19.3. Course unit: Slovak Political Culture |
Nr. of credits: 5 |
Course type: Seminar
(Practice), Nr. in the semester: 60 |
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Commitment: term mark |
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Place of course in the
curriculum: 3rd semester |
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Preliminary study terms: — |
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Course description: |
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The aim of course
is: to orientate students in the conceptual apparatus of political culture as
a political science concept; to explain the content and character of the term
of political culture; to analyze the historical background to the political
culture in Slovakia (experience with different types of establishment) – the
set of traditions, customs and values of Slovak society in the context of
Central and Eastern Europe. The course has to
present political culture of By graduates are
expected ability: understand the specifics of political culture in |
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3–5 most important
obligatory and recommended literature (books, textbooks) with the
bibliographical data: |
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–Obligatory: Butora, Martin – Kollár, Miroslav
– Mesežnikov, Grigorij: Slovakia 2012. Trends in Quality of Democracy. Bratislava, IVO, 2013. Mesežnikov, Grigorij – Gyárfášová, Oľga: National Populism in Slovakia.
Bratislava, IVO, 2008. Mihaliková, Silvia: Political Culture and Civil –
Military Relations in Slovakia.
Groningen: The Centre of European Security Studies, 2000. Skalnik Leff, C.: The Czech and Slovak republics. Nation versus state. From Nationalist
to Europeanist. Boulder, Westview, 1997. (ISBN
0-8133-2921-3) –
Recommended: Fisher, S.: Political
Change in Post-Communist Slovakia and Croatia. Palgrave, 2006 Pekár, Martin et al.:
Ethnic Minorities in Slovakia in
the Years 1918–1945. A Survey. Prešov,
Acta Facultatis Philosophicae Universitas Prešoviensis, 2011. |
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Course director: Dr. Renáta Bzdílová Associate
Professor, Visiting Lecturer |
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Participating teacher: — |