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Lecturer(s)
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Fiala Vlastimil, doc. PhDr. CSc.
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Filipec Ondřej, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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The aim of the course is to introduce students to research methodology in political science. The course focuses primarily on the basic political science theories and approaches (behavioral analysis, the method of rational choice, institutional approach, constructivist approaches, feminism, Marxism and normative theory, etc.) and especially on research methods (quantitative and qualitative methods, comparison, case studies).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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Learning outcomes
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The goal is to bring students to research methodology in political science. The course focuses on basic political science theories and approaches (behavioral analysis, the method of rational choice, institutional approach, constructivist approaches, feminism, Marxism and normative theory, etc.) and especially in research methods (quantitative and qualitative methods, comparison, case studies). The subject innovation has been supported by the project Support of Interdisciplinary studies and Study Programmes Innovations at Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0091.
Students who have completed this course will gain both practical and theoretical knowledge.
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Prerequisites
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The completion of this course is not conditioned upon completion of any other courses.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Student performance
It is essential that those students who would like to pass the course must have attendance within the scope set by the seminar teacher and succeed in the colloquium. The student is required to work with the learning objects, which have been created for the concrete subject and are available for authorized students in LMS EDIS.
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Recommended literature
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Collier, D. a kol. (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology. Oxford University Press.
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Della Porta, D., Keating, M. (2008). Approaches and Methodologies in the Social Sciences: A Pluralistic Perspective. Cambridge University Press.
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Diamond, L., Morlino, L. (2005). Assessing the Quality of Democracy. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins University Press.
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Drulák, P. a kol. (2011). Jak zkoumat politiku. ÚMV, Praha.
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Fiala, V. a kol. (2007). Teoretické a metodologické problémy evropské integrace. Periplum, Olomouc.
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Marsh, D., Stokker, G. (2002). Theory and Methods in Political Science. Houndmills. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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