MVZ117 U. S. Foreign Policy-Actors

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2007
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Petr Vilímek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Wed 10:00–11:40 exP21
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 the role of the most important and influential actors in the process of formulation of the U.S. foreign policy and various factors influencing this process.
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • 1. Úvod do předmětu (19.9.) 2. Historie zahraniční politiky USA a role globálního prostředí (26.9) Perkins, D.: The Broad Picture. In: Perkins, D.: The American Approach to Foreign Policy. Cambridge, MA, Harvard 1962, 1-28. Van Alstyne, R. W.: The American Empire. Ústava USA. (http://www.constitutioncenter.org/explore/TheU.S.Constitution/index.shtml) 3. Prezident a jeho role při vytváření zahraniční politiky (3.10.) Hilsman, R.: Policymaking Is Politics. In: Rosati, J. A.: Readings in the Politics of United States Foreign Policy. Harcourt Brace 1998, s. 1-10. Rosati, J.; Twing, S.: The Presidency and U.S. Foreign Policy after the Cold War. In: Scott, J. M.(ed.): After the End. Making U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World. Duke University Press 1998, s. 29-56. 4. Prezident a NSC (10.10.) Mulcahy, K. V.: The Secretary of State and the National Security Adviser: Foreign Policymaking in the Carter and Reagan Administrations. In: Rosati, J. A.: Readings in the Politics of United States Foreign Policy. Harcourt Brace 1998, s. 79-98. Cameron, F.: US Foreign Policy After the Cold War. London 2003, s. 41-45. 5. Státní department (17.10.) Clarke, D. C.: Why State Can't Lead. In: Rosati, J. A.: Readings in the Politics of United States Foreign Policy. Harcourt Brace 1998, s. 104-114. 6. Vojenský establišment (24.10.) Jones, D. C.: What's Wrong with Our Defense Establishment. In: Rosati, J. A.: Readings in the Politics of United States Foreign Policy. Harcourt Brace 1998, s. 114-128. 7. Tajné služby (31.10.) Treverton, G. F.: Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information. CUP 2003, s. 1-61. 8. Zahraniční ekonomická politika (7.11.) Wildavsky, B.: Under the Gun (At The National Economic Coouncil). In: Rosati, J. A.: Readings in the Politics of United States Foreign Policy. Harcourt Brace 1998, s. 199-208. 9. Vývoj a proměna vztahů mezi legislativou a exekutivou (14.11.) Olson, W.C.: The US Congress: An Independent Force in World Politics, International Affairs, Jul 91, Vol. 67, Issue 3, s. 547-563. 10. Přednáška amerického kariérního diplomata (21.11.?) 11. Reading Week (28.11.) 12. Veřejnost a zahraniční politika; (5.12.) Cohen, E.: Civil-Military Relations: Causes of Concern. In: The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy:Insights and Evidence. Rowman&Littlefield 1999, 195-206. Holsti, O. R.: Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy after the Cold War. In: Scott, J. M. (ed.): After the End: Making U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World. Duke University Press, 1998, s. 138-169. Katz, A. Z.: Public Opinion and the Contradictions of Jimmy Carters Foreign Policy. Presidential Studies Quarterly 4/2000, s. 662-687. 13. Vliv společenských hnutí a zájmových skupin na zahraniční politiku (12.12.) Dumbaugh K.: Interests Groups: Growing Influence. InMyers, R., Oksenberg, M. and Shambaugh, D. (eds.): Making China Policy: Lessons from the Bush and Clinton Administrations, Rowman&Littlefield, 2001, s. 113-148. 14. Zápočtový test (19. 12. 2007)
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Předmět je ukončen zápočtem. Podmínkou jeho získání je úspěšné absolvování zápočtového testu.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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