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Lecturer(s)
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Ekstein Tomasz, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. War doesn't pay off - interwar idealism, roots of idealist thinking and its influence on the liberal tradition 2. Utopia and realism - founders of the realist approach, E. H. Carr, roots of realist thinking, critical reflection of idealism 3. Balancing the power of the Soviets - realist concepts during the Cold War (Herz, Morgenthau, Walt) 4. It's science, man! - methodological discussions in International Relations (Kaplan, Bull) and the bid for a grand theory of international politics (Waltz) 5. The inertia of Europe - rise of liberal approaches in the analysis of integration processes 6. Business and institutions for peace and stability - neoliberal institutionalism since the Cold War 7. You are all wrong - critical theory and the neo-Marxist tradition in International Relations 8. Building the new world order - realism and liberalism after the Cold War, basic concepts and their relation to political development 9. New voices - Third World approaches, feminist and environmentalist critique of existing approaches 10. Anarchy in the UK - English school and its influence on constructivism in IR, introduction to constructivism (Onuf, Wendt) 11. Constructions of the world I and II - constructivism in IR (Katzenstein, Adler, Sikkink , Hopf, the Copenhagen school) ) 12. We know that we don't know - poststructuralism in IR (Ashley, Campbell, Ruggie, Walker)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Students' portfolio, Textual studies, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
- 50 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 54 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| classify the basic topics in the field of international relations |
| describe and explain the principles of academic work in the social sciences |
| characterize subfields of international relations |
| describe the formation of international relations as a academic discipline |
| explain the basic differences between the major schools of thought in political philosophy |
| characterise the concepts of the theory of international relations commonly used in the analysis of international institutions, processes and actors |
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| create a formally acceptable professional output |
| actively use international databases of academic journals |
| analyse selected events in international politics |
| use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English |
| exploit the basic methods of analysis and data collection commonly used in the field of international relations |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| define the development of individual classical schools of thought in the field |
| characterise constructivist approaches to the analysis of international politics |
| characterise postmodern approaches to the analysis of international politics |
| explain various understandings of basic terms such as anarchy, power, conflict, cooperation of different schools of thought |
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| derive probable political decisions of specific actors on the basis of the evaluation of their affiliation to one of the schools of thought |
| on the basis of the acquired knowledge to independently process advanced analyses of complex international processes |
| analyse the foreign policies of important actors |
| examine the possible outcomes of specific political events on the basis of their evaluation through the theoretical approaches of individual schools of thought |
| apply advanced concepts of the theory of international relations to specific situations in a selected region |
| choose suitable theoretical and methodological tools for analysis |
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| Self-study of literature |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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| Seminar |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Textual studies |
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| Textual studies |
| Seminar |
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| Oral exam |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
| Project |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Seminar work |
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Recommended literature
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Adler, Emanuel - Barnett, Michael. Security Communities. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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Art, R. C. - Jervis, R. (eds.). International Politics. Enduring Concepts and Contemporary Issues. New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 2002.
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Barša Pavel - Císař Ondřej. Anarchie a řád ve světové politice. Praha: Portál, 2006.
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Booth, Ken; Smith, Steve. Současné teorie mezinárodních vztahů. 1. vyd. Brno : Barrister & Principal, 2001. ISBN 80-85947-69-2.
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Campbell, David. Writing Security. University of Minesota, 1998.
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Carlsnaes, Walter; Risse, Thomas; Simmons, Beth A. Handbook of international relations. London : SAGE Publications, 2002. ISBN 0-7619-6305-7.
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Hollis, Martin; Smith, Steve. Mezinárodní vztahy: výklad a porozumění. 1. vyd. Brno : Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2000. ISBN 80-85959-64-X.
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Ikenberry, John. Liberal Leviathan. New York: Princeton University Press, 2012.
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Jervis, Robert. Perception and Misperception in International Politics. Princeton University Press, 1976.
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Keohane, R. O. - Nye, J. S. Power and Interdependence.. Longman, 2001.
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Mearsheimer, John J. The Tragedy of Great Power Politics. W.W. Norton and Company: NY., 2001.
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Morgenthau, Hans J. Politics among Nations. The Struggle for Power and Peace. McGrewHill, 1993.
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WENDT, A. The Social Theory of International Politics. Cambridge Studies in International Relations, 1999.
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