Course: Emerging Powers in International Politics

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Course title Emerging Powers in International Politics
Course code KAP/NMMDD
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 8
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pílniková Tereza, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
The content of lectures and seminar activities is specified for each semester on the basis of consultations of the guarantor with the supervisors of the students attending the course in the given semester. The content of the course for each semester is modified especially with regard to the focus of the dissertation thesis of individual students. The actual content of the course is specified at the beginning of each semester on the course page in Courseware.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 10 hours per semester
  • E-learning (given by an e-learning course) - 70 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 40 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to independently evaluate new methodological approaches in international relations
to argue in favor of the adequacy of using international relations methods to solve a particular problem
to define structural terms of contemporary international relations
Skills
to design a research plan
to discuss the key gnoseological and methodological problems of contemporary international relations
to critically discuss methodological aspects of classical and paradigmatic works in international relations
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to differentiate between theoretical approaches and key concepts from the field of research of new powers
to argue independently about the possibility of using different theoretical approaches in the empirical research of new powers
Skills
independently plan and carry out research in the influence of new powers in the international system using relevant theoretical perspectives
to prepare a research report on own empirical research in the field of research into the influence of new powers in the international system
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Self-study of literature
One-to-One tutorial
Skills
Seminar
Students' portfolio
Individual study
Competences
Seminar
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Competences
Individual presentation at a seminar
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Flemes, Daniel. Regional leadership in the global system : ideas, interests and strategies of regional powers. Farnham : Ashgate, 2010. ISBN 978-0-7546-7912-7.
  • Godehardt, Nadine; Nabers, Dirk. Regional powers and regional orders. Abingdon : Routledge, 2011. ISBN 978-0-415-60383-6.
  • Held, David. Democracy and the global order : from the modern state to cosmopolitan governance. Cambridge : Polity Press, 1995. ISBN 0-7456-0056-5.
  • Mawdsley, Emma. From recipients to donors : emerging powers and the changing develoment landscape. London : Zed Books, 2012. ISBN 978-1-84813-946-6.
  • Nadkarni, Vidya; Noonan, Norma C. Emerging powers in a comparative perspective : the political and economic rise of the BRIC countries. 1st pub. New York : Bloomsbury, 2013. ISBN 978-1-4411-1986-5.
  • Prys, Miriam. Redefining regional power in international relations : Indian and South African perspectives. London : Routledge, 2012. ISBN 978-0-415-61610-2.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Foreign Relations (18-1,2,3,4) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Foreign Relations (18-1,2,3,4) Category: Social sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: -