FF:UJ_60 Home and Foreign Policy of the - Course Information

UJ_60 Home and Foreign Policy of the Contemporary Ukraine

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Mgr. Aleš Ziegler (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Halyna Myronova, CSc.
Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Jiří Gazda, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of Slavonic Studies – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 17:30–19:05 C31

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 11 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The objective of the course is to make students aware of the domestic and foreign politics of the contemporary Ukraine (after 1991). As regards the domestic politics, the course deals with the political system of the Ukraine, with the relations between the centre and periphery etc. As regards the foreign politics, the course concentrates on the international position of the Ukraine in the world, diplomatic relations not only with the neighbouring states, geopolitical position of the country etc.

Syllabus

• 1. Political Development in the Ukraine after 1991
• 2. Constitutionalism: The Acceptance of the Ukrainian Constitution
• 3. Party System of the Ukraine
• 4. Individual Branches of Power: Legislative, Executive and Judiciary
• 5. Internal Structure of the Country (Functions of the individual regions, their positions, differences etc.)
• 6. Foreign Relations of the Ukraine with the Neighbouring Countries
• 7. Foreign Relations of the Ukraine with the Czech Republic
• 8. The Ukraine in the International Organizations
• 9. Participation of the Ukraine in the Foreign Missions
• 10. The Ukraine in the Process of Nuclear Disarmament
• 11. Security Policy of the Ukraine
• 12. Current Issues

Literature

• 1. Baňouch, Hynek – Fedorko, Martin: Mezinárodní organizace. Mezinárodní politologický ústav MU, Brno 2001.
• 2. Bojko, Oleksandr; Goněc, Vladimír: Nejnovější dějiny Ukrajiny. Jota, Brno 1997.
• 3. Dawisha, K. - Parrott, B.: Democratic Changes and Authoritarian Reactions in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, Cambridge, Cambridge UP 1997.
• 4. Duleba, A.: Koniec súčasnej Európy? Ukrajina a Slovensko po prvej vlne rozšírenia NATO, Bratislava, IPVO 1998.
• 5. Duleba, A.: Prvé roky ukrajinskej nezávislosti : výstavba tátu v kontexte vývoja vnitropolitickej situácie 1991-1995, In: Mezinárodní vztahy 1996, č. 4, s. 71 85.
• 6. EU enlargement and Ukraine, In: National Security and Defence 11/2001, s. 16 – 30, on-line verze (http://www.uceps.org/eng/section/National_Security_and_Defence/).
• 7. Kopeček, L., Kubova, O.: Ukrajina. In: Kubát, M.: Politické a ústavní systémy zemí středovýchodní Evropy. Praha, Eurolex Bohemia 2004, s. 402-431.
• 8. Kubová, Olga: Politický systém Ukrajiny. Diplomová práce (FSS MU), Brno 2001.
• 9. Kubová, Olga: Ústavní systém Ukrajiny, on-line Středoevropské politické studie, roč. IV., č. 1, 2002 (www.cepsr.com).
• 10. Kuchyňková, Petra, Šmíd, Tomáš (eds.): Rusko jako geopolitický aktér v postsovětském prostoru. Mezinárodní politologický ústav MU, Brno 2006.
• 11. Kuchyňková, Petra, Suchý, Petr (eds.): Vývoj a výsledky procesů kontroly zbrojení a odzbrojování: marnost nad marnost? Mezinárodní politologický ústav MU, Brno 2005.
• 12. Kuzio, T.: Ukraine. State and nation building. London, New York, Routlege 1998.
• 13. Luňák, Petr: Postovětský prostor v prioritách české zahraniční politiky. In: Kotyk, Václav (ed.): Česká zahraniční politika. Úvahy o prioritách. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, Praha 1997, s. 185-203.
• 14. Political censorship in Ukraine, In: National Security and Defence 11/2002, s. 2 – 27 . on-line text (http://www.uceps.org/eng/section/National_Security_and_Defence/).
• 15. Prezident Ukrajiny: http://www.president.gov.ua/
• 17. Strmiska, M. - Kopeček, L.: Regionální rozrůzněnost, teritoriální cleavages a utváření stranicko-politických soustav: ukrajinský případ, on-line Středoevropské politické studie, roč. III., č. 3, 2001 (www.cepsr.com).
• 18. Ukraine - NATO relations: Experts views, In: National Security and Defence 8/2000, s. 23 – 53, on-line verze (http://www.uceps.org/eng/section/National_Security_and_Defence/).
• 19. Verchovna Rada Ukrajiny: http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/
• 20. Wilson, A.: Ukraine, In: Elgie, R. (ed.): Semi-Prezidentialism in Europe, New York, Oxford UP 1999, s. 260-280.
• 21. Wolczuk, K.: Catching up with Europe? Constitutional debates on the territorial administrative model in independent Ukraine. University of Birmingham, Birmingham 2001,on-line text (www.one-europe.ac.uk/pdf/wp20.pdf).
• 22. Zielonka, Jan: Democratic consolidation in eastern Europe. Volume I., Institutional engineering. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2001.
• 23. Zilynskyj, B.: Ukrajinská zahraniční politika a vztahy Ukrajiny k Rusku a postsovětským republikám, In: Litera, Bohuslav: Vzájemné vztahy postsovětských republik. Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, Praha 1998.

Teaching methods

One 2 hour lecture per week.

Assessment methods

Requirements for the completion of the course are the following: 1) attendance at the course at least 70%, 2) review of a scholarly article or publication on a selected topic (1 - 3 pages) or a written test. Completion: credit

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.

Information about innovation of course.

This course has been innovated under the project "Faculty of Arts as Centre of Excellence in Education: Complex Innovation of Study Programmes and Fields at FF MU with Regard to the Requirements of the Knowledge Economy“ – Reg. No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0228, which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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