Current Issues of the Political and Social Life in the Czech Republic

Syllabus

Thematic Modules - Erasmus courses 2013/2014 Winter semester

(All the modules are ungraded courses - grading is based on pass/fail only)

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These modules consist of different lectures offered by various departments and institutions of the Faculty of Arts. The attendance is mandatory and there is limited number of students who can attend these classes. Credits from these modules are awarded based on attendance and final written test. All the modules are ungraded courses - grading is based on pass/fail only.  

 Final assessment requirements: Regular attendance + final written test (EN) - immediately after the last lecture; only one absence allowed. In case of two absences, student must submit a paper (5 standard pages + references; in English/French/Russian or Czech) to prof. Čeňková (co-ordinator of the modules) in order to obtain the credits. The topic of the paper must be related to the module. More than two absences will result in a "fail" for the entire course.      

Current Issues of the Political and Social Life in the Czech Republic - EN

Code: AZOV00009 3 ECTS max. 25 students 8 weeks / 2 hours per week  

Friday: 12.30-14.00 (room 104 or 129 1st floor, main building of the Faculty of Arts)    

Final assessment requirements: Regular attendance + final written test (EN) - immediately after the last lecture; only one absence allowed. In case of two absences, student must submit a paper (5 standard pages + references; in English/French/Russian or Czech) to prof. Čeňková (co-ordinator of the modules) in order to obtain the credits. The topic of the paper must be related to the module. More than two absences will result in a "fail" for the entire course.

Credits from this module are awarded based on attendance and final written test. All the modules are ungraded courses - grading is based on pass/fail only.   11.10.2013: (room 104) 1) Mgr. Jiří Koubek, [e-mail] - EN

Transitions from Communism in Comparative Perspective     18.10.2013: (room 104) 2) Mgr.Tomáš Renner, [e-mail]

The European and Central-European Historical Context of Czech Development after 1989: ideas on european integration and the future of Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic.     25.10.2013  no lecture   1.11. 2013 (room 129) 3) Prof. JUDr. Igor Tomeš, CSc., [e-mail]

Short history of the Czechoslovak social state (1918-1992)

Annotation: The Austrian Heritage. The post-War I social turmoil and solutions to reduce the tension. Reactions to the world crisis 1929. Nazism. Post-war II problems and solutions. The 1948 communist putsch. Sovietisation. The Prague spring. The intervention and normalization. 1989 and thereafter. The peaceful separation of the Czechs and Slovaks.         8..11.2013: (room 104) 4) Prof. JUDr. Igor Tomeš, CSc., [e-mail]   

Contemporary social policy reforms (problems and solutions)

Annotation: the social reform scenario.The1995 reforms and their problems. The 2004-2006 reforms and their problems. The 2010-2013 reforms and their problems.     15.11.2013  no lecture     22.11.2013: (room 104) 6) Mgr. Stanislav Caletka, [e-mail]

Czech Parliament and Parliamentarism  I. (Senate)

* Passport or ID card necessary / visit to the Czech Parliament     29.11.2013: (room 300) 7) ) Mgr. Stanislav Caletka, [e-mail]

Czech Parliament and Parliamentarism  II. (Chamber of Deputies)

* Passport or ID card necessary / visit to the Czech Parliament     6.12.2013: (room 104) 8) Mgr. Andrea Baršová, [e-mail]

Roma in the Czech Republic and in Europe - the development of public policies at the national level and current approaches     13.12.2013: (room 104): 12:30-13:30 8) Doc. PhDr. Oldřich Matoušek, [e-mail]

System of social services in the Czech Republic from the European perspective.

Annotation: Main recent trends in the European social services will be presented as an introduction. Than short review of the Czech traditions (from pre-communist and communist times) will follow. The actual state of the Czech social services system will be compared with the services existing in the neighbouring countries).   final written test (EN)  immediately after the last lecture (cca 45 minutes)