| Course title | Italian Politics |
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| Course code | KPE/BIP |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 6 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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unspecified
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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Italian Politics is a one-semester elective course. The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the development, main characteristics and specificities of the Italian political system and politics. The main stages and phases of development, the changes in the political-institutional setup and the transformation of party, institutional and political actors will be followed and explained. Attention will first be focused on the formative stages of the modern political system, i.e. the phase of unification and formation of the party system, the phase of the fascist regime and the period of resistance and reconstruction in which the foundations of the modern post-war political system were laid. A significant part of the lectures and seminars deals with the period of the First Italian Republic, when the problems and functioning of the so-called partyocracy, which was founded on the foundations of the so-called blocked democracy, are explained. The main systemic elements, party and political actors and the development of coalition phases are analysed. The issues of the First Republic are followed by a section devoted to the complexities of the question of the Italian transition as a specific type of transition from democracy to democracy. The latter is explained against the background of the theoretical anchoring of transition processes, and the specific causes and events that led to its immediate initiation (the Tangentopoli affair, the so-called revolution of judges, the movement for referendums and a change in the electoral system, the rise of the Northern League) and resulted in the collapse of the original party-institutional structures. The question of the incompleteness of the transition process, characterised first and foremost by the failure to carry out fundamental constitutional-institutional reforms, is then explained in the context of the course and development of the so-called Second Italian Republic. In this context, a crucial space is devoted to explaining and describing the phenomenon of Silvio Berlusconi and the specifics of so-called Berlusconianism. Attention is focused on the changes in the political scene, party realignment, the course and results of individual elections, changes in the electoral system, and changes in the tactics of election campaigning. The final part outlines the twists and turns and party-political shifts from a system in a "semi-comatose" state as a consequence of the 2013 elections, the rise of Beppe Grillo and the Movimento 5 Stelle, the rule of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his resignation as a result of the rejection of a major reform of the Italian Constitution in a referendum at the end of 2016, including the course towards the 2018 general elections. The course always concludes with a reflection on very recent political developments. In addition to the different phases of development, the seminars pay particular attention to specific aspects affecting Italian politics and society, such as traditionalist elements (clientelism), the evolution of the position and influence of the Church, organized crime (the Mafia and its various forms, the fight against organized crime and the "Falcone method"), or the question of the functioning and adjustment of the territorial order after the previous activation and strengthening of the regions, in particular by the reform of the 2001 Constitution.
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unspecified
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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Oral exam, Written exam, Seminar Work, Written exam
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): International Relations and Security (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Science (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Communication and Marketing (2023) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): European Studies and Diplomacy (2019) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |