MVE101 Introduction to International Relations

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2000
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: PZk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: PhDr. Pavel Pšeja, Ph.D.
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 course focuses on introduction of notions and terms that are in use in the discipline of IR; it also aims at explaining the positions of the main actors in the international domain, characterising the most frequently employed approaches to international relations and offering the students a survey of the development and trends within the discipline.
Syllabus
  • 1) Nature, subject, approaches and methods of the discipline of IR 2) Actors - (national) state 3) Actors - IGOs, MNCs, NGOs 4) Basic general terms - power, BoP, conflict, crisis, war 5) International system I. - anarchy, multipolarity, bipolarity, hegemony, collective security 6) International system II. - history, development 7) IR as a science - development, characterization, some theoretical problems (LOAP), different methodological approaches (holism, individualism) 8) Foreign policy, geopolitics and national interest - theoretical conception 9) Final test
Literature
  • Pearson, Frederic S., Rochester, J. Martin: International Relations, 2. vyd., McGraw-Hill, New York 1988
  • Lapid, Yosef: The Third Debate: On the Prospects of International Theory in a Post-Positivist Era, International Studies Quarterly, 33, 1989
  • Wight, Martin: Why Is There No International Theory?, xerokopie
  • Smith, Steve: The Self-Images of a Discipline in Smith, Steve, Booth, Ken: International Relations Theory Today, Polity Press, Cambridge 1995
  • KREJČÍ, Oskar. Mezinárodní politika. 2., aktualiz. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Ekopress, 2001, 709 s. ISBN 8086119459. info
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 1999, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002.
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