Major Problems in North America Since the End of the Cold War - JTB232

• Title: Major Problems in North America Since the End of the Cold War
• Guaranteed by: Department of North American Studies (23-KAS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 30 / unknown (30)
• 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
• Additional information: http://instituty.fsv.cuni.cz/~kozak
• 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: Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D.
• Class: Courses for incoming students

Annotation

English

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (09.06.2019)

The course will introduce students to the most important developments in the Northern American territory since the end of the Cold War. Emphasis is placed on major problems in domestic politics in multidisciplinary perspective.

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)

Kurs seznámí studenty s nejdůležitějšími událostmi v oblasti Severní Ameriky od konce studené války. Důraz bude kladen především na hlavní vnitropolitické otázky a problémy v multidisciplinární perspektivě.

Aim of the course

English

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (09.06.2019)

By the end of the course, the student will have understood the roots of the most pressing contemporary foreign policy, political, social, and economic issues of North America. The students will be able to explain the underlying causes of said issues and their historical context. This understanding should help the students to fathom the complex nature of the phenomena we can observe in US, Canada, and Mexico today. The emphasis will be given to the U.S. perspective, for topics pertaining mostly or exclusively to the U.S. (e.g. Unilateralism, Interventionism, Supreme Court). Topics pertaining equally to Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. (e.g. NAFTA, Energy Policy) will be described from the perspective of all three actors.

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)

By the end of the course, the student will have understood the roots of the most pressing contemporary foreign policy, political, social, and economic issues of North America. The students will be able to explain the underlying causes of said issues and their historical context. This understanding should help the students to fathom the complex nature of the phenomena we can observe in US, Canada, and Mexico today. The emphasis will be given to the U.S. perspective, for topics pertaining mostly or exclusively to the U.S. (e.g. Unilateralism, Interventionism, Supreme Court). Topics pertaining equally to Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. (e.g. NAFTA, Energy Policy) will be described from the perspective of all three actors.

Course completion requirements

Last update: Bc. Sára Lochmanová (31.01.2024)

Grading is based on the Dean's Measure no. 20/2019: https://fsv.cuni.cz/deans-measure-no-20/2019

• 91% and more   => A
• 81-90%             => B
• 71-80%             => C
• 61-70%             => D
• 51-60%             => E
• 0-50%               => F

More in SMĚRNICE S_SO_002: Organizace zkouškových termínů, kontrol studia a užívání klasifikace A–F na FSV UK.

Literature

English

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (09.06.2019)

See required reading for each class in the syllabus.

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)

Viz povinná literatura ke každé hodině v sylabu.

Teaching methods

English

Last update: Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček, Ph.D. (03.11.2021)

The students are required to read one of the selected texts. Two presenters are selected for each class. The presentations are then followed by class discussion based on the assigned texts. 

 

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)

Studenti si vyberou jeden z určených textů. Dva vybraní studenti si na připraví prezentace každý na jeden text. Po prezentacích následuje dsikuze a kontextualizace přečtených textů.

 

 

Requirements to the exam

English

Last update: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (07.09.2020)

·         Regular Attendance (i.e. one absence without an apology) and class participation, 20%

·         Presentation (one text from the list below), 20%

·         Final Paper (1500 to 2100 words paper on the topic of your choice), 50%

Grading is based on the Dean's Measure no. 20/2019: https://fsv.cuni.cz/deans-measure-no-20/2019

• 91% and more   => A
• 81-90%             => B
• 71-80%             => C
• 61-70%             => D
• 51-60%             => E
• 0-50%               => F

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)

·         Pravidelná docházka (jedna neomluvená absence) a aktivní účast v debatě, 20%

·        Prezentace (seznam textů v SIS), 30%

·         Seminární práce (1500 až 2100 slov na vybrané téma), 50%

Známkování se řídí opatřením děkanky č. 20/2019: https://fsv.cuni.cz/opatreni-dekanky-c-20/2019

• 91% a více        => A
• 81-90%             => B
• 71-80%             => C
• 61-70%             => D
• 51-60%             => E
• 0-50%               => F

Syllabus

English

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (09.06.2019)

 Major Problems in North America Since the End of the Cold War

General:

Instructor:                     Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček

Office Hours:                Wednesdays 12.30 pm - 2.30 pm (Room J3078)

Email:                            [e-mail]

Type:                             Lecture/Seminar

Conclusion:                   Exam

Requirements:

 

·         Regular Attendance (i.e. one absence without an apology), 15%

 

·         Weekly Readings, 15%

 

·         Presentation (one text from the list below), 20%

 

·         Final Paper (1500 to 2100 words paper on the topic of your choice), 50%

 

Course Plan:

October 3                 Introduction, Course Plan, Requirements

                                 The End of the Cold War and the Unipolar World

·         Who won the Cold War?

·         What does the victory mean?

·         The world policeman, really a change?

October 10               The End of History, did the Liberal Democracy Become the Norm?

·         Challenges to liberal democracy in NA and globally

·         BRICS

·         Rise of China

October 17               Unilateralism

·   Operation Desert Storm

·   Coalition Building

·   NATO invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. led invasion of Iraq

October 24               NAFTA (U.S.)

·         Is NAFTA a success story?

·         Is it destroying jobs in the U.S.?

·         Who benefits?

October 31               NAFTA (Canada and Mexico)

·         FTA (ELA)

·         Free trade impact on rural Mexico

·         An uneven deal?

November 7             Race Relations (U.S.)

·         Historical perspective: Los Angeles riots, Million Man March

·         Police brutality and #BlackLivesMatter

·         Race and criminal justice: how to overcome mass incarceration?

·         How to empower the disempowered?

·         President Obama and the black community

November 14           Race Relations (Canada, Mexico)

·         Aboriginal Peoples

·         Assembly of First Peoples (Canada)

·         Zapatista Movement (Mexico)

November 21           Energy Policy

·         Unconventional Oil and Gas

·         Canadian Tar Sands

·         US Shale Gas Revolution

·         Environmental Issues (Keystone XL)

·         https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/us/north-dakota-oil-pipeline-battle-whos-fighting-and-why.html?_r=1

 

November 28           Deindustrialization, Globalization

·         Rust Belt

·         Ontario

·         Working class jobs

 

 

December 5              Income Inequality

·         U.S.

·         Canada

·         Mexico

December 12            Populism 

·         Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders - party hijackers

·         White working class identity

·         Jacksonian tradition

December 19            U.S. - Canada - Mexico relations

·         Current issues and opportunities

·         Migration

·         Security

 

 

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)

 

Major Problems in North America Since the End of the Cold War

 

General:

 

Instructor:                     Mgr. Jiří Pondělíček

 

Office Hours:                Wednesdays 12.30 pm - 2.30 pm (Room J3078)

 

Email:                            [e-mail]

 

Type:                             Lecture/Seminar

 

Conclusion:                   Exam

 

Requirements:

·         Regular Attendance (i.e. one absence without an apology), 15%

·         Weekly Readings, 15%

·         Presentation (one text from the list below), 20%

·         Final Paper (1500 to 2100 words paper on the topic of your choice), 50%

Course Plan:

October 3                 Introduction, Course Plan, Requirements

                                 The End of the Cold War and the Unipolar World

·         Who won the Cold War?

·         What does the victory mean?

·         The world policeman, really a change?

October 10               The End of History, did the Liberal Democracy Become the Norm?

·         Challenges to liberal democracy in NA and globally

·         BRICS

·         Rise of China

October 17               Unilateralism

·   Operation Desert Storm

·   Coalition Building

·   NATO invasion of Afghanistan, U.S. led invasion of Iraq

October 24               NAFTA (U.S.)

·         Is NAFTA a success story?

·         Is it destroying jobs in the U.S.?

·         Who benefits?

October 31               NAFTA (Canada and Mexico)

·         FTA (ELA)

·         Free trade impact on rural Mexico

·         An uneven deal?

November 7             Race Relations (U.S.)

·         Historical perspective: Los Angeles riots, Million Man March

·         Police brutality and #BlackLivesMatter

·         Race and criminal justice: how to overcome mass incarceration?

·         How to empower the disempowered?

·         President Obama and the black community

November 14           Race Relations (Canada, Mexico)

·         Aboriginal Peoples

·         Assembly of First Peoples (Canada)

·         Zapatista Movement (Mexico)

November 21           Energy Policy

·         Unconventional Oil and Gas

·         Canadian Tar Sands

·         US Shale Gas Revolution

·         Environmental Issues (Keystone XL)

·         https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/02/us/north-dakota-oil-pipeline-battle-whos-fighting-and-why.html?_r=1

 

November 28           Deindustrialization, Globalization

·         Rust Belt

·         Ontario

·         Working class jobs

 

 

December 5              Income Inequality

·         U.S.

·         Canada

·         Mexico

December 12            Populism 

·         Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders - party hijackers

·         White working class identity

·         Jacksonian tradition

December 19            U.S. - Canada - Mexico relations

·         Current issues and opportunities

·         Migration

·         Security

 

 

Entry requirements

English

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (09.06.2019)

prerequisites according to the study program

Czech

Last update: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)

v závislosti na studijním programu