MVE101 Introduction to International Relations

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: PZk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on introduction of notions and terms that are in use in the discipline of IR; it also aims at explaining the positions of the main actors in the international domain, characterising the most frequently employed approaches to international relations and offering the students a survey of the development and trends within the discipline.
Syllabus
  • 1) Nature, subject, approaches and methods of the discipline of IR 2) Actors - (national) state 3) Actors - IGOs, MNCs, NGOs 4) Basic general terms - power, BoP, conflict, crisis, war 5) International system I. - anarchy, multipolarity, bipolarity, hegemony, collective security 6) International system II. - history, development 7) IR as a science - development, characterization, some theoretical problems (LOAP), different methodological approaches (holism, individualism) 8) Foreign policy, geopolitics and national interest - theoretical conception 9) Final test
Literature
  • Pearson, Frederic S., Rochester, J. Martin: International Relations, 2. vyd., McGraw-Hill, New York 1988
  • Lapid, Yosef: The Third Debate: On the Prospects of International Theory in a Post-Positivist Era, International Studies Quarterly, 33, 1989
  • Wight, Martin: Why Is There No International Theory?, xerokopie
  • Smith, Steve: The Self-Images of a Discipline in Smith, Steve, Booth, Ken: International Relations Theory Today, Polity Press, Cambridge 1995
  • KREJČÍ, Oskar. Mezinárodní politika. 2., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2001, 709 s. ISBN 8086119459. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002.
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