Theories of International Relations (GPS) - JPM714

• Title: Theories of International Relations (GPS)
• Guaranteed by: Department of International Relations (23-KMV)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2022
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 9
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unknown / unknown (20)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: doc. PhDr. Běla Plechanovová, CSc.; doc. PhDr. Ondřej Ditrych, M.Phil., Ph.D.
• Class: Courses not for incoming students
• Incompatibility : JPM735
• Is incompatible with: JPM735

Annotation

The course provides students with advanced understanding of key theories and concepts for analysis of international politics. It covers major subjects of international relations, both perennial and of particular concern at the present time, from war and peace to how power and wealth are distributed, cooperation works sometimes (and not at other times), and megatrends such as climate change impacts on global politics.

Please note that all reading is available, and examination is conducted in the Moodle (https://dl1.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=6361). Students must be registered in the Moodle to successfully pass this course.

(The course under this code is offered by the Department of International Relations only to students of the Geopolitical Studies programme.)

Last update: Ditrych Ondřej, doc. PhDr., M.Phil., Ph.D. (30.09.2020)

Literature

Please see syllabus. All reading is available in the Moodle.

Last update: Ditrych Ondřej, doc. PhDr., M.Phil., Ph.D. (13.10.2021)

Teaching methods

Lectures in this course will be delivered online on the Teams platform due to the current restrictions.

 

Last update: Ditrych Ondřej, doc. PhDr., M.Phil., Ph.D. (20.12.2020)

Requirements to the exam

Examination in this course will be conducted in the Moodle and in the form of a final test (in class) composed of modules related to content of the lectures and the mandatory reading.

In line with Opatření děkanky 17/2018, the following grading scale is used:

91% and more                                      A

81-90%                                                 B

71-80%                                                 C

61-70%                                                 D

51-60%                                                 E

0-50%                                                   F

Last update: Ditrych Ondřej, doc. PhDr., M.Phil., Ph.D. (13.10.2021)

Syllabus

Please refer to the attached file and the Moodle for details.   The course is divided into the following sessions: 1. COURSE INTRODUCTION 2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THE STORY 3. WAR AND PEACE: WHY PEOPLE FIGHT 4. POWER TRANSITIONS 5. POWER: WHAT IT MEANS 6. INSTITUTIONS: WHY PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER 7. NORMS AND INTERESTS: WHO DOES WHAT AND WHY 8. CLIMATE CHANGE: SYSTEMIC FRAGILITY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 9. POLITICAL ECONOMY: WHO HAS WHAT AND WHY 10. GLOBAL SOCIAL JUSTICE 11. INTEGRATION: HOW PEOPLE AND STATES GET TOGETHER 12.THE FINAL CASE

 

 

Last update: Ditrych Ondřej, doc. PhDr., M.Phil., Ph.D. (23.09.2020)

Please refer to the attached file and the Moodle for details.

 

The course is divided into the following sessions:

1. COURSE INTRODUCTION

2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THE STORY

3. WAR AND PEACE: WHY PEOPLE FIGHT

4. POWER TRANSITIONS

5. POWER: WHAT IT MEANS

6. INSTITUTIONS: WHY PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER

7. NORMS AND INTERESTS: WHO DOES WHAT AND WHY

8. CLIMATE CHANGE: SYSTEMIC FRAGILITY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

9. POLITICAL ECONOMY: WHO HAS WHAT AND WHY

10. GLOBAL SOCIAL JUSTICE

11. INTEGRATION: HOW PEOPLE AND STATES GET TOGETHER

12.THE FINAL CASE