FSS:MVZ102 History of Intl. Relations - Course Information

MVZ102 A History of International Relations

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Zdeněk Kříž, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, 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

Mon 14:00–15:40 P51 Posluchárna V. Čermáka

Prerequisites (in Czech)

MVZ174 Method. of pol. end IR reserch
Znalost problematiky světové historie od roku 1648 v rozsahu gymnaziálního učiva. Schopnost porozumění českému a anglickému odbornému textu.

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

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Course objectives

The course provides the students with an overview of development in international relations between 1648 – 1991. Main objective of the course is to understand basic trends in the historical development of international relations, characteristics of international system and its actors. The course also introduces students to the economic and military history. At the end of the course the students will be able to understand the history of international relations between 1948 – 1991 and use the knowledge to argument about this topic on an expert level.

Syllabus

• 1) Peace of Westphallia – the prologue to the new period of the international politics in Europe. 2) International relations and great power policy in Europe of second half of the 17th century. 3) Rise of great powers 1740 – 1815. 4) Congress of Vienna, Concert of the great powers 1815 – 1854. 5) Fall of the the Great powers concert, Crimean war, unification of Italy and Germany, evolution of the the „Easter question“ to the Berlin congress. 6) Entente powers and the Central powers, processes leading to the Word War I. and its outbreak. 7) World War I. and its concequences. 8) Versailles system, the world between two world wars. 9) World War II. 10) Creating of the bipolar system and the Cold War. 11) Policy of Detente and its concequences. 12) International armed conflict in the period of Cold War. 13) End of the bipolar system.

Literature

• NÁLEVKA, Vladimír. Světová politika ve 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aleš Skřivan ml., 2000, 287 s. ISBN 80-902261-6-7. info
• NÁLEVKA, Vladimír. Světová politika ve 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aleš Skřivan ml., 2000, 271 s. ISBN 80-902261-4-0. info
• SKŘIVAN, Aleš. Evropská politika, 1648-1914. Vyd. 1. Praha: Aleš Skřivan ml., 1999, 272 s. ISBN 80-902261-3-2. info
• PLECHANOVOVÁ, Běla and Jiří FIDLER. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1941-1995. Praha: Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1997, 240 s. ISBN 808524179X. info
• KISSINGER, Henry. Umění diplomacie :od Richelieua k pádu Berlínské zdi. 2., opr. vyd. Praha: Prostor, 1997, 946 s. ISBN 80-85190-59-1. info
• LUŇÁK, Petr. Západ : Spojené státy a Západní Evropa ve studené válce. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 1997, 460 s. : i. ISBN 80-85983-29-X. info
• KENNEDY, Paul. Vzestup a pád velmocí :ekonomické změny a vojenské konflikty v letech 1500-2000. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996, 806 s. ISBN 80-7106-173-5. info

Assessment methods

The course has a form of lecture with discussion, necessary is current reading of presented materials. The course is concluded by writen exam based on literature (Minimum score of 60% must be obtained for a passing grade) More informations available in the detailed syllabus on IS MUNI web.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• MVZb1002 A History of International Relations
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• MVZb1012 A History of International Relations
  !MVZ102 && !NOW(MVZ102)  

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