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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)
After the end of the Cold War and throughout the 1990s, the primary stage for democracy promotion was Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space. The aim of the US was to help the consolidation of "market democracies" - a term that both encompasses the ideological and material interests of Washington in the region; for the EU the goal was the potential accession of these states to the Union, thus representing a strategic and also material interest. The 2000s saw the democracy promotion stage shift to countries of North Africa and the Middle East as the former communist countries of Eastern Europe became fairly consolidated democracies and became part of the European Union. More recently the EU aims to "streamline" democracy and human rights promotion into all of its external activities and the US, in reaction to the Arab Spring and the crisis in Ukraine, has been more vocal in support of democratic developments around the world, despite President Barack Obama's initial toning down of rhetoric with respect to democracy promotion. Understanding the dynamics of democracy promotion, the instruments used to further this goal, the stakeholders involved and the interests and norms that underlie the policies is thus crucial for understanding contemporary foreign policy of the Unites States and the European Union. |
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)
The aim of this course is to map out the ideological/normative tenets that underlie democracy promotion policies of the United States and the European Union, to identify the instruments and institutions involved in the process of assisting democratic governance in third countries and point out the contradictions that such policies raise in the donor and recipient countries. The course will discuss key concepts in the field of democracy promotion and in this sense it will also focus on providing various definitions of the type and form of "democracy" that is, in fact, being promoted by the US and the EU; it will also analyze accounts of scholars from non-Western states, which scrutinize whether and under which circumstances Western liberal democracy takes root in their societies and what potentially potentially different characteristics these democracies possess. |
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Poslední úprava: Bc. Sára Lochmanová (05.10.2023)
Terms of passing the course 1. Students will be required to participate actively in discussions – this will constitute 20 points of the overall grade 2. In midterm, students will hand in a 1000-1200-word essay discussing either one of the following questions:
This activity will constitute 30 points of the overall grade (due date: 13 November 2023)
The essay will be handed in via Turnitin: https://library.cuni.cz/services/turnitin/ Class ID: 40278810 Enrollment key: democracy
3. At the end of the semester, students will complete a final test with open-ended questions based on readings, lectures and in-class discussions – this will constitute 50 points of the overall grade. In order to pass the course, students will need to gain at least 50 points (out of 100 possible) and at least 50% in each assignment. In each assignment, students need to reach at least 50 % of the maximum points awarded. Late submission of midterm essay: -3 points/day.
Grading 100 - 91 points: A 90 - 81 points: B 80 - 71 points: C 70 - 61 points: D 60 – 50 points: E less than 50 points: F (fail) Class ethics (A) Any use of primary and secondary texts in essays must be acknowledged. Such use must meet the following conditions: 1. the beginning and end of the quoted passage must be shown with quotation marks; 2. when quoting from periodicals or books, the name(s) of author(s), book or article titles, the year of publication, and page from which the passage is quoted must all be stated in footnotes or endnotes; 3. internet sourcing must include a full web address where the text can be found as well as the date the web page was visited by the author. (B) Essays will be scanned with software for detecting AI-generated text. Any use of generative AI should be duly and in detail explained in a separate footnote. (C) In case the use of any texts other than those written by the author is established without proper acknowledgment as defined in (A), the paper will be deemed plagiarized and handed over to the Disciplinary Commission of the Faculty of Social Sciences. (D) In case you are not able to attend more than two seminars, report your absence to me via email. |
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (18.12.2020)
Recommended literature
NOTE: All texts available in this syllabus are for study purposes of this course only. They are protected by copyright and must not be further distributed.
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (12.09.2023)
Part lecture - part interactive seminar
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Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D. (24.08.2023)
Syllabus 2023/2024 The course will be taught in-person 1. Introduction to the course – whither democratic governance in the world? (3.10.2023) Bloc I - Theory 2. Defining key terms and conceptualizing democracy promotion (10.10.2023) Discussion: Types and approaches to democracy assistance
3. What is being promoted? The contestability of liberalism (17.10.2023) Discussion: Models of democracy
4. What is being promoted? The contestability of democracy (24.10.2023) Discussion: Strengthening authoritarians through democracy promotion?
5. Responsibility, morality and ethics – theories supporting democracy promotion (31.10.2023) Discussion: Why do democracies promote democracy beyond their borders?
6. Democratic transitions – processes and critical junctures (7.11.2023) Discussion: Social consequences of political transformations
7. Non-Western perspectives on liberalism, democracy and their promotion (14.11.2023) Discussion: Flaws in liberal democracy according to non-Western thinkers
Bloc II - Practice 8. How is democracy promoted: democracy promotion instruments and institutions (21.11.2023) Discussion: Undermining of democracy promotion efforts by third parties
9. Civil society and non-governmental organizations as democracy promotors (28.11.2023) Discussion: Women and democratic transitions
10. Case studies I - promoting democracy in Iraq and Ukraine (5.12.2023) Discussion: What went wrong with the attempt to build democracy in Iraq?
11. Case studies II – promoting democracy in Afghanistan and Czechoslovakia (12.12.2023) Discussion: How is “nation-building” related to democracy promotion?
12. To promote or not to promote? Criticism of democracy promotion in the US and the EU (19.12.2023) Discussion: Democracy promotion as a tool of the “West” to control the “Rest”?
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)
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Poslední úprava: Mgr. Jiřina Tomečková (26.09.2023)
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