POL026 Comparative Strategy

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jan Holzer, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Politology – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
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 aim of this course is to explain and to develop contemporary approaches of comparative strategy in political science and security studies. Students write sophisticated expert text on the base of recent knowledge in this field.
Learning outcomes
Graduates in this course use skills to compare political and security strategies. The know current main approaches towards this issue.
Syllabus
  • 1. Study of contemporary authors. 2. Comparative study. 3. Expert discussions.
Literature
  • Podrobný seznam literatury bude určen při konzultacích
  • Strategien der extremen Rechten : Hintergründe-Analysen-Antworten. Edited by Stefan Braun - Alexander Geisler - Martin Gerster. 1. Aufl. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2009, 681 p. ISBN 9783531159119. info
  • Strategy in the contemporary world. Edited by John Baylis - James J. Wirtz - Colin S. Gray. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009, xxiv, 442. ISBN 9780199548873. info
  • Den Wandel gestalten :Strategien der Transformation. Edited by Werner Weidenfeld. Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2001, 240 s. ISBN 3-89204-585-2. info
Teaching methods
Seminary discussions and consultations during the preparedness of the final written paper.
Assessment methods
The quality of the final written paper will be evaluated (max. 40 points) as well as capability to discuss scientific problems (max. 20 points). Original approach, methods and theories, work with sources, style and ability to formulate findings will be used as main criteria of the evaluation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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