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Lecturer(s)
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Holešovský Václav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Kuna Petr, Ing. et Bc. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. Great Britain at the end of the Second World War 2-3. The Attlee government and the post-war years 4.The emergence of the British welfare state and the National Health Service 5. The so-called post-war consensus 6. Churchill's "Indian Summer" 7 The Winds of Change - Dismantling Empire 8.-9. The Age of Eden and Macmillan The Age of Wilson, Callaghan and the "Winter of Discontent" 10.-11. Margaret Thatcher's Britain 12. Britain and Europe 13. Tony Blair's New Labour
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 52 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 26 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| to describe at undergraduate level the political development of Great Britain in the 20th century |
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| to understand a scientifically structured lecture |
| to read and understand professional text in Czech and English |
| to use electronic information resources |
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| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to compile a timeline of the most important events in British history in the second half of the 20th century |
| to characterise the significance of political events in British history in the second half of the 20th century in the context of overall developments |
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| analyse the causal context and impact of political decisions in the UK in the second half of the 20th century |
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| N/A |
| teaching methods |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Skills |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Oral exam |
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| Oral exam |
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| Oral exam |
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Recommended literature
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Black, Jeremy. A history of Britain, 1945 to Brexit. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-253-03018-4.
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Blair, Tony. Moje cesta. Praha: Práh, 2011. ISBN 978-80-7252-336-8.
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Hennessy, Peter. Never again: Britain, 1945-51. London: Jonathan Cape, 1992. ISBN 0-224-02768-9.
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Judd, Denis. Impérium : Britská imperiální zkušenost od roku 1765 do současnosti. Praha : BB art, 1999. ISBN 80-7257-046-3.
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Marr, Andrew. A history of modern Britain. London : MacMillan, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4050-0538-8.
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Morgan, Kenneth O. Dějiny Británie. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 1999. ISBN 80-7106-347-9.
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Seldon, Anthony. Blair's Britain, 1997-2007. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-521-70946-0.
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Seldon, Anthony. Cameron at 10 : the verdict. London: William Collins, 2016. ISBN 978-0-00-757553-4.
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Thatcher, Margaret. Roky na Downing Street. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1996. ISBN 80-206-0471-5.
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