Course: Globalization and Contemporary World

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Course title Globalization and Contemporary World
Course code KAP/1GLOB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Pavelec Filip, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Hajžmanová Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Introduction, overview of topics, methods and requirements, discussion on key terms, critical thinking, fundamental values, process, dialogue Global problems (classification and characteristic) Theoretical approaches (realism, liberalism, critical approaches, modernisation vs. dependence theory, modernity vs. post modernity) Counterpart of globalisation - fragmentarisation: Third Way, Asian way, solidarity of the shaken, right-wing extremism, religious fundamentalism, nationalism, identity Economic globalisation: patterns of global trade and investment: integration vs. exclusion, expansion vs. involution, Financialisation, global post-fordism, information society and new economy, flexibility and new methods of management, neoliberal domination Social globalisation and information society (education, access to technologies, global media) Political globalisation: Democratisation vs. Illiberality and input/choice-less/formal democracy, democratic deficit, crisis of efficacy, legitimacy and identity, reduction of state to police district, instrumentation, Geopolitics and its renaissance Globalisation of security: terrorism and development, new aspects of security vs. military power, human security Ecological globalisation: ecologists and globalisation, limits to growth vs. techno-optimism United States of America: global hegemon Position world regions globalisation processes

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Contact hours - 56 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15) - 15 hours per semester
  • Graduate study programme term essay (40-50) - 50 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 35 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to describe and explain the methods of data collection and interpretation in social sciences
to describe the formation of the international system
to characterize terms from the field of international relations
to explain the differences between key concepts from the field of internatonal relations
Skills
to use actively foreign databases of academic journals
to analyze chosen problems of contemporary international system
to use scientific terminology and operationalize pivotal terms in English language from the area of international relations
to create an academic output and present it in a group
to operationalize on his/her own the terms from the area of international relations
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to characterise different types of globalisation
to specify the changes in the definition of globalisation in particular decades
to present the impact of globalisation processes on various regions of the world
Skills
to demonstrate the role of globalisation processes in specific aspects of contemporary international politics
to critically evaluate the main benefits, problems and risks of the global era
to analyse the impact of globalisation on a particular actor in the international system
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Seminar
Self-study of literature
Skills
Practicum
Seminar
Textual studies
Competences
Practicum
Seminar
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Seminar work
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Competences
Skills demonstration during practicum
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Bělohradský, Václav. Globalisation : All the trash in a single word. 2000.
  • Cooper, Andrew Fenton,; Hughes, Christopher W.,; Lombaerde, Philippe de. Regionalisation and global governance : the taming of globalisation?. First published. 2008. ISBN 978-0-415-45377-6.
  • Featherstone, M. (ed.). Global Culture: Nationalism, Globalization and Modernity. London, 1990.
  • HURREL, A. - WOODS, N. (eds.). Inequality, Globalization, and World Politics.. Oxford University Press,, 1999.
  • King, Roger; Kendall, Gavin. The state, democracy and globalization. 1st pub. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 0-333-96912-X.
  • Scholte, Jan Aart. Globalization : a critical introduction. Second edition. 2005. ISBN 0-333-97702-5.


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