Blok I. Demokracie-autokracie, demokratizace-autokratizace
Hodina	Datum	Téma
1.	4.10.2023	ÚVOD přehled kursu požadavky Doporučená četba: Cassani, A., & Tomini, L. (2020). Reversing regimes and concepts: from democratization to autocratization. European Political Science, 19, 272-287.
2.	11.10.2023	DEMOKRATIZACE Povinná četba: Bunce, V. (2000). Comparative Democratization: Big and bounded generalizations. Comparative Political Studies, 33(6-7), 703-734. Doporučená četba: Bogaards, M. (2018). Microscope or Telescope? The Study of Democratisation across World Regions. Political Studies Review, 16(2), 125-135. Schmitter, P. C., & Karl, T. L. (1991). What democracy is... and is not. Journal of democracy, 2(3), 75-88.
3.	18.10.2023	AUTOKRATIZACE Povinná četba: Skaaning, S. E. (2020). Waves of autocratization and democratization: a critical note on conceptualization and measurement. Democratization, 27(8), 1533-1542. Doporučená četba: Lührmann, A., & Lindberg, S. I. (2019). A third wave of autocratization is here: what is new about it?. Democratization, 26(7), 1095-1113. Tomini, L. (2021). Don’t think of a wave! A research note about the current autocratization debate. Democratization, 28(6), 1191-1201.
4.	25.10.2023	ROLE AKTÉRŮ A INSTITUCÍ Povinná četba: Mahoney, J., & Snyder, R. (1999). Rethinking agency and structure in the study of regime change. Studies in Comparative International Development, 34(2), 3. Doporučená četba: McFaul, M. (2018). Choosing Autocracy: Actors, Institutions, and Revolution in the Erosion of Russian Democracy. Comparative Politics, 50(3), 305-325. Kitschelt, H. (1992). Political regime change: structure and process-driven explanations?. American Political Science Review, 86(4), 1028-1034.
Blok II. Demokratizace a autokratizace v historické perspektivě
5.	1.11.2023	PRVNÍ VLNA DEMOKRATIZACE Povinná četba: Rustow, D. A. (1970). Transitions to democracy: Toward a dynamic model. Comparative Politics, 2(3), 337-363. Doporučená četba: Inglehart, R. F. (2008). Changing values among western publics from 1970 to 2006. West European Politics, 31(1-2), 130-146. Haggard, S., & Kaufman, R. R. (2018). The political economy of democratic transitions. Princeton University Press.
6.	8.11.2023	DRUHÁ VLNA DEMOKRATIZACE Povinná četba: Bunce, V. (1998). Regional differences in democratization: The east versus the south. Post-Soviet Affairs, 14(3), 187-211. Doporučená četba: Bermeo, N. (2003). What the democratization literature says-or doesn't say-about postwar democratization. Global Governance, 9, 159. Bermeo, N. (1997). Myths of moderation: confrontation and conflict during democratic transitions. Comparative Politics, 305-322.
7.	15.11.2023	TŘETÍ VLNA DEMOKRATIZACE Povinná četba: Huntington, S. P. (1991). Democracy's third wave. Journal of Democracy, 2(2), 12-34. Doporučená četba: Riedl, R. B., Slater, D., Wong, J., & Ziblatt, D. (2020). Authoritarian-led democratization. Annual Review of Political Science, 23, 315-332. Pop-Eleches, G., & Tucker, J. A. (2017). Communism's Shadow: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes. Princeton University Press.
8.	22.11.2023	ČTVRTÁ VLNA DEMOKRATIZACE? Povinná četba: McFaul, M. (2021). Russia's road to autocracy. Journal of Democracy, 32(4), 11- 26. Doporučená četba: McFaul, M. (2002). The fourth wave of democracy and dictatorship: noncooperative transitions in the postcommunist world. World politics, 54(2), 212-244. Bernhard, M., B. Edgell, A. & Lindberg, S. I. (2020). Institutionalising electoral uncertainty and authoritarian regime survival. European Journal of Political Research, 59(2), 465-487.
9.	29.11.2023	AUTOKRATIZACE – VLNY NEBO NE? Povinná četba: Tomini, L. (2021). Don’t think of a wave! A research note about the current autocratization debate. Democratization, 1-11. Doporučená četba: Boese, V. A., Lindberg, S. I., & Lührmann, A. (2021). Waves of autocratization and democratization: a rejoinder. Democratization, 1-9. Lührmann, A., & Lindberg, S. I. (2019). A third wave of autocratization is here: what is new about it?. Democratization, 26(7), 1095-1113.
10.	6.12.2023	SOUDOBÁ AUTOKRATIZACE Povinná četba: Lührmann, A., & Rooney, B. (2020). Autocratization by decree: States of emergency and democratic decline. Comparative Politics. Doporučená četba: Obiagu, U. C. (2021). A third wave? Creeping autocracy in Africa. African Studies Quarterly, 20(1), 114-124. Somer, M. (2017). Conquering versus democratizing the state: political Islamists and fourth wave democratization in Turkey and Tunisia. Democratization, 24(6), 1025-1043.
Blok III. Výzvy demokracie a demokratizace
11.	13.12.2023	(DE)KONSOLIDACE Povinná četba: Corbett, J. (2020). The Deconsolidation of Democracy: Is It New and What Can Be Done About It?. Political Studies Review, 18(2), 178-188. Doporučená četba: Schedler, A. (1998). What is democratic consolidation?. Journal of democracy, 9(2), 91-107. Linz, Juan and Alfred Stephan (April 1996): "Towards Consolidated Democracies." Journal of Democracy, 7(2), 34-51.
12.	20.12.2023	DEMOKRATIZACE A AUTOKRATIZACE V SOUČASNOSTI Povinná četba: Bartels, L. M., Daxecker, U. E., Hyde, S. D., Lindberg, S. I., & Nooruddin, I. (2023). The Forum: Global Challenges to Democracy? Perspectives on Democratic Backsliding. International Studies Review, 25(2). Doporučená četba: Bermeo, N. (2016). On democratic backsliding. Journal of Democracy, 27(1), 5- 19. Bermeo, N. (2022). Questioning Backsliding. Journal of Democracy, 33(4), 155- 159. Coppedge, M., Edgell, A. B., Knutsen, C. H., & Lindberg, S. I. (Eds.). (2022). Why democracies develop and decline. Cambridge University Press.