University of Economics in Bratislava

Specialization: course opened to all study programs
Warrantor: doc. PhDr. Martin Bútora
Instructor: Matthew Post, MA, PhD.
Lecturing hours (weekly): 2
Credits: 3 ECTS
Date: Tuesday 9.15 - 10.45 AM
Room: A3.12 (newbuilding)
Working language: English
Evaluation: passed/not passed

 

Aim of the course: The course will take a case study approach to Canadian politics, studying Canadian institutions and perspectives by examining specific events, policies and individuals. The focus will be put on present-day problems and the relationship of Canada to the U.S.A. and to Europe. It aims to discuss major Canadian political institutions and laws as well as major debates within Canadian politics and to apply certain perspectives and approaches, taken from Canadian politics, to realworld problems.

Course sylabus to download (.pdf)

 

Preliminary timetable of the course:

1) Introduction

2) The Structure of the Federal Government: Executive, Legislative and Judiciary

Lecture 2 - Reading Materials (.rar)

Assignment 1 (.pdf)

3) The Federal-Provincial System

Lecture 3 - Reading Materials (.rar)

4) Political Parties and Key Prime Ministers

Lecture 4 - Reading Materials (.rar)

Assignment 2 - Lectures 4-6 (.pdf)

5) The British North America Act (1867) and “Patriation” (1982)

Lecture 5 - Reading Materials (.rar)

6) The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Lecture 6 - Reading Materials (.rar)

7) Multiculturalism: First Nations and Immigration

Lecture 7 - Reading materials (.rar)

Assignment 3 - Lectures 7-9 (.pdf)

Notes Lecture 7 (.pdf)

8) International Relations and Canada’s “Public Image” Abroad

Lecture 8 - Reading materials (.rar)

Supplement 1 - Canada´s Constitutional Amendment Formulas (.pdf)

9) The Canadian Military

Lecture 9 - Reading materials (.rar)

10) Free Trade and the Environment

Lecture 10 - Reading materials (.rar)

Assignment 4 - Lectures 10-12 (.pdf)

Supplementary (.rar)

 

11) Major Political Scandals

Lecture 11 - Reading materials (.rar)

 

12) Case Study (Part 1): Honour Killings

Lecture 12 - Reading materials (.rar)

Case Stury 1 (.pdf)

13) Case Study (Part 2); student presentations + Review and Evaluation