Political problems of contemporary world

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Course ID:	4003-114-c-ppws
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	Political problems of contemporary world
Name in Polish:	Polityczne problemy współczesnego świata
Organizational unit:	Centre for Europe
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses
Prerequisites (description):	Students should be prepared at the grammar school level in the field of general geography, geography of Europe, general history, history of Europe and contemporary society.
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Main goal of course is to present the most important problems of contemporary world in the context of complex, multilevel challenges facing the international community. It would require presentation of the main notions and phenomenons which explain diversity of modern world at the begining of 21st century. Analyzing those problems includes theoretical, as well as empirical aspects of the main characteristics describing international order.
Full description:	Political problems of the contemporary world are multilevel ones, so in their analysing one must take under considerations many different, cross-reacting elements of international order. Most important problems would be presented in the framework of following topics: 1. International relations - general notions - International relations as a field of study: subject, scope, analitical methods - Origin and development of modern international relations - notion of international order 2. International order at the begining of the 21st century - Terminology and institutions - Forms of globalization and its evolution 3. Factors shaping international relations - Typology of factors - main criterias of classification: determinating and acting factors 4. Main actors of international relations - Notion of actor - State and non-state actors - Hierarchy of state actors - Interests and influences of actors 5. Crucial global problems - International conflicts and disputes - Demographic problems - Ecology - Poverty and starvation - Energy and resources - International dept problem 6. Role of states in creating international relations - Hierarchy of state actors - from superpowers, through regional powers to mini-states - States' activity - Notion and nature of foreign policy - foreign policy and internal policy - Redefinition of state's sovereignty in contemporary international relations. Student’s workload: seminar - 30 h preparation for presentation and reading for classes - 30 h preparation for final test - 30 h total - 90 h
Bibliography:	- Stosunki międzynarodowe. Geneza, struktura, dynamika, red. E.Haliżak, R.Kuźniar, Warszawa 2006 - R.Bierzanek, J.Symonides, Prawo międzynarodowe publiczne, Warszawa 1998 - Z.Cesarz, E.Stadtmüller, Problemy polityczne współczesnego świata, Wrocław 2002 - E.Cziomer, L.W.Zyblikiewicz, Zarys współczesnych stosunków międzynarodowych, Warszawa 2005 - Globalizacja a stosunki międzynarodowe, red. E.Haliżak, R.Kuźniar, J.Symonides, Bydgoszcz-Warszawa 2004 - W.Góralczyk, Prawo międzynarodowe publiczne w zarysie, Warszawa 2001 - Kryzys z 2008 roku a pozycja międzynarodowa Zachodu,, red. R.Kuźniar, Warszawa 2011 - P.Ostaszewski, Międzynarodowe Stosunki Polityczne, Warszawa 2008 - K.Mingst, Podstawy stosunków międzynarodowych, Warszawa 2006 - Międzynarodowe stosunki polityczne, red. M.Pietraś, Lublin 2006 - J. D. Boudreaux, Globalization, Westport, Conn. 2008 - M. Griffiths, T. O'Callaghan, S. C. Roach, International relations: the key concepts, New York 2014 - P. Roberts, The end of food, Boston 2008 - M. M. Robin, The world according to Monsanto: pollution, corruption, and the control of the world's food supply, New York 2010 - S. Zrinscak, S. Lawrence, Active ageing and demographic change: challenges for social work and social policy, Abingdon 2016 - Wybrane artykuły z: Roczników Strategicznych - Czasopisma: Polityka, Newsweek, The Economist
Learning outcomes:	Having completed the course, students are expected: in the field of KNOWLEDGE to know: • crucial global problems • interdependencies between different aspects of international relations • factors determinating international order • methods of eliminating political conflicts in the field of SKILLS to be able to: • explain nature of political global problems • explain interdependencies between different features of international order • describe instruments and mechanisms preventing global problems • analyze actions taken by international actors to prevent and eliminate global problems in the field of SOCIAL COMPETENCIES to manage to: • formulate own opinions on political challenges facing contemporary world • make a critical assessments of different information on political events in the world • to show independence of thought in constant searching of knowledge and information on still-going changes in international relations.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Graded pass. The final assessments is based on following elements: - student's activity during the course - making an individual presentation - passing the written exam.

This course is not currently offered.

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