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Lecturer(s)
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Hajšmanová Astrid, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Haladová Pavla
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Fajfr Alexander, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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From colonization to decolonization and the beginning of the "developing world" Characteristics of the developing world The 1960s and the first international development decade - the importance of classical economic theories and theories of modernization The 1970s and the first redefinitions of modernization theory - the concept of basic needs The 1980s and the lost development decade (return to theory of modernization' The 1990s and the onset of new thinking about development (the concept of human development) Millennium Development Goals and their revision Alternative approaches to development (dependency theory, world-system theory, cultural approaches, Third World approaches, post-development) Measuring development Development aid (general characteristics and examples of key donors) United Nations development activities Development activities of the IMF and the WB United States development activities OECD development activities
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 104 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 15 hours per semester
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 31 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 50 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 60 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe the formation of the international system |
| to describe and explain the methods of data collection and interpretation in social sciences |
| to characterize development studies as a subfield of international relations |
| to explain the differences between key concepts from the field of internatonal relations |
| to characterize terms from the field of international relations and development studies |
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| to analyze chosen problems of contemporary international system |
| to use actively foreign databases of academic journals |
| 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 |
| to use scientific terminology and operationalize pivotal terms in English language from the area of international relations |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to specify the changes in the definition of developments in particular decades |
| to explain theoretical concepts of development in particular decades |
| to put in context the relations between development and security |
| to evaluate concepts of human development, concept of basic needs and classical economic approaches of development |
| to explain the characteristics of development cooperation of key international donors |
| to characterize different types of development cooperation |
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| to classify different possibilities of the measurement of development |
| to define key security threats on the basis of an analysis of political situation in particular region |
| to evaluate on his/her own the signficance of development cooperation for the international system on the basis of acquired knowledge |
| to demonstrate on his/her own the connection between development and humanitarian help on chosen examples |
| to evaluate on his/her own the strengths and weaknesses of development cooperation of different donors in the international system |
| to evaluate on his/her own strengths and weaknesses of the UN development activities |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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| Practicum |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Practicum |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Carothers, Thomas. Development aid confronts politics the almost revolution. Washington : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2013. ISBN 978-0-87003-400-8.
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Haan, Arjan de. How the aid industry works : an introduction to international development. Sterling : Kumarian Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-56549-287-5.
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Peet, Richard - Hartwick, Elaine. Theories of Development. Contentions, Arguments, Alternatives. Guilford Press: New York, 2015.
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Sen, Amartya Kumar. Development as freedom / Amartya Sen. New York : Anchor Books, 2000. ISBN 0-385-72027-0.
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Sumner, Andrew; Tribe, Michael A. International development studies : theories and methods in research and practice. 1st pub. London : SAGE, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4129-2944-8.
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Ziai, Aram (ed.). Exploring Post-Development: Theory and Practice, Problems and Perspectives. Routledge: New York, 2013.
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