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Lecturer(s)
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Wiendl Jan, PhD.
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Hajšmanová Astrid, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Theoretical approaches to the study of contemporary international system, basic concepts and definitions: structure of international system (ordering principle, differentiation of functions, distribution of power), actors, international society and international community, levels of analysis 2. Distribution of power in contemporary international system 1 - approaches to power in international politics (hard power, soft power, structural power, relational power), material and immaterial resources, measuring power 3. Distribution of power in contemporary international system 2 - concepts related to distribution of power among actors (polarity, leadership, hegemony), classification of international systems based on polarity, classification of states based on their power (small states, powers, world powers, middle powers etc.) 4. Stability and change in international systems - theories explaining (in)stability and change of international systems, systemic influences on the behaviour and interactions between actors 5. International order - definition, discussions about international order, disorder and anarchy in international system, formation and transformation of contemporary international order 6. Role of international institutions and regimes in the maintenance and negotiation of international order - roles and functions of the United Nations in the 20th and 21st century international system 7. Role of traditional and new powers in the maintenance and negotiation of international order 1 - status quo powers (USA, Russia, european powers and the EU, Japan) 8. Role of traditional and new powers in the maintenance and negotiation of international order 2 - challengers of traditional powers (China, India, Brasil, SAR etc.) 9. Norms and rules of contemporary international community, justice in international politics 10. Economic and political challenges of the post-Cold-war international system 1 - globalization, interdependence, growing economic and social inequality 11. Economic and political challenges of the post-Cold-war international system 2 - religious fundamentalism, migration, transnational organized crime 12. The regional turn - growing importance of regions in international system, definition of regional order, concept of regional power
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 54 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterise the differences between the functioning of the international system in various stages of development |
| to identify and characterise individual key actors in various stages of development of the international system |
| to distinguish the basic stages of the development of the international system |
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| to interpret historical and political events on the basis of knowledge of the system characteristics of the international system in individual stages of development |
| to critically evaluate the role of actors in the contemporary international system |
| to independently analyse events and processes in international relations using an appropriate theoretical framework |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to evaluate the role of principles and values in international politics |
| to explain the importance of standards and rules for the functioning of the international system |
| to explain current theoretical and analytical views on the formation of the international system and its current form |
| to describe current trends in international relations and politics |
| to distinguish theoretical instruments and concepts as well as practical examples of actors, phenomena and processes characteristic of the international system |
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| to critically assess the impacts of current trends in the international system on a particular actor / region |
| to independently interpret current problems of international relations in the context of values and norms manifested in the international system |
| to assess the role of selected regions and regional powers in the international system on the basis of comparison |
| to independently analyse the role of a particular international organisation in enforcing standards and rules |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Seminar |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Art, R. C. - Jervis, R. (eds.). International Politics. Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 2002.
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Bellamy, Alex J. (ed.). International Society and Its Critics. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Cooper, Richard. The Postmodern State and the World Order. Londres: Demos, 1996.
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Gilpin, Robert. War and Change in World Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Goldstein, Judith - Keohane, Robert O. Ideas and Foreign Policy: Beliefs, Institutions, and Political Change. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1993.
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international relations theory. In. Cox, R.O., Approaches to World Order.
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Keohane, R. O. - Nye, J. S. Power and Interdependence.. Longman, 2001.
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Legro, Jeffrey W. Rethinking the World: Great Power Strategies and International Order. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005.
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Mearsheimer, John J. The tragedy of great power politics. New York : W. W. Norton, 2001. ISBN 0-393-02025-8.
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Nye, Joseph S. Soft power : the means to success in world politics. New York : Public Affairs, 2004. ISBN 1-58648-306-4.
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Price, Richard M.; Zacher, Mark W. The United Nations and global security. 1st ed. New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 1-4039-6391-6.
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Wohlforth, William C. The Stability of a Unipolar World. International Security, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1999.
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