European Political Systems [2102-ANG-M-D2EPSY] Semestr letni 2019/20
Konwersatorium, grupa nr 2

CORE TEXT BOOKS:

1. Tim Bale (2017), European Politics. A comparative Introduction, 4th edn, London: Palgrave, Macmillan, (3rd edn 2013).

2. Mark Kesselman, Joel Krieger, William A. Joseph (eds.), Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas, 5th edn. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, Canada (Boston, USA) 2010.

3. Nóra Chronowski, Tímea Drinóczi, Tamara Takács, Governmental Systems of Central and Eastern European States, 1st edn., Oficyna a Wolter Kluwer business, Warszawa 2011.

4. Arend Lijphart, Patterns of Democracy. Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries, Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1999.

5. Andrzej Antoszewski (2010), Parties and party systems in the EU Member States at the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries, Toruń: Adam Marszałek.

6. Arend Lijphart, Patterns of Democracy. Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-Six Countries, Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1999.

7. Mark Kesselman, Joel Krieger, William A. Joseph (eds.), Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas, 5th edn. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, Canada (Boston, USA) 2010.

8. Tim Bale (2017), European Politics. A comparative Introduction, 4th edn, London: Palgrave, Macmillan, (3rd edn 2013).

9. A. Antoszewski, Parties and party systems in the EU Member States at the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries, Edn. Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2010 (selected parts).

10. K. Sobolewska-Myślik, B. Kosowska-Gąstoł B., P. Borowiec (eds.) (2016), Organisational Structures of Political Parties in Central and Eastern European Countries. Wyd. Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Jagiellonian University Press, Kraków, pp. 11-20; 311-327.

11. J. Blondel, Types of Party Systems. Blondel Reading, from Peter Mair (ed.) The West European Party System, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1990, pp. 302-310; http://janda.org/c24/Readings/Blondel/blondel.html, December 2011.

12. Alan Ware (1996), Political Parties and Party Systems, Oxford: Oxford University Press, , pp. 17-62, 147-244.

13. Maurice Duverger (2009), The Two-Party System and the Multiparty System, and Robert A. Dahl, Party Systems and Patterns of Opposition, and Jean Blondel, Types of Party System, and Stein Rokkan, The Electoral Balance, and Giovanni Sartori, A Typology of Party Systems, In: Peter Mair (ed.), The West European Party System, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 285-350.

14. Giovanni Sartori (1997 or in BUW 1994), Comparative Constitutional Engineering. An Inquiry into Structures, Incentives and Outcomes, 2nd edn, Basingstoke: Palgrave, Macmillan; “Presidentialism”: p. 83-100; “Parliamentary Systems”: p. 101-120; “Semi-Presidentialism”: p. 121-142.

15. Bill Jones, Dennis Kavanagh, Michael Moran, Philip Norton (2004), Politics UK, 5th or latest edition, Harlow-Sydney-Milan: Pearson, Longman.

15. Dennis Kavanagh, David Richards, Martin Smith, Andrew Geddes, British Politics, 5th edn. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006; Chapters: 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24.

16. Hilaire Barnett (2003), Constitutional & Administrative Law, 4th or latest edition, London-Sydney: Cavendish Publishing.

17. Dawn Oliwer (2003), Constitutional reform in the UK, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

18. Jeffrey Jowell and Dawn Oliver (eds.) (2004), the Changing Constitution, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

19. Cillian McGrattan, Northern Ireland 1968-2008. The Politics of Entrenchment, Palgrave McMillan, Basingstoke 2010;pp.58-89-121;pp.127-189.

20. United Kingdom’s Constitution of 1215 with Amendments through 2013, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/United_Kingdom_2013.pdf?lang=en , (accessed February 1, 2020).

21. Martin Bull, Martin Rhodes (ed.), Italy - a Contested Polity, West European Politics Series, Routledge, London and New York 2009, pp. 55-77.

22. James L. Newell, The Politics of Italy. Governance in a Normal Country, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010; Chapters: 1, 2, 3.

23. Italy’s Constitution of 1947 with Amendments through 2012, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Italy_2012.pdf?lang=en.

24. Simon Green, Dan Hough and Alister Miskimmon, The Politics of the new Germany, 2nd edn. Routledge, London, New York, Oxon, 2012; Chapters: 2, 3, 4, 5.

25. M. Donald Hancock, Henry Krisch, Politics in Germany, CQ Press, A Division of Sage, Washington DC2012; Chapters:3,4,5, 6,7.

26. Germany’s Constitution of 1949 with Amendments through 2014, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/German_Federal_Republic_2014.pdf?lang=en.

27. R. Gunter, J. R. Montero (2009), The Politics of Spain (Cambridge Textbooks in Comparative Politics), Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.

28. Spain’s Constitution of 1978 with Amendments through 2011, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Spain_2011.pdf?lang=en (accessed February 1, 2020).

29. Jose M. Magone (2014), Politics in Contemporary Portugal: Democracy Evolving, Lynne Rienner Publishers, https://www.rienner.com/uploads/52f12b65dc169.pdf , (accessed February 1, 2020).

30. Portugal’s Constitution of 1976 with Amendments through 2005, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Portugal_2005.pdf .

31. Charles Hauss, Politics in France, CQ Press, A Division of Congressional Quarterly Inc., Washington DC 2011; Chapters: 1, 5, 6, 7, 11.

32. France’s Constitution of 1958 with Amendments through 2008, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/France_2008.pdf?lang=en , (accessed February 1, 2020).

33. Jaakko Nousiainen (2014), The Finnish Political System, Harvard: Harvard University Press.

34. Pertti Pesonen, Olavi Riihinen (2002), Dynamic Finland: The Political System and the Welfare State, Studia Fennica Historica,

Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society, SKS.

35. Finland’s Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2011, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Finland_2011.pdf?lang=en.

36. J. Filip, P. Molek, L. Vyhnanek, Governance in the Czech Republic, [in:] Nora Chronowski, T. Drinóczi, T. Takács, Governmental Systems of Central and Eastern European States, 1st edn., Oficyna Wolter Kluwer Business, Warszawa 2011; Czech Republic: pp. 166-234.

37. Czech Republic’s Constitution of 1993 with Amendments through 2002, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Czech_Republic_2002.pdf, (accessed February 2, 2020).

38. N. Chronowski, T. Drinoczi, J. Petretei (2011), The Governmental System of Hungary, [in:] Nora Chronowski, T. Drinóczi, T. Takács, Governmental Systems of Central and Eastern European States, 1st edn., Warszawa: Oficyna Wolter Kluwer Business, pp. 299-366.

39. Constitution of Hungary 1949, https://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/laws/en/hu/hu047en.pdf (accessed February 2020).

40. Hungary's Constitution of 2011 with Amendments through 2013, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Hungary_2013.pdf?lang=en , (accessed February 2020).

41. Judy Dempsey, Hungarian Parliament Approves New Constitution, “The New York Times”, 18 April 2011; https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/world/europe/19iht-hungary19.html.

42. Z. Lauc, S. Ivanda, The Croatian Governmental System, [in:] Nora Chronowski, T. Drinóczi, T. Takács, Governmental Systems of Central and Eastern European States, 1st edn., Oficyna Wolter Kluwer Business, Warszawa 2011, pp. 117-165.

43. The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia of 15 January 2014, https://www.usud.hr/sites/default/files/dokumenti/The_consolidated_text_of_the_Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_Croatia_as_of_15_January_2014.pdf.

44. Tom Gallagher (1998), The Balkans: Bulgaria, Romania, Albania and Former Yugoslavia, In: Stephen White, Judy Batt and Paul G. Lewis (eds.) (1998), Developments in Central and East European Politics 2, Basingstoke: Macmillan.

Clive H. Church (2004), The Politics and Government of Switzerland, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

45. The Federal Constitution of the Swiss Confederation of 18 April 1999, https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19995395/index.html, or http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/europe/CH/Switzerland%20Constitution%202002.pdf, (accessed February 2020).

46. Kris Deschouwer, The Politics of Belgium. Governing a Divided Society, Palgrave McMillan, Basingstoke 2009, Chapters: 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,10.

47. Marleen Brans, Lieven de Winter and Wilfried Swenden, The Politics of Belgium. Institutions and policy under bipolar and centrifugal federalism, West European Politics Series, Routledge, London, New York, Oxon 2009.

48. Switzerland’s Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2014, https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Switzerland_2014.pdf?lang=en.

Jon Pierre (ed.) (2015 or 2018), The Oxford Handbook of Swedish Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

49. Knutsen Oddbjorn (2017), Nordic Models in Political Science. Challenged, but Still Viable?, Fagbokforlaget.

50. Elżbieta Kużelewska (2008), The Political System of Sweden. In: Elżbieta Kużelewska, Contemporary Political Systems, Białystok: TEMIDA2, p. 35-38.

51. Dermot Hodson, John Peterson (2017), The Institutions of the European Union, Fourth Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

52. John McCormick (2020), European Union Politics, 3rd edn, London: Macmillan.

53. Andreas Staab (2013), The European Union Explained: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact, 3rd edn, Indiana University Press.

54. John Peterson, Michael Shackleton (2012), The Institutions of the European Union, 3rd edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

54. Tamara Takacs (2011), The Governmental System of the European Union, [in:] Nora Chronowski, T. Drinóczi, T. Takács, Governmental Systems of Central and Eastern European States, 1st edn., Warszawa: Oficyna Wolter Kluwer Business, pp. 35-73.

55. The European Union explained: How the EU works. Your guide to the EU Institutions. (November 2014), https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/9a6a89dc-4ed7-4bb9-a9f7-53d7f1fb1dae/language-en/format-PDF/source-search (accessed 17.02.2020).

56. The European Union, What it is and what it does. (2020), https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/ac0a88a6-4369-11ea-b81b-01aa75ed71a1/language-en (accessed 17.02.2020).

1. Introduction. Introductory session – political systems as a field of study. Political system – idea and definition; elements of political system; functions of political system.

2. Political system – separation and balance of powers – the main constitutional principle in democratic system; the main styles of system of government; characteristic of each main political systems; typologies of political systems; political system de iure and de facto. The Westminster Model of Democracy and the Consensus Model of democracy. Political parties and Party Systems. Political and civic participation. Different party systems in European countries. Populism, Euroscepticism, new political parties and groupings in countries of EU.

3. Presidential and parliamentary political system – characteristics and differences. Relations between executive and legislative. What kind of political systems do we have in countries of European Union? The end of the nation state? Cabinets, governments and their Prime Ministers. Parliaments – one house or two? Monarchism and republicanism. Federal, regional and decentralized political systems; devolution process.

4. Parliamentary political systems: United Kingdom (British political system).

5. Political System of Italy.

6. Parliamentary political systems: Germany.

7. Political System of Spain and Portugal.

8. – 9. Presidential and mixed systems: France (V Republic) and Finland (until 2000 and since 2000).

10. Parliamentary political systems - selected cases from Central and Eastern Europe: Hungary, Czech Republic.

11. Political systems of Balkan States: case of Croatia and Serbia.

12. The Consensus Model of Democracy: Switzerland (and eventually Belgium).

13. Scandinavian model of political systems – case of Sweden.

14. - 15. The political Institutions of European Union - their functions, powers, and composition: the European Parliament, the European Commission, the European Council, the Council, the Court of Justice, the European Central Bank, the Committee of Regions, the European Economic and Social Committee, the European Ombudsman, European political parties.

Discussion, problem lecture, explanatory, analyzing with the use of multimedia (presentation) techniques (within the framework of the 'presenting' methods) lecture, explanation and classic problem method with the method of case studies, but also didactic discussion. The use of practical methods: including the problem-based and activating method - preparation, alone or in groups, for speeches for approx. 20 minutes (with use of multimedia) and didactic discussion of students during classes - analysis of the discussed topics.

Class attendance and activity. During each class, the student's activity and preparation will be assessed. The student should participate in the discussions during the exercises (10% of the grade). The student's presence during classes is obligatory (5% of the grade). Two unexcused absences are allowed. Additionally, the student is obliged to present one of the problems selected in the program in the form of either a group presentation or individually (35% of the grade) and to pass the final written test verifying the knowledge in the last class in the semester (50% of the grade).

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