711-0303/08 – Political Science (Polit)

Gurantor department	Department of Social Sciences	Credits	4
Subject guarantor	Mgr. Tomáš Zemčík, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	Fiktivní Uživatel
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Choice-compulsory
Year	2	Semester	summer
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	1995/1996	Year of cancellation	2002/2003
Intended for the faculties		Intended for study types

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Credit	2+1

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Student demonstrates basic knowledge in the area of internal and international politics. He can prove orientation in politics, based on the ability of independent judgment and is able, on the basis of knowledge of political science to understand the political situation in the Czech Republic, international politics and the European Union.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars
Individual consultations
Tutorials

Summary

The purpose of this course is to give basic information about political science, its development, traditions, key terms, methods and theories. The course dwells on the problems of ideologies, state, democracy, political systems, political parties, political culture, human rights, international relationships, political aspects of the european integration processes. Course should give students basic knowledge abouot politics as well as the ability of orientation in other particular courses.

Compulsory literature:

HEYWOOD, Andrew. Political Ideologies. 2012 5th edition. Palgrave Macmillan

Recommended literature:

JUDT, Tony. Postwar : a history of Europe since 1948-1990. 2010 London JUDT,Tony, SNYDER, Timothy. Thinking the Twentieth Century. 2013 Palgrave MacMilan

Additional study materials

Study supports in the EduDocs system

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

- Politologie jako společenský jev - Vznik a vývoj politologie, vědy o politice - Dějiny politického myšlení od antiky po současnost - Ideologie. Srovnání hlavních politických myšlenkových směrů současnosti, jejich vliv na vývoj euroamerické civilizace - Podstata, vznik, vývoj a současný stav demokracie - Liberální demokracie a její perspektivy - Soudobé nedemokratické politické systémy - Politický systém společnosti a jeho instituce - Volby a volební systémy - Politické strany. Minulost, současnost, opodstatnění existence - Zájmové a nátlakové skupiny, jejich organizační formy a funkce v politickém systému - Sdělovací prostředky a jejich vliv na politické chování - Politická kultura. Politika a morálka - Práva a svobody člověka v demokratické společnosti - Národnostní otázka. Příčiny a zdroje rasismu a xenofobie - Mezinárodní vztahy. Integrační procesy v Evropě po II. sv. válce

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 1960/1961 Summer semester, validity until: 2019/2020 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation	Credit	85	0	3

Mandatory attendence participation: 1. Vypracování zadaných úkolů 2. Aktivní účast ve cvičeních 1. Devising assigned tasks 2. Active participation in exercises

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: 1. Vypracování zadaných úkolů 2. Aktivní účast ve cvičeních 1. Devising assigned tasks 2. Active participation in exercises

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Spec.	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	Type of duty
2001/2002	(M6208) Business and Management	(6201T004) Economics		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2001/2002	(M6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6201T004) Economics		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2001/2002	(M6209) Systems Engineering and Informatics	(6201T004) Economics		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2001/2002	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6202R010) Finance	(00) Finance	P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2001/2002	(B6208) Economics and Management	(6201R004) Economics		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2000/2001	(M6208) Business and Management	(6201T004) Economics		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2000/2001	(M6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6201T004) Economics		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan
2000/2001	(M6209) Systems Engineering and Informatics	(6201T004) Economics		P	Czech	Ostrava	2	Choice-compulsory	study plan

Occurrence in special blocks

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