Theories of International Relations - JPM043

• Title: Theories of International Relations (TIR)
• Guaranteed by: Department of International Relations (23-KMV)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2020 to 2020
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 7
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited / unknown (9999)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• 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. Ondřej Ditrych, M.Phil., Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): doc. PhDr. Ondřej Ditrych, M.Phil., Ph.D.; Mgr. Anna Kotvalová; doc. PhDr. Běla Plechanovová, CSc.
• Class: Courses not for incoming students
• Co-requisite : {TMV skupina korekvizit MV/BS}
• Incompatibility : JPM679
• Is incompatible with: JPM679
• Is interchangeable with: JPM679

Annotation

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

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/user/index.php?id=6361). Students must be registered in the Moodle to successfully pass this course.

Literature

Last update: doc. PhDr. Ondřej Ditrych, M.Phil., Ph.D. (14.09.2020)

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

Teaching methods

Last update: doc. PhDr. Ondřej Ditrych, M.Phil., Ph.D. (10.09.2021)

It is envisioned that all lectures will be delivered in person, streamed through Teams (https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YmM4ZTg1Y2ItZWJiMC00ZDVlLTk3MDQtNDY3MDA5ZTI2OGUz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2273844aaf-f10c-4dee-aaaf-5eeb27962a5d%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%221e2d902a-3f4a-441f-891b-54630429ab82%22%7d) and recorded. Please follow the university's current pandemic regulation for any changes.

Requirements to the exam

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

Examination in this course will be conducted in the Moodle. There will be a midterm and a final test scheduled for all students. Both are open book tests. The midterm test, constituting 30 % of the grade, will take place in the second half of November. The final test (70%) will be scheduled for the exam period. Both tests shall cover the content of the lectures and the assigned (not recommended) reading. Students may sit for the final exam even if they have not yet submitted all assignments for the corequisite seminar.

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

Syllabus

Last update: doc. PhDr. Ondřej Ditrych, M.Phil., Ph.D. (10.09.2021)

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 AND FEMINISM

11. INTEGRATION: HOW PEOPLE AND STATES GET TOGETHER

12.THE FINAL CASE