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Lecturer(s)
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Kocur Zdeněk, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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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
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Contact hours
- 104 hours per semester
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 31 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)
- 60 hours per semester
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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 explain the differences between key concepts from the field of internatonal relations |
| to characterize terms from the field of international relations |
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| to create an academic output and present it in a group |
| to analyze chosen problems of contemporary international system |
| 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 |
| to use actively foreign databases of academic journals |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Self-study of literature |
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| Textual studies |
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| Practicum |
| Seminar |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
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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 |
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Recommended literature
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Bělohradský, Václav. Globalisation : All the trash in a single word. 2000.
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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.
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Featherstone, M. (ed.). Global Culture: Nationalism, Globalization and Modernity. London, 1990.
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HURREL, A. - WOODS, N. (eds.). Inequality, Globalization, and World Politics.. Oxford University Press,, 1999.
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King, Roger; Kendall, Gavin. The state, democracy and globalization. 1st pub. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 0-333-96912-X.
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Scholte, Jan Aart. Globalization : a critical introduction. Second edition. 2005. ISBN 0-333-97702-5.
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