoria Publishing, 1994. ISBN 80-85865-10-6.
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Lukes, Steven. Power. A Radical View. Palgrave Macmillan: Houndmills, Basingstoke, 2004.
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Pavlíček, Václav. Ústavní právo a státověda. I. díl, Obecná státověda. Praha : Linde, 1998.
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Říchová, Blanka. Přehled moderních politologických teorií : [empiricko-analytický přístup v soudobé politické vědě]. Vyd. 1. Praha : Portál, 2000. ISBN 80-7178-461-3.
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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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