Organization and activities of political parties

Course: Politology

Structural unit: Faculty of Philosophy

Title
Organization and activities of political parties
Code
ВБ 7.1
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
First
Year of study when the component is delivered
2023/2024
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
5 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
Understand the subject area, ethical and legal principles of professional activity. Know their rights and responsibilities as a member of a democratic society and use them in professional activities. To be able to apply political science thinking to solve theoretical and practical problems in the political sphere based on the mastery of classical and modern political thought. Apply the tools of normative and empirical political theory, political methodology, comparative and applied political science, international and global studies in professional activities. To be able to analyze the interaction of political actors and institutions, power and governance, political systems and regimes, political behavior in different contexts of their functioning. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Form of study
Full-time form
Prerequisites and co-requisites
1. Students should know: - legal documents regulating the technology of organizational structures of political parties; - object and subject of the discipline; - conceptual and categorical apparatus; - the retrospective of the emergence of organizational structures of political parties and party systems, the stages of development of their theories by party science; the main types of organizational structures of political parties in foreign countries; the organizational structure of Ukrainian political parties. 2. Be able to: - clearly operate and master the conceptual and categorical apparatus of the elective discipline; - use the acquired knowledge in practice and draw independent conclusions from the theoretical knowledge of the course. - distinguish between organizational types of political parties and party systems. 3. Possess: basic skills of scientific research and practice of creating organizational structures of political parties and party systems.
Course content
Introduction to the discipline “Organization and Activities of Political Parties”. Conceptual approaches to the study of the organizational structure of political parties. Basic (internal or integral) elements of the organizational structure of political parties The main tools of the organizational structure of political parties. Typology of political parties by organizational structure. Political and legal regulation of the organization and activities of political parties. Analysis of the Charters of political parties in continental Europe. Comparative analysis of models of organizational structures of political parties in democratic countries. Peculiarities of the activity of organizational structures of political parties in totalitarian and authoritarian states. Specifics of the activity of organizational structures of political parties in democratic and totalitarian states. Organizational structure of Ukrainian political parties in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Legal basis for the establishment and operation of political parties in Ukraine (Law of Ukraine “On Political Parties in Ukraine” (as amended on August 01, 2021) Organizational structure of the highest governing and central bodies of political parties in modern Ukraine and their main functions Organizational structure of regional and local party organizations, their main functions and activities. Peculiarities of creating primary cells (party organization and their competence).
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
1.Zakon Ukrayiny «Pro politychni partiyi v Ukrayini» // Vidomosti Verkhovnoyi Rady Ukrayiny (VVR). – 2001. № 23. – St. 118. Iz zminamy, vnesenymy z·hidno iz Zakonamy vklyuchno vid 01.08.2021 2. Zelʹnytsʹkyy A.,Udovenko P. Politychni partiyi i vybory:dovidnyk partiynoho pratsivnyka / A.Zelʹnytsʹkyy,P. Udovenko K.2003. 600 s. 3.Konstytutsiya Ukrayiny vid 28 chervnya 1996 r. / Vidomosti Verkhovnoyi Rady Ukrayiny [VVR], 2001 r. № 23. S. 118, zi zminamy, vnesenymy 03.09.2019 4.Moyiseyeva A.S. Orhanizatsiyni kryteriyi funktsionuvannya politychnykh partiy v suchasniy Ukrayini. Avtor.na zdobuttya naukovoho stupenya kandydata politychnykh nauk Luhansʹk,2009. 20 s. 5. Obushnyy M.I., Prymush M.V., Shveda YU.R. Partolohiya: navchalʹnyy posibnyk / Za red. M.I. Obushnoho / M.I. Obushnyy, M.V. Prymush, YU.R. Shveda. – K.: Aristey, 2006 s.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, seminars, independent work.
Assessment methods and criteria
Контроль знань здійснюється за системою ECTS, яка передбачає дворівневе оцінювання засвоєного матеріалу, зокрема, оцінювання теоретичної підготовки - результати навчання (знання 1.1 - 1.5), що становить 40% загальної оцінки та оцінювання практичної підготовки - результати навчання (уміння 2.1-2.4; (комунікація 3.1-3.2); (автономність та відповідальність 4.1), що становить 60% загальної оцінки.
Language of instruction
Ukranian

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