d137957 Modern Party Politics in Europe

CEVRO University
spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
24/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Miloš Brunclík, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science and International Relations – Departments – President – CEVRO University
Timetable
Mon 15:30–16:50 Učebna 203
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Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge about new types of political parties that have emerged in Europe since 1970s and which do not perfectly fit the traditional Lipset and Rokkans scheme of cleavages and parties that result from them. The new parties, some of which can be treated as "niche parties" are discussed from the perspective of their new policies, organization, membership, and position in respective party systems. The rise of new types of parties is analyzed in the context of changing modern societies, important processes that directly affect party politics, shifting values and changing policy priorities in a globalized world. The course is focused on relevant and electorally successful parties such as green parties, radical-right wing parties, Eurosceptical parties, populist parties to name the most important ones. The course also discusses other parties that are relevant mainly in terms of new types of organization (cyber parties) or policies (pirate parties, feminist parties, single-issue parties and like)
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • 1. Introduction: the importance of political parties in modern democracies
    2. New types of political parties in terms of organization
    3. Business-firm parties
    4. Cyber parties
    5. Left-libertarian parties I: Green parties
    6. Left-libertarian parties II: Pirate parties
    7. Populist parties
    8. Radical right-wing populist parties
    9. Eurosceptical parties
    10. Other parties: feminist parties, animal parties, and joke parties
    11. Final test
Assessment methods (in Czech)
1. Mid-term test 2. In-class presentation 3. Final test
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms fall 2017, fall 2018, fall 2019, spring 2020, summer 2020, fall 2020, spring 2022, spring 2023.
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