MVZn5065 International Financial Institutions

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vladan Hodulák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Vladan Hodulák, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MVZ451 International Financial Inst. && ! HMV425 International Financial Inst.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 24 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/24, only registered: 0/24
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course introduces students to the evolution, current state and main problems of international monetary institutions. During the course a major emphasis is given to interdisciplinary politico-economic approach.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain the current world financial architecture; identify the most important processes and problems, which the major world monetary institutions face (external adjustment, debt crisea etc.); understand both their economic and political dimensions; suggest their politicaly and economically workable solutions and be aware of their consequences.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductionary lecture
  • 2. International institutions
  • 3. International monetary and financial system
  • 4. International monetary and financial system (seminar)
  • 5. International monetary fund
  • 6. International monetary fund (seminar)
  • 7. Development banks
  • 8. Development banks (seminar)
  • 9. Great players in the background
  • 10. Great players in the background (seminar)
  • 11. Monetary union
  • 12. Monetary union (seminar)
  • 13. Discussion of recent developments, final revision
Literature
  • VOETEN, Erik. Ideology and international institutions. Princeton: Princeton university press, 2021, xiii, 242. ISBN 9780691207322. info
  • INGHAM, Geoffrey K. Money : ideology, history, politics. First published. Cambridge: Polity, 2020, 154 stran. ISBN 9781509526826. info
  • RITTBERGER, Volker, Bernhard ZANGL, Andreas KRUCK and Hylke DIJKSTRA. International organization. Third edition. London: Macmillan international higher education, 2019, xiv, 285. ISBN 9781137610041. info
  • WOODS, Ngaire. The globalizers : the IMF, the World Bank, and their borrowers. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006, x, 253. ISBN 9780801444241. info
Teaching methods
The course consists of lectures and class discussion. There will be five seminars during the semester. The goals of the seminars are: discussion of the issues introduced in the lectures, application of the acquired theoretical tools to the real world phenomena. Each seminar has one or two main themes. The discussion in the class requires familiarization with compulsory readings.
Assessment methods
1. Oral examination. To apply for the examination students have to obtain at least 20 points throughout the semester.
2. Participation in seminars, max. 20 points
3. Position papers, max. 15 points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Předmět si nezapisují studenti, kteří ho již absolvovali pod kódem MVZ451.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
  • Permalink: https://is.muni.cz/course/fss/spring2025/MVZn5065