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MVZ102 A History of International Relations

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2012

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Polišenský (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Vilímek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kateřina Fridrichová (assistant)

Supervisor

PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies - Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Department of International Relations and European Studies - Faculty of Social Studies

Timetable

Mon 14:00–15:40 P51

Prerequisites (in Czech)

MVZ174 Method. of pol. end IR reserch
Znalost problematiky světové historie od roku 1648 v rozsahu gymnaziálního učiva. Schopnost porozumění českému a anglickému odbornému textu.

Course Enrollment Limitations

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

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

there are 17 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

The course provides the students with an overview of the development in international relations during 1648 – 1991. Main objective of the course is to understand basic trends in the historical development of international relations, characteristics of international system and its actors. At the end of the course the students will be able to understand the history of international relations during 1948 – 1991; to outline main milestones of economic and military history; to interpret main historical events in the period and to use the knowledge to argument about this topic on an expert level.

Syllabus

• 1) Peace of Westphallia – the prologue to the new period of the international politics in Europe
• 2) International relations and great power policy in Europe of second half of the 17th century
• 3) Rise of great powers 1740 – 1815
• 4) Congress of Vienna, Concert of the great powers 1815 – 1854
• 5) Fall of the the Great powers concert, Crimean war, unification of Italy and Germany, evolution of the the „Easter question“ to the Berlin congress
• 6) Entente powers and the Central powers, processes leading to the Word War I. and its outbreak
• 7) World War I. and its concequences
• 8) Versailles system, the world between two world wars
• 9) World War II
• 10) Creating of the bipolar system and the Cold War
• 11) Policy of Detente and its concequences
• 12) International armed conflict in the period of Cold War
• 13) End of the bipolar system

Literature

• NÁLEVKA, Vladimír. Světová politika ve 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aleš Skřivan ml., 2000. 271 s. ISBN 80-902261-4-0. info
• PLECHANOVOVÁ, Běla and Jiří FIDLER. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1941-1995. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1997. 240 s. ISBN 80-85241-79-X. info
• NÁLEVKA, Vladimír. Světová politika ve 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aleš Skřivan ml., 2000. 287 s. ISBN 80-902261-6-7. 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
• LUŇÁK, Petr. Západ : Spojené státy a Západní Evropa ve studené válce. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1997. 460 s. : i. ISBN 80-85983-29-. info
• SKŘIVAN, Aleš. Evropská politika, 1648-1914. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aleš Skřivan ml., 1999. 272 s. ISBN 80-902261-3-2. info
• KENNEDY, Paul. Vzestup a pád velmocí :ekonomické změny a vojenské konflikty v letech 1500-2000. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996. 806 s. ISBN 80-7106-173-5. info

Teaching methods

Lectures involve class discussions and require active participation of students. Readings serve to broaden and deepen the spectrum of knowledge students acquire during lectures. The composition of an essay aims to improve the analytical skills of students.

Assessment methods

The course is concluded by written exam based on literature (minimum score of 60 % must be obtained for a passing grade) and by composition of an essay. More information available in the detailed syllabus on IS MUNI web.

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

Rozšířený sylabus kursu je k dispozici v rámci sekce "Dokumenty" v informačním systému pod kódem a názvem kursu. V tomto sylabu jsou uvedeny veškeré relevantní informace vztahující se k průběhu kursu a k požadavkům na ukončení kursu. Proto je vhodné se s tímto materiálem detailně seznámit. V rámci studia studenti nastudují 941 stran české literatury. Detailed syllabus is available on the information system of univerzity, in the „document“ section of this course. Students could find there all necessary and useful information about course and examinations. Students are asked to familiarize themself with it. Reading materials consists of 941 pages of czech literature.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014.

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