MVZ139 Conflicts and World Politics II. (1945 - 1991)

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Tomáš Šmíd, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 P21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
POL234 Conflicts and World Politics I
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
there are 35 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to present the chosen phenomenon of the world policy within the given period, which belongs to the mainstream during the study of policy in 20th century. There will be observing the news from all geographical regions which are selected on the base of teacher’s preferences.
Syllabus
  • Introduction- information about the structure of the course 2) 28.2. The rising of the Soviet reign – the process of rising of the national democratic republics after the end of World War II Literature: Vykoukal – Litera – Tejchman (2000): Vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku. Praha: Libri. s. 95 – 244 a 209 – 226. 3) 6.3. Political disagreement among USSR and some communist states (China, Yugoslavia, Albania, partly Romania) Literature: Vykoukal – Litera – Tejchman (2000: 333 – 334). Nálevka, V. (2000): Světová politika ve 20. století. Praha: Libri.s. 56 – 71. 4) 13.3. Riots against communist regimes in Poland and Hungary in 50th. Literature: (Vykoukal – Litera – Tejchman 2000: 355 – 374 a 390 – 410) 5) 20.3. Foreign policy of USSR during Brezhnev’s era Literature: Vykoukal – Litera – Tejchman (2000:347 – 354. 502 – 522). 6) 27.3. Crisis deepening in Yugoslavia after the death of J.Broz Tito Literature: Vykoukal – Litera – Tejchman (2000: 638 – 643). 7) 3.4. Israel –Arab conflict 1948-1967 Literature: Kolektiv autorů (2001): Encyklopedie - světový terorismus. Praha. S. 271 – 358. 8) 10.4. Great Britain and the gradual clash of its imperia Literature: Judd, D.(1999): Impérium. Praha:BB Art. s. 336 – 397. 9) 17.4. Decolonization in French understanding Literature: McWilliams, W. C., Piotrowski, H. (1997): The World since 1945. London: Lynne-Riennier.s. 116 – 122, 133 – 137. 10) 24. 4. The last phase of the Cold War – disarmament and arms control behind the background of falling USSR Literature: Kissinger, H. (1994): Umění diplomacie. Praha: Prostor, s. 797 – 872. Literature: Suchý, P. (2004): Reagan a říše zla. Vývoj americké zahraniční politiky a vztahů mezi supervelmocemi v letech 1981-1989. Brno: CDK, s. 45 – 245. 11) 1.5. State holiday-reading week 12) 8.5. State holiday-reading week 13) 15. 5. The fall of USSR – situation in Caucasus Literature: Vykoukal – Litera – Tejchman (2000: 659 – 686) 22.5 první termín zápočtu
Literature
  • NÁLEVKA, Vladimír. Světová politika ve 20. století. Vydání druhé. Praha: Aleš Skřivan ml., 2000, 287 stran. ISBN 8086493164. info
  • VYKOUKAL, Jiří P., Bohuslav LITERA and Miroslav TEJCHMAN. Východ :vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2000, 860 s. ISBN 80-85983-82-6. info
  • JUDD, Denis. Impérium : britská imperiální zkušenost od roku 1765 do současnosti. Translated by Zdeněk Hron. 1. vyd. Praha: BB art, 1999, 507 s. ISBN 8072570463. info
  • MCWILLIAMS, Wayne C. and Harry PIOTROWSKI. The world since 1945 : a history of international relations. 4th ed. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1997, xi, 619 s. ISBN 1-55587-788-5. info
  • KISSINGER, Henry. Umění diplomacie :od Richelieua k pádu Berlínské zdi. 2., opr. vyd. Praha: Prostor, 1997, 946 s. ISBN 80-85190-59-1. info
Assessment methods
1) Seminar work consisted from 10-15 pages. Seminar work will be prepared by two persons. The students will choose who they want to write the seminar work with. The theme of the seminar work has to be applied and confirmed by the lecturer till 15:00 by 6th of March. If the student will not respect the deadline, will not be able classified. The theme has to follow the course resp. individual lectures. The seminar work has to contain all requirements of scholar text. The plagiaries will be given to the disciplinary commission and the work without the links to the bibliography not accepted. The seminar work has to contain min. four sources, which are cited in the text. The additional usage of the literature is also accepted. The internet sources (as wikipedia, cojeco, navajo) without the authors will not be accepted. The seminar works will be evaluated by the system accepted/not accepted, which is possible just one re-writing within 5 days from the day of evaluating in note block. Seminar work must be given out till the 24th of April whereas to the “information system”. It will be closed at 23:00 and the late given out work are not accepted. In case of late hand over of the seminar work even the confirmation from doctor will not be accepted, because the work is prepared by two persons and the students can prepare it without need of presence at the faculty. In case of incepting of the seminar work the student will not be able to attend the credit test, which is oral. 2) Oral credit test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012.
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