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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1. From colonization to decolonization and the beginning of the "developing world" 2. Characteristics of the developing world 3. The 1960s and the first international development decade - the importance of classical economic theories and theories of modernization 4. The 1970s and the first redefinitions of modernization theory - the concept of basic needs 5. The 1980s and the lost development decade (return to theory of modernization' 6. The 1990s and the onset of new thinking about development (the concept of human development) 7. Millennium Development Goals and their revision 8. Alternative approaches to development (dependency theory, world-system theory, cultural approaches, Third World approaches, post-development) 9. Measuring development 10. Development aid (general characteristics and examples of key donors) 11. United Nations development activities 12. Development activities of the IMF and the WB 13. United States development activities 14. OECD development activities
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 40 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 54 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to characterize development studies as a sub-discipline of international relations studies |
| to describe and explain methods of data collection and interpretation in social sciences |
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| to analyze selected problems of the contemporary international system |
| to operationalize terms from the field of international relations |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to evaluate the concepts of human development, the concept of basic needs and classical economic concepts of development |
| to explain theoretical concepts of development in individual decades |
| to specify changes in the definition of development in individual decades |
| to relate the development and security |
| to characterize different types of development cooperation |
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| to demonstrate the relationship between development and humanitarian aid on selected examples |
| to assess the strengths and weaknesses of UN development activities |
| to evaluate the importance of development cooperation for the international system |
| to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of development cooperation of various donors in the international system |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Self-study of literature |
| Skills |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| 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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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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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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Dušková, Lenka. Encyklopedie rozvojových studií. 1. vyd. Olomouc : Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2011. ISBN 978-80-244-2948-9.
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Easterly, William Russell. Břímě bílého muže : proč pomoc Západu třetímu světu selhává?. Vyd. 1. Praha : Academia, 2010. ISBN 978-80-200-1776-5.
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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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Ziai, Aram (ed.). Exploring Post-Development: Theory and Practice, Problems and Perspectives. Routledge: New York, 2013.
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