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Lecturer(s)
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Pílniková Tereza, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Defining terms - international politics and its actors, character of the international environment, what is foreign policy, goals and instruments of foreign policy, classification of foreign policies 2. International system and international regimes - examples of foreign policy of selected states (balance of power, nuclear bipolarity, etc.), international economic regimes, public international law 3. State as a foreign policy actor - character of modern state, classification of states and foreign policy, small states 4. Institutions of foreign policy-making - the state apparatus and decision-making processes (theoretical models of operation of administrative apparatuses, specific examples - USA, Czech Republic, the whole-of-government approach - PRTs ) 5. Internal influences on foreign policy - social forces and state foreign policy (interest groups, military-industrial complex, media, public opinion) 6. The individual a foreign policy-maker - representations of reality, misperception hypotheses, dichotomous classifications of personality types, characterology 7. Other foreign policy actors - international organizations, regional organizations and groups, NGOs, media, economic actors (specific examples will be provided for each type of actor) 8. Paradiplomacy - foreign policy of sub-state actors 9. Instruments of foreign policy 10. Diplomacy as an instrument of foreign policy 11. History of diplomacy and the evolution of diplomatic norms and rules, diplomacy in a globalized world
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 8 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 56 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 52 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize the basic sub-disciplines of international relations |
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| to analyze historical-political events using theoretical knowledge of the formation of the international system |
| to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field of study in Czech and English |
| to interpret historical-political events based on knowledge of systemic characteristics of the international system in individual stages |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to enumerate basic theoretical views of the state's foreign policy |
| to distinguish the basic four levels of foreign policy analysis |
| to characterize the processes of policy making in state's foreign policy |
| to classify means and types of foreign policy of the state |
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| to evaluate the behaviour of the state in the international environment by using an adequate theoretical-methodological tool |
| to choose the appropriate analysis level for certain event or process |
| to analyze the foreign policy of the selected state in a certain period |
| to analyze public policy documents governing the foreign policy of the state |
| to define basic trends in the development of foreign policies of world powers |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Students' portfolio |
| Individual study |
| Textual studies |
| Seminar |
| Competences |
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| Textual studies |
| Students' portfolio |
| Individual study |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Competences |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Breuning, Marijke. Foreign policy analysis : a comparative introduction. 1st pub. New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. ISBN 978-0-3122-9619-3.
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Drulák, Petr. Teorie mezinárodních vztahů. Vyd. 2. Praha : Portál, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7367-721-3.
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Hill, Christopher. The changing politics of foreign policy. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; Palgrave MacMillan, 2003. ISBN 0-333-75423-9.
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Palmer, Glenn; Morgan, T. Clifton. A theory of foreign policy. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-691-12359-4.
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Snyder, R.C. - Bruck, H.W. - Sapin B. Foreign Policy Decision-Making,. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2002.
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