Introduction to Political Science
- Credits: 4
- Ending: Examination
- Range: 2P
- Semester: summer
- Year: 3
- Faculty of Applied Languages
Teachers
Included in study programs
Teaching results
Knowledge
- Knowledge of political processes, political theory, political systems, political parties, and international relations
- knowledge of the rule of law, liberal democracy, human rights, and civil liberties
Competences
- to understand basic political science terminology
- ability to identify the dangers of contemporary liberal democracies
- ability to distinguish between different types of democracy, political systems, political parties
- to use political theories to explain political patterns and the functioning of nation-states
Skills
- to reflect on current political issues and be able to highlight the dangers of modern democracies
- to analyse the basic patterns of political systems
- to compare political systems, look for similarities and differences
Indicative content
Indicative content:
- Political science as a social science
- Structure of political science
- Democracy and the problems of contemporary democracy
- Political systems: democratic and non-democratic
- Political parties, ideologies, party systems
- International relations and the structure of the international order
- Cold War
- Political extremism
Support literature
Support literature:
Required literature:
1. Berg-Schlosser, D.; Stammen, T. Úvod do politické vědy, Praha: ISE, 2000. 372 s. ISBN 80-86130-09-06.
2. Cabada, L., Kubát, M. Úvod do studia politické vědy. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2002. 455 s. ISBN 978-8073800765.
3. Drulák, P. Jak skoumat politiku. Praha: Portál, 2008. 256 s. ISBN 978-8073673.
4. Heywood, A. Politologie. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2005. 482 ISBN 80-86432955.
5. Heywood, A. Politická teorie. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2005. 335 s. ISBN 80-86861414.
6. Novák, M. a kol. Úvod do studia politiky. 2. vydanie. Brno: SLON, 2019. 924 s. ISBN 978-8074192630.
7. Říchová, B. Přehled moderních politologických teorií. Praha: Portál, 2006. 304 s. ISBN 978-8026207429.
Suplementary literature:
1. Štefančík, R. Uvažovanie o politike (nielen) v nemecky hovoriacom prostredí. Trnava: SSRP, 2012. 315 s. ISBN 978-80-969-0434-1.
2. Štefančík, R.; Dulebová, I. Jazyk a politika. Jazyk politiky v konfliktnej štruktúre spoločnosti. Bratislava: EKONÓM, 2017. 193 s. ISBN 978-80-225-4414-6.
Requirements to complete the course
Requirements to complete the course:
Interim evaluation: 30%
Final evaluation: 70%
Student workload
Full-time study: 104 hours. Of which:
26 hours – attendance at seminars
23 hours – preparation for seminars and for the interim evaluation
55 hours – preparation for the final exam
Language whose command is required to complete the course
Slovak
Date of approval: 09.02.2023
Date of the latest change: 05.05.2022