MVZ211 Energy Security: Base and Implications for Functioning of International System

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Filip Černoch, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hedvika Koďousková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jan Osička, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 16:00–17:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 220 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/220, only registered: 0/220, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/220
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 33 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of this course is to introduce students the issue of energy security in the international relations and to familiarize them with its various definitions and dimensions. Following completion of the course students will understand the specific nature of energy security and acquire an appropriate way of thinking. They will be able to clarify specific issues related to particular dimensions of energy security including those not so frequented; understand how the situation in world energy markets looks like; distinguish between basic theoretical concepts, which are reflected in the energy policies of consuming countries, and further work with them; and get a valuable insight into specific aspects of energy security related to security of supply as well as security of demand.
Syllabus
  • 1) Course introduction. 2) Energy security and its dimensions 3) Between geopolitics and markets: same issues - different perspectives 4) Energy efficiency and resource scarcity: was M. K. Hubbert right? 5) New technologies saving energy welfare? 6) Reverse side of energy resources production 7) Midterm test 8) Energy security of producing countries 9) Energy security of consuming countries 10) Guest´s lecture 11) The social dimension of energy security: energy and poverty 12) The economic versus the environmental dimension of energy security 13) Warming planet: the world after Kyoto
Literature
  • BAHGAT, Gawdat. Energy security : an interdisciplinary approach. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley, 2011, xxvii, 226. ISBN 9780470689042. URL info
  • YERGIN, Daniel. The quest : energy, security and the remaking of the modern world. New York: Penguin Press, 2011, ix, 804. ISBN 9781594202834. info
  • The Routledge handbook of energy security. Edited by Benjamin K. Sovacool. New York: Routledge, 2011, xviii, 436. ISBN 9780203834602. info
  • PASCAL, Carlos and Jonathan ELKIND. Energy Security: Economics, Politics, Strategie and Implications. Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2009, 279 pp. info
  • Energy security challenges for the 21st century : a reference handbook. Edited by Gal Luft - Anne Korin. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger Security International, 2009, xv, 372. ISBN 9780275999971. info
  • MULLER-KRAENNER, Sasha. Energy Security : Re-measuring the World. London: Earthescan, 2008. info
Teaching methods
The teaching is based on lectures. Students should take active part in debates during and after the lecture.
Assessment methods
The final grade will be calculated as a composite evaluation consisting of mid-term test and final exam. Students have to participate on mid-term test to be able to register for final exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/fss/autumn2013/MVZ211