BSSb1101 Introduction into Security and Strategic Studies

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vendula Divišová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Kleiner, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lucie Konečná, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Vendula Divišová, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! BSS101 Introd. into strateg. st. && ! NOW ( BSS101 Introd. into strateg. st. )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce security and strategic studies as a distinct scientific discipline and to explain the concept of its teaching and interconnection with practice. Another aim is to teach students the basics of academic research, writing, citation and ethics. Upon completion of the course, students will have mastered the fundamentals of scholarly work and the terminology of security and strategic studies and will know the basic history of the field and its theoretical and methodological foundations.
Learning outcomes
Students should be able to understand the specific character of the security and strategic studies and to acquire their basic scientific standards, terminology, approaches and history of the field.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the subject and to the study of security and strategic studies 2. Basics of scientific research, ethics and plagiarism 3. Citation, databases and resources 4. Writing an academic text 5. Basics of methodology 6. Terminology of security and strategic studies 7. Development of the field and approaches to research 8. Theory of International Relations 9. Types of security 10. The role of the state in security and its evolution 11. State collapse as a security threat 12. The basis of the security policy of the Czech Republic 13. Practice of knowledge and skills acquired during the course
Literature
    required literature
  • BUZAN, Barry, Ole WAEVER and Jaap de WILDE. Bezpečnost : nový rámec pro analýzu. Translated by Ivo Lukáš. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum strategických studií. 267 s. ISBN 8090333362. 2005. info
  • Česká bezpečnostní terminologie : výklad základních pojmů. Edited by Petr Zeman. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politologický ústav. 186 s. ISBN 8021030372. 2002. info
  • Foltýnek, Tomáš a kol. 2021. Jak se vyhnout plagiátorství. Praha: Karolinum, 2021, 42 s. Dostupné z: https://karolinum.cz/knihy/foltynek-jak-se-vyhnout-plagiatorstvi-24022.
  • Novotný, Jan a Jindřiška Svobodová. 2015. Jak pracuje věda Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 113 s.
  • The Chicago Manual of Style. n.d. “Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide,”. https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html.
  • Williams, Joseph M. a Lawrence McEnerney. nedat. Writing in College: Some crucial differences between high school and college writing. The University of Chicago Writing Program, 1-29.
  • Stewart, A. 2001. Theories of Power and Domination: The Politics of Empowerment in Late Modernity. Sage Publications, 11-34 (kap. 1).
  • Lessnoff, Michael. 1990. The social contract theory. New York University Press, 1990, 50-67 (kap. 2).
  • Lake, David A. 2008. “The State and International Relations.” In The Oxford Handbook of International Relations, ed. Christian Reus-Smit a Duncan Snidal, 41-61 (kap. 2), Oxford University Press.
  • Buzan, Barry. 1983. People, states, and fear: the national security problem in international relations. 2nd ed. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
  • Drulák, Petr. 2003. Teorie mezinárodních vztahů. Praha: Portál, 54-88.
  • Rotberg, Robert. 2006. Failed States, Collapsed States, Weak States: Causes and Indicators. Washington: Brookings Institution Press. s. 1-24. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/statefailureandstateweaknessinatimeofterror_chapter.pdf.
  • Drulák, Petr a kol. 2008. Jak zkoumat politiku: Kvalitativní metodologie v politologii a mezinárodních vztazích. Praha: Portál. s. 9-27.
  • Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí. 2023. Bezpečnostní strategie České republiky 2023. https://www.mzv.cz/file/5118610/Bezpecnostni_strategie_Ceske_republiky_2023.pdf.
  • Bell, Steven a Andrew Hindmoore. 2009. Rethinking Governance: The Centrality of the State in Modern Society. Cambridge University Press, 1-18 (kap. 1).
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Midterm tests and final exam.
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 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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