FSS:POLb1002 Modern Political History - Course Information
POLb1002 Modern Political History
Faculty of Social StudiesAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! POL116 Modern political history && ! NOW ( POL116 Modern political history )
- 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 230 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/230, only registered: 237/230, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 176/230 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- there are 49 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- Course objectives
- The course deals with political history of the 20th century.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course students should be able to describe modern political history of important European countries, the USA and China, and also interpret key moments and phenomenona of world politics during 20th century.
- Syllabus
- 1) World War I; 2) Russian Civil War and Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s; 3) Germany: Treaty of Versailles, Weimar Democracy and Hitler's Rise to Power; 4) World War II; 5) The Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc after 1945; 6) West Germany; 7) Poland after WWII and collapse of Eastern Bloc; 8) France; 9) the USA from World War I to the Vietnam War; 10) China; 11) The USA, Europe and the world after the Cold War.
- Literature
- required literature
- Raková, S. – Opatrný, J.: USA. Praha 2003, s. 153-208.
- Kershaw, I. (2019): Na horské dráze. Evropa v letech 1950-2017. Praha: Argo, s. 40-48, 80-91, 100-106, 110-127, 134-150, 229-251, 259-264, 285-288, 315-342, 359-368, 384-393
- Nálevka, V.: Světová politika ve 20. století. Praha 2000, s. 37-41, 56-60, 69-71.
- Kershaw, I. (2017): Do pekel a zpět. Evropa 1914-1949. Praha: Argo, s. 37-85, 89-95, 114-126, 144-153, 161-165, 175-182, 190-211, 229-231, 239-250, 255-263, 300-351, 374-377, 448-452, 461-481
- Teaching methods
- lectures, reading, class discussion
- Assessment methods
- Midterm test and final test.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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