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Institute of Political Science

Winter or Summer semester:

Module I CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Introduction to Post-Communist Politics and Society

20 ECTS The Polish Society in the Process of Changes

Central and Eastern European Economy

Introduction to Jurisprudence

Module II AREA STUDIES

Africa in the 21st Century

20 ECTS North America in the XXI century

Middle East in the 21`st Century

Asia on Threshold of the 21st Century

Module III FOREIGN POLICY AND PROBLEMS OF THE MODERN WORLD

Changes of the Contemporary Civilisations

20 ECTS Contemporary military conflicts

Foreign Policy of Russia

Foreign policy of the USA

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Course title Introduction to Jurisprudence

Semester

(winter/summer) winter/summer ECTS 5

Lecturer(s) Dr Urszula Kosielinska-Grabowska

Department Institute of Political Science

Course objectives (learning outcomes)

This course is designed to serve as a general introduction to jurisprudence, provides an introduction to the

main ideas of leading legal theories, selected legal concepts and comparisons of modern legal trends.

During the semester, we will consider the philosophical nature of law, legal reasoning, law creation, validity

of law. The students also study main legal categories (law, sources of law, system of law, law enforcement,

etc.) and will be familiar to some degree with the major figures in the field. They will understand the

difference between basic legal categories in the countries with different legal cultures.

By the end of the course participants will have developed the basic linguistic skills for identifying and

discussing jurisprudence and legal theory/philosophy issues, have a basic familiarity with the vocabulary

and concepts used in contemporary jurisprudential debates and a sense of the overall development of the

western legal tradition.

Prerequisites

Knowledge -

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Comments

Course content (topic list)

1. The Concept of Law

2. Theories of Law:

Natural Law

Legal Positivism

Legal Realism

Critical Legal Studies

Feminist Legal Theories

3. Law and Language

4. Legal Norm, Legal Provision, Normative Act

5. Legal System - Concepts and Features

6. Lawmaking and the Application of Law

7. The Concept and Criteria of Legal Validity

8. The Sources of Law

9. Legal Interpretation

10. Legal Logic

Compulsory reading

1. Jabłońska-Bonca Jolanta Wprowadzenie do prawa. Introduction to Law

2. Herbert (HLA) Hart, Concept of Law (Postscript),

3. Hans Kelsen, The Pure Theory of Law (excerpts)

4. John Finnis: Natural Law and Natural Right (excerpts)

5. Alf Ross, Toward a Realistic Jurisprudence (excerpts)

6. Ronald Dworkin, Law's Empire (excerpts)

Texts will be provided by the teacher

Recommended reading:

The Oxford Handbook of Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law Edited by Jules L. Coleman, Kenneth

Einar Himma, and Scott J. Shapiro

Understanding Jurisprudence. An Introduction to Legal Theory, Raymond Wacks

Jurisprudence. Themes and Concepts, Scott Veitch, Emilios Christodoulidis, Lindsay Farmer

A Companion to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory, Edited by Dennis Patterson

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Course title Central and Eastern European Economy

semester ECTS* 5

Lecturer(s) Dorota Murzyn, PhD



The aim of the course is to provide a basis for understanding the mechanisms of functioning of the global

economy and its relationship to the national economy, especially in the context of Central and Eastern

European countries.

Students develop skills needed to identify and correct understanding of the economic processes taking place

in the world (particularly in Poland, and other Central and Eastern European countries) today .

Prerequisites

Knowledge Knowledge of the basic concepts of economics and international relations.

Skills The ability to analyze socio-economic indicators.

Courses completed Economics, International relations

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This course provides an analysis of the economic relationships between countries, covering both trade and

monetary issues, mainly on the example of Central and Eastern European countries. The course consists of

two parts:

I. International trade and investment.

1. Pure theories of international trade (classical, neo-classical, new theories of trade).

2. Political economy of protection.

3. The benefits and the role of international trade in the economy.

4. Economics of regional integration and multilateral arrangements (GATT and WTO).

5. The European Union as the most advanced form of economic integration. Central and Eastern European

countries in the process of integration with the European Union.

5. International migration and labour markets.

6. The characteristics and effects of globalization.

7. Growth and development in the world.

In this part we address some of the classic questions of international trade theory such as: who trades what

with whom? What are the effects of trade on welfare and the income distribution? What are the effects of

barriers to trade and economic integration? Why do people look for job abroad? Why and what for countries

integrate with each other? What is the place of Poland (and Central and Eastern European countries) in the

world trade?

II. International finance and monetary issues.

1. Foreign aid, foreign direct investment and economic development.

2. Foreign exchange markets and exchange rate policies.

3. Monetary union (in the EU).

4. Dynamics and consequences of global financial crisis.

5. European Union and it's budget and finances.

This part then focuses on some of the key questions in open economy such as: How are nominal exchange

rates determined? What does it mean for a currency to be overvalued or undervalued? Why do countries run

large current account surpluses or deficits? Are such external imbalances sustainable? Why do some fixed

exchange rate regimes fail and end in a currency crisis? What are the benefits and costs of a common

currency? Why and how one country help the other country? What are the consequences of financial crisis?

What is the role of FDI in the economy?

Compulsory reading

Kasprowicz D., Foryś G., Murzyn D.: “Politics, Society and the Economy in Contemporary Poland: An

Introduction”, Scholar Publishing House, Warsaw 2016.

Krugman P.R., Obstfeld M.: „International economics: theory and policy”, Boston : Addison Wesley, cop.

2003.

International Economics Journal: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-economics/

International Monetary Fund: http://www.imf.org

The World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/

Official website of the European Union: http://europa.eu/

Recommended reading

Artymowska P., Kukliński A., Żuber P. (eds.): „The future of regions – the megaspaces of the XXI

century”, Warsaw 2011.

Dyduch J., Michalewska-Pawlak M., Murphy R.: “European Union development: challenges and

strategies”, Warsaw 2013.

Jakubowska P., Kukliński A., Żuber P. (Eds.): „The future of regions in the perspective of global

change”, Warsaw 2008.

Murzyn D.: „Building an economy based on knowledge and innovation in the Visegrad Group

countries using the EU structural funds”, in: “European Union development: challenges and

strategies”, J. Dyduch, M.Michalewska-Pawlak, R.Murphy (eds.), Warszawa 2013, pp. 139-159.

Stiglitz J.: “Globalization and its discontents”, New York, London 2002.

Vreeland J.R.: “The International Monetary Fund : politics of conditional lending”, London, New

York: Routledge, 2007.

http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-economics/

http://www.imf.org/

http://www.worldbank.org/

http://europa.eu/

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Course title The Polish Society in the Process of Changes

Semester

(winter/summer) Winter/summer ECTS 5

Lecturer(s) Prof. UP, dr hab. Grzegorz Foryś



While describing Polish society I would like to focus my attention to several key issues which allow the

possibly of fullest reflection of both, its state and the processes that affect it. One should be aware that

Polish society is a subject of intense modernization processes as much as politics and economy. However,

there are significant differences in these processes occurring in each of these areas. The aim of the course is

acquainting students with main areas of changes in Polish society, e.g. the dynamics of demographic

changes, the formation of a new social structure, changes and transformations in urban and rural areas, the

formation of a civil society, and the issues of poverty and of social exclusion. To some extent, the issues

related to the change of social consciousness will also be addressed. Fundamentally the student should get

the knowledge about the specificity of changes in post-communist societies.

Prerequisites

Knowledge

Basic knowledge in sociology that concerning fundamental conceptual categories of

sociology.

Skills The ability of the critical thinking.

Courses completed Introduction to sociology

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The lecture and discussion. Individual presentation of the some chosen social issue on the example of the

country of student origin.

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3. Essay on a selected theme.

Comments


7. Concepts of the society

8. Sociological essential notions

9. Social processes and their dynamics.

10. The historical factors determining the development of Polish society.

11. The dynamics of the demographic changes in Polish society.

12. Social structure of Polish society.

13. Cities and rural areas in the process of changes.

14. Civil society in Poland.

15. Custom, worldwide and lifestyles of Polish people.

Compulsory reading

Domański H. (2000). On the Verge of Convergence. Social Stratification in Eastern Europe. Budapest:

Central European University Press.

Ekiert G., Kubik J. (1999). Rebellious Civil Society. Popular Protest and Democratic Consolidation in

Poland, 1989-1993. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor.

Gąsior-Niemiec A. Gliński P. (2007). „Europeanization of civil society in Poland” (in:) Revija za

Socijalnu Politiku 1 (14). Zagrzeb. (http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/47914)

Podgórecki A. (1994). Polish Society. Connecticut – London: Praeger-Greenwood.

Sztompka P. (2002). Socjologia. Analiza społeczeństwa. Znak, Kraków.

Recommended reading

Civil Society in Poland–Challenges and Prospects (in:)

http://www.academia.edu/3014938/Civil_society_in_Poland_challenges_and_prospects

Giddens A. (2001). Sociology. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing.

Kaleta A. (ed.) (2001). Rural and agricultural transformation in Central Europe. Wrocław: Zakład

Narodowy im. Ossolińskich.

Mucha J., Szczepański M. (2002). “Polish Society in the Perspective of its Integration with

European Union” (in:) East European Quarterly, t. 35 (4), p. 483-498.

Słomczyński K. M. (ed.) (2002). Social structure: changes and linkages : the advanced phase of

the post-communist transition in Poland. Warszawa: IFiS PAN.

Szczepański J. (1970). Polish Society. New York: Random House.

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Course title Introduction to Post-Communist Politics and Society

Semester

(winter/summer) Winter, summer ECTS 5

Lecturer(s) Prof. Katarzyna Sobolewska-Myślik

Department Faculty of Political Science, Institute of Political

Science


This is an introductory course to the socio-political transition in the post-communist countries with a special

emphasis on the Polish case.

Therefore, the basic course objectives are:

1) to introduce students to the democratic transition process

2) to explain and clarify the current social and political developments in the region

Prerequisites

Knowledge Basic facts about European 20th century history. Political geography of the region

Skills Ability to study and discuss advanced academic texts in English

Courses completed No particular courses need to be completed prior to

this one

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Basic teaching method is in-class debate, in which all students are expected to participate. The lecturer will

encourage students to comment on the texts, to discuss articles on current events, to participate in breakout

sessions, and to contribute to class discussions as appropriate.

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Everyone is expected to complete the vast majority of required reading before the

class every week and to contribute actively to class discussions, and to deliver the

short response papers (750-1000 words) that critically discuss one of the readings.

Comments


1.Paths to democracy –transition in the comparative perspective.

2.Introduction to the post-communist politics.

3.Foundations of the civil society in Poland

4.Shallow Europeanization?

5.Problematic -isms: nationalism, populism, radicalism.

Compulsory reading

Kasprowicz D., Marzęcki R., Murzyn D., Stach Ł., Introduction to the Polish politics,society and

economics, Krakow 2014

Recommended reading

Świeboda P., Central Europe fit for the future: 10 years after EU accession, DemosEuropa 2014

Bunce, Valerie (2003): Rethinking Recent Democratization. Lessons from the Postcommunist

Experience. In: World Politics 55(2): 167-192.

Beyme, Klaus von (2001): Institutional Engineering and Transition to Democracy. In: Zielonka, Jan

(Ed.): Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe. Volume I. Institutional Engineering. Oxford,

Oxford University Press: 3-24.

Birch, Sarah (2003): Electoral Systems and Political Transformation in Post-Communist Europe.

Basingstoke: Palgrave: 28-51.

Green, Andrew T. (2002): Comparative Development of Post-Communist Civil Societies. In: Europe-

Asia Studies 54(3): 455-471.

Ladrech Robert (2009), Shallow Europeanization and party system instability, Keelee Universum

Working paper no. 27

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Course title Africa in the 21st Century

Semester

(winter/summer) winter, summer ECTS 5

Lecturer(s) Prof. Joanna Bar, Ph.D.



This course aims to provide students with knowledge about the social and political aspects of the changes

and challenges of African countries: processes, mechanism and prognosis.

Prerequisites

Knowledge Basic knowledge of the most important events in world history after 1991.

Skills Ability to identify and localize the most important events in world history after 1991.

Courses completed -

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Final grade includes:

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course

Comments


16. Africa. A History of Fifty Years of Independence

17. Challenges of African Growth

18. Aid and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies in Africa

19. The problem of Islamic terrorism in terms of regional security in Africa

20. Polish experience of transformation and their value for the contemporary processes of change and

development in African countries

Compulsory reading

Can Africa Claim the 21st

Century?, The World Bank Washington, D.C. 2000

Collier Paul, Hoeffler Anke, Aid, Policy and Growth in Post-Conflict Societies, World Bank Policy

Research Working Paper 2902, October 2002

Collier Paul,

2007 The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It,

Oxford

2009 Wars, Guns and Votes. Democracy in Dangerous Places, New York

Fage John Donnelly, A History of Africa, London 1990

Conflict and ethnicity in Central Africa, red. Didier Goyvaerts, Tokyo 2000

Meredith Martin, The State of Africa. A History of Fifty Years of Independence, London 2005

Ndulu Benno, Chakraborti Lopamudra, Lijane Lebohang et. al., Challenges of African Growth :

opportunities, constraints, and strategic directions, Washington D. C. 2007

Taylor Ian, International Relations of Sub-Saharan Africa, New York 2010

Recommended reading

Joanna Bar, The problem of Islamic terrorism in Kenya in terms of regional security in East Africa, w:

„Politeja”, Nr 42, African Studies, Wydział Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu

Jagiellońskiego, 2016, s. 147-164

Brokensha David W., Little Peter, Anthropology of development and change in East Africa, Colorado 1998

Charbonneau Bruno, France and the New Imperialism: Security Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa, London

2008

Cosgrove-Twitchett Carol, Europe and Africa: from association to partnership, Westmead 1978

Crisp Jeff, Africa's Refugees: Patterns, Problems and Policy Challenges, "Journal of Contemporary African

Studies", Vol. 18, Issue 2, 2000 s. 157-178

Current Challenges to Peacebuildingv Efforts and Development Assistance, red. Konrad Pędziwiatr, Patryk

Kugiel, Aleksander Dańda, Kraków 2011

Ethnic Conflict and International Politics: Explaining Diffusion and Escalation red. Steven E. Lobell, Philip

Mauceri, Gordonsville 2001

In The River They Swim, red. M. Fairbanks, M. Escobari-Rose, M. Fal, E. Hooper, West Cinshohocken

2009.

Moyo Dambisa, Dead Aid. Why Aid is Not Working and How There is Another Way for Africa, London 2009

Resolutions of African Conflicts: The management of Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Reconstruction,

red. Alfred Nhema, Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Athens (OH, USA) 2008

The Media and the Rwandan Genocide, red. A. Thompson, London 2007

The Oxford Companion to the Economics of Africa, red. Ernest Aryeetey, Shantayanan Devarayan, Ravi

Kanbur, Louis Kasekende, Oxford, New York 2012

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Course title North America in the XXI century

Course code Winter, summer ECTS* 5

Lecturer(s) Grzegorz Nycz, Ph.D.



The aim of the course is to provide students with a general orientation in contemporary North American

challenges of broader global significance, including the rank of the United States of America in international

relations and its determinants. The objective of the course is also to widen students’ background in the areas

of domestic and foreign policies of the USA in the beginning of the 21st century, as well as to explore

selected paths in the main fields of research referring to North American countries and their cultural,

civilizational, demographic and economic dilemmas. The course is embracing the issues of socio-political

North American shifts linked with ethnic and religious divisions, interconnections of internal and external

dimensions and preconditions of current role of North America in global affairs, and key national and

international security problems from North American and Atlantic perspective.

Prerequisites

Knowledge

The student possesses general knowledge of key factors in international political

relations, has basic knowledge of political systems in democracies, had previous

background in contemporary history including North America, received introductory

overview of main orientations in foreign policy studies

Skills

The student has the ability to use basic analytical skills to organize his research in the

field of the course, has practical ability to enhance his knowledge in the area of the

course by using accessible data and reviewed documentation, has skills in individual

interpretation of discussed elements of state policies and its contributing factors

Courses completed Introduction to international relations, history of the XX century

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The teaching methods are based on individually guided coursework, including the students’ presentations,

oral performances, writing tasks and discussions.

Students prepare their chosen topics in oral and written form (essays) from the list of selected areas referring

to the main themes of the course. Apart from the hours in contact with the lecturer students work on

theoretical dimensions of the course’s key problem issues (North America’s role in the international

community, North American domestic divisions).

The students’ progress is reviewed by the lecturer on every class, to train in individually conceptualized

written and oral statements in the framework of North American studies.

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Assessed elements of the course include written and oral conclusions of the students,

final essays, active participation in the classes, additional readings, comprehensive

progress in the fields of the course, performance of the students in group discussions,

individual presentations, accomplishments in individual projects

Comments Students may complete parts of the course by extended homeworks in e-mail contact

with the lecturer


21. North America in international relations: main determinants of geopolitical potential

22. USA, Canada and Mexico: population, area, administration: contemporary dilemmas of internal

policies

23. USA in current political and international debates: from the Cold War to the war on terrorism

24. Global significance of U.S. foreign policy: interventions, engagement and national interests

25. Regional integration of North American partners, NAFTA from European perspective

26. Main political challenges of the XXI century in North American countries: socio-economic

disparities, ethnic and cultural divisions, security deficits

27. September 11th in American eyes and in external perspectives

28. Ideologies, leaders, political forces and movements in U.S. and North American domestic struggles

29. International security and U.S. strategic role: arms race, peacekeeping, controversial unilateralism

30. Perspectives of North American participation in global affairs: leadership, co-existence, adaptation,

inclusion

Compulsory reading

Samuel Huntington, Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity, 2004.

Robert Kagan, Of Paradise and Power. America and Europe in the New World Order, 2003.

Seymour Martin Lipset, American Exceptionalism. A Double-Edged Sword, 1996.

Joseph S. Nye, The Paradox of American Power. Why the World’s Only Superpower Can’t Go It Alone,

2002.

Recommended reading

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Strategic Vision. America and the Crisis of Global Power, 2012.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, Second Chance, 2007.

Francis Fukuyama, America at the Crossroads: Democracy, Power and the Neoconservative Legacy,

2006.

Alan Greenspan, The Age of Turbulence. Adventures in a New World, 2007.

Walter A. McDougall, Promised Land, Crusader State. The American Encounter with the World Since

1776, 1997.

Joseph S. Nye, Soft Power. The Means to Success in World Politics, 2004.

Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World, 2008.

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Course title Middle East in the 21`st Century


Lecturer(s) Karol Bieniek, PhD

Department Political Science


This course basically analyses the historical pillars of the foreign policies of the Middle Eastern States.

Within this context, the political, cultural and religious evolution of the Middle East countries will be

analyzed. With a view to understand the changes and main trends in the foreign policy making processes in

the region, during the colonial and post-colonial eras, several countries like Turkey, Iran, Syria and Israel

will be studied with a comparative insight.

Prerequisites

Knowledge Basic knowledge about history of the world in the 19th and 20

th centuries

Skills Critical and analytical thinking

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Student presentation and discussantship: 20%

Active participation and attendance: 30%

Final essay: 50%

Comments


31. Background of the modern Middle East

32. Theoretical framework of the foreign policy and its making, main theoretical approaches to the

Middle East studies

33. European colonialism and national response period

34. The interplay of domestic policies and the regional conflicts

35. Middle East during the Cold War

36. The foreign policies of the major Middle Eastern states

37. The role of the ideologies and social movements: Arab nationalism, militarism, political Islam,

global jihadism, Arab Spring and its impact over the Middle East

Compulsory reading

Assigned readings (chosen chapters) will be provided during the semester:

Abrahamian E., A History of Modern Iran, Cambridge 2008

Altunışık M.B., Tür Ӧ., Turkey – Challenges of Continuity and Change, London 2005

Halliday F., The Middle East in International Relations. Power, Politics and Ideology, Cambridge 2005

Hinnebusch R., Ehteshami A. (Eds.), The Foreign Policies of Middle East States, Boulder 2002

Fawcett L., International Relations of the Middle East, New York 2009

Keddie, N.R. Roots of Revolution: an Interpretative History of Modern Iran, New Haven 1981

Korany B., A Dessouki A. (Eds.), The Foreign Policies of Arab States. The Challenge of Globalization,

Cairo 2008

Middle East Journal (chosen papers)

Yapp, M. The Making of the Modern Near East 1792-1923, London, 1987

Recommended reading

Tripp Ch., A History of Iraq, Cambridge2007

Zurcher E.J., Turkey: A Modern History, London 2005

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Course title Asia on Threshold of the 21 st Century


Lecturer(s) Lukasz Stach, PhD



Student should know the main political, economical and military issues connected with Far East Asia.

Student also should have knowledge about modern history of the min important Asia states.

Prerequisites

Knowledge Student has a background knowledge about the history and political geography of the

Far East Asia.

Skills Student is able to analyze basic issues connected with international relations..

Courses completed

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15 h

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1. China after Mao Zedong death – free market communism? Subject include:

38. economical reforms and Deng Xiaoping;

39. contemporary Chinese economy, policy and society

40. China in Asia – cooperation or rivalry with Japan, India and Korea

41. contemporary Chinese problems: demography, corruption, environment

42. Tibet – forgotten land?

2. North vs. South – Korean Peninsula

43. Differences between North and South Korea

44. North Korean economy, policy and society. Propaganda in “communist paradise”

45. North Korea and their military strength

3. Cultural diversity in contemporary Asia

46. India, China, Japan, Indochina, Philippines – melting pot of cultures?

47. Is Asia influenced by MacDonalds and MTV culture? Globalization of culture?

4. Contemporary India – another Asian giant?

48. economy in India

49. society in India (including problems with remains of caste system), wealth and poverty

in India

50. rivalry or cooperation with China

51. rivalry with Pakistan – Kashmir conflict and nuclear programme

52. Indian culture – cuisine, Bollywood and cultural diversity

5. Contemporary Japan

53. Japan after II WW – changes in society, political system and military

54. contemporary Japan – society, economy, policy

55. problems with history – Japanese war crimes and contemporary relations with Asian

countries (China, Korea, Philippines)

56. Manga, sushi, origami – is Japanese culture their best export product?

57. Contemporary Japanese problems (national debt, demography, cultural changes)

6. Asian hot-spots: military issues and problems in contemporary Asia:

58. Afghanistan – neverending war?

59. Small islands – big problems: Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands, Dokdo Islands

60. Maritime piracy in Far East Asia

61. Naval Arms Race in Far East Asia

62. Nuclear weapon in Asia

7. “Asian Tigers”

63. Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Hong Kong…

Compulsory reading

N. Aoki, Korea’s Third Kim. Will Anything Change?, “World Affairs Journal”,

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/korea%E2%80%99s-third-kim-will-anything-change

D. Bailey, Politics on the Peninsula: Democratic Consolidation and the Political Party System in South

Korea, “Graduate Journal of the Asia Pacific Studies”, 7:1 2010, pp 32-48;

B. Habib, North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme and the maintenance of the Songun system, “The

Pacific Review”, vol. 24, No.1, March 2011, pp. 43-64

S. Haggrad, M. Noland, Engaging North Korea: the Role of Economic Statecraft, “Policy Studies 59”,

http://www.eastwestcenter.org/sites/default/files/private/ps059_0.pdf

J. Marszałek-Kawa (ed.), Is the Century the Age of Asia? Deliberations on Security, Toruń 2012;

J. Marszałek-Kawa (ed.), Is the Century the Age of Asia? Deliberations on Economy, Toruń 2012;

J. Marszałek-Kawa (ed.), Is the Century the Age of Asia? Deliberations on Culture and Education, Toruń

2012;

J. Marszałek-Kawa (ed.), Is the Century the Age of Asia? Deliberations on Politics, Toruń 2012;

Recommended reading

B. W. Bennett, J. Lindt, The Collapse of North Korea. Military Missions and Requirements,

“International Security”, http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Collapse_of_North_Korea.pdf

J. Marszałek-Kawa (ed.), Dilemmas of contemporary Asia. Deliberations on Economy and Security,

Toruń 2013;

J. Marszałek-Kawa (ed.), Dilemmas of contemporary Asia. Deliberations on Politics, Toruń 2013;

J. Marszałek-Kawa (ed.), Dilemmas of contemporary Asia. Deliberations of Education and Culture,

Toruń 2013

http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/korea’s-third-kim-will-anything-change

http://www.eastwestcenter.org/sites/default/files/private/ps059_0.pdf

http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Collapse_of_North_Korea.pdf

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Course title

Changes of the Contemporary Civilizations (Social and political aspects of

the contemporary civilizations changes: processes, mechanism and

prognosis)

Semester

(winter/summer) Winter, summer ECTS 5

Lecturer(s) Dr hab., prof. UP Joanna Bar



This course aims to provide students with knowledge about the social and political aspects of the

contemporary civilization changes and challenges: processes, mechanism and prognosis.

Prerequisites

Knowledge Basic knowledge of the most important events in world history after 1991.

Skills Ability to identify and localize the most important events in world history after 1991.

Courses completed

Course organization


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Contact hours 15

Teaching methods:

Seminar combined with individual work on source materials.

The project is based on interpretation of the source texts and discussion. Also an attempt to evaluate

contemporary civilizational challenges will be made.

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Final grade includes:

-class presence

-a written work in the form of an essay on the subject of classes (full-time)

-a group project, in the form of presentation, on the subject of the course (part-time)

Comments


1. Dispute on the character of the contemporary civilization challenges and changes. New research

conceptions and the quasi–scientific prognosis: “the end of history”, “the clash of civilizations”, “the new

shape of the world order”

2. The idea of “civilization”:

a. Genesis and growth

b. Civilizations in history

c. Political structure of civilizations

d. Conflicts of civilizations: historical and contemporary

3. Globalization. Polymorphism in the global politics of the world

4. Economy and demography in the contemporary civilizations. Global economy. Technological changes

5. Changes of the power arrangement between civilizations. The Renaissance of Islam. Old and new centres

of the contemporary civilization: Japan, China, Russia, Arab countries, India

6. Poland in the history of civilization and in the

Compulsory reading

1. Beck, U., Risikogesellschaft: Auf dem Weg in eine andere Moderne, Frankfurt a. Mein, 1986

2. Calvocoressi, P., World Politics, 1945 –2000, Pearson Education Ltd 2001

3 Friedman, Th. L., The Lexus and the Olive Tree : Understanding Globalization, New York, 1999

4. Fukuyama, F., The End of History ?, London 1992

5. Huntington, S.P., The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York, 1996

Recommended reading

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Course title Contemporary military conflicts


Lecturer(s) Lukasz Stach, PhD



Students should know the origin, history, main leaders and consequences of the most important

contemporary military conflicts.

Prerequisites

Knowledge Student has a background knowledge about the history and political geography.

Skills Student is able to analyze basic issues connected with international relations. Should

also know basic military terms.

Courses completed

Course organization


Group type

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Comments


1. Arab Spring

Why “Arab Spring” began?

Civil war in Syria

Civil war in Libya

2. Caucasus region

Chechen Wars

War in Georgia

Armenia vs Azerbaijan (Nagorno - Karabakh)

3. Post colonial conflict in Africa (chosen example – Somalia, Sierra Leone, Ruanda massacre)

4. Terrorism in contemporary world

Al-Qaeda

Hezbollah and other groups involved in Israeli-Palestinian conflict

IRA, ETA

Shining Path

5. Iraq – form 1990 till now

Iran – Iraq war (consequences)

Kuwait, Desert Shield and Desert Storm

George W. Bush War and (de)stabilization of Iraq

6. Afghanistan – neverending war?

Soviet war in Afghanistan

Fall of Najibullah

Civil war

Taliban period

11th of September, NATO and Afghanistan war

7. Balkans War

Death of Yugoslavia

Serbia vs Croatia

Bosnian war

Kosovo war

8. Arab-Israeli conflict

Roots of the conflict

Independence War

6-day war

Yom Kippur war

Skirmishes, terrorism and Intifada

9. “I love the smell of napalm in the morning” – U.S. and Vietnam War

10. Falklands War 1982 – why did Argentina lost the war?

11. Narcotics war in Latin America

Mexico

Columbia

12. Maritime piracy in contemporary world

Compulsory reading

R. Braybrook, Battle for the Falklands (3). Air Forces, Osprey Publishing Ltd 1982;

S. Dunstan, The Six Day War 1967: Sinai, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2009;

S. Dunstan, The Six Day War 1967: Jordan and Syria, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2009;

S. Dustan, The Yom Kippur War. The Arab-Israeli War of 1973, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2007;

A. English, A. Watts, Battle for the Falklands (2). Naval Forces, Osprey Publishing Ltd 1982;

A. Finlan, The Gulf War 1991, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2003;

W. Fowler, Battle for the Falklands (1). Land Forces, Osprey Publishing Ltd 1982;

C. Jurado, N. Thomas, Central American Wars 1959-89, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2005;

J. Huges, Chechnya: the Causes of a Protracted Post-Soviet Conflicts, “Civil Wars”,

http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/641/1/Hughes.Chechnya.Civil_Wars.pdf

D. Isby, Russia’s War In Afghanistan, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2002;

E. Karsh, The Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2009;

G. Rottman, R. Volstard, Armies of the Gulf War, Osprey Publishing Ltd 1996;

N. Thomas, K. Mikulan, The Yugoslav Wars (1). Slovenia & Croatia 1991-95, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2007;

N. Thomas, K. Mikulan, The Yugoslav Wars (2). Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia 1992-2001, Osprey

Publishing Ltd 2006;

A. Wiest, The Vietnam War 1956-1975, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2002;

IMB Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships. January 2013 – 30 September 2013,

http://www.lsansimon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013_Q3_IMB_Piracy_Report.pdf

Recommended reading

P. Abbot, P. Botham, Modern African Wars (1), Rhodesia 1965-80, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2004;

S. Aloni, Arab-Israeli Air Wars 1947-82, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2001;

J. Boonstra, Georgia and Russia: a short war with a long aftermath,

http://www.fride.org/descarga/COM_Georgia_Rusia_ENG_agust08.pdf

Ch. Chant, Air War in the Falklands 1982, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2001;

K. Conboy, K. Bowra, The war in Cambodia 1979-75, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2001;

Lou Drendel, Desert Storm. Air War, Squadron/Singal Publications;

G. Fremont-Barnes, The Falklands 1982, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2012;

H. Helmoed-Römer, Modern African Wars (3), South-West Africa, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2005;

S. Katz, L.E. Russel, Armies in Lebanon 1982-84, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2005;

J. Mesko, Desert Storm. Ground War, Squadron/Singal Publications ;

L. Neville, Special Operation Forces in Afghanistan, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2008;

M. Windrow, The French Indochina War 1946-54, Osprey Publishing Ltd 2007;

http://www.lsansimon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013_Q3_IMB_Piracy_Report.pdf

http://www.fride.org/descarga/COM_Georgia_Rusia_ENG_agust08.pdf

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Course title Foreign Policy of Russia

Semester

(winter/summer) winter, summer ECTS 5

Lecturer(s) Dr Barbara Weglarz



The aim of this course is to give the student an understanding of the motives of Russia foreign policy, the

forces that shape it, the instruments it uses and its impact on the world. The course begins by outlining the

foreign policy of the USSR and then moves on to examine the foreign policy of contemporary Russia.

Prerequisites

Knowledge Basic knowledge of contemporary international relations

Skills Critical and analytical thinking.

Ability to study and discuss advanced academic texts in English.

Courses completed -

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Interactive lecture.

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Written assignments on selected topics.

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Final essay on a selected topic.

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1.Introduction.

2.Contemporary Russia.

3.Main trends in foreign policy of Russia.

4.Main state entities of foreign policy in Russia.

5.Foreign policy of the USSR.

6.Foreign policy of contemporary Russia:

-Russia and the EU

-Russia and the United States of America

-Russia and Asia

-Russia and the Middle East

-Russia and International Organizations

7.Military conflict, hybrid war, cyberwar.

Compulsory reading

1.Donaldson R. H., Nogee J. L., Nadkarni L., The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring

Interests, Armonk, NY 2014.

2.Mankoff J., Russian Foreign Policy: The Return of Great Power Politics, Lanham, Md, Rowman and

Littlefield, 2009.

3.Tsygankov A. P. , Russia’s Foreign Policy: Change and Continuity in National Identity, Oxford 2016.

Recommended reading

1.Bordachev T., Russia and the European Union: Lessons Learned and Goals Ahead, „Stategic

Analysis”, Vol. 40, No. 6 (2016), pp. 561-572.

2.Dannreuther R., Russia and the Middle East: A Cold War Paradigm?, „Europe-Asia Studies”, Vol.

64, No. 3 (May 2012), pp. 543-560.

3.Haslam J., Russia’s Cold War: From the October Revolution to the Fall of the Wall, Yale Univ. Press,

2007.

4.Jackson R., Sorensen G, Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches, Oxford

2016.

Kennedy-Pipe C., Russia and the World, 1917-1991, London and New York, Arnold/Oxford

University Press 2009.

5.Richmond Y., From nyet to da. Understanding the New Russia, Boston 2009.

6.Suslov D., US-Russia Confrontation and a New Global Balance, „Strategic Analysis”, Vol. 40, No. 6

(2016), pp. 547-560.

7.Tsygankov, Andrei P. Russia and the West from Alexander to Putin: honor in international relations,

Cambridge University Press, 2012 .

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Course title Foreign policy of the USA


Lecturer(s) Grzegorz Nycz, Ph.D.

Department Political Science


The students receive broadened perspective on the scope and areas of U.S. foreign policy in historical

context. After the course the participants possess general knowledge of the main currents, tendencies, goals,

and means of U.S. foreign agenda in particular regions of the world. The students gain orientation in

external activities of the USA as a regional and global power. The course’s aim is to present the evolution of

concepts and strategies sustained by the USA on international arena, its policies towards main challenges of

external environment, doctrines of U.S. role in relations with its neighbors, partners, counterparts and rivals.

The course emphasizes shifts in U.S. foreign policy after the Cold War, allowing the students to gain their

own view on official and actual priorities of the USA’s international activities.

Prerequisites

Knowledge

The students have basic knowledge of contemporary international relations, its

governmental actors, and main issues of global concern in the XXth and XXIst

century. Participants possess overall view of the place of the USA in world affairs,

including elements of its history and today’s impact on international community.

Skills

The students can use a theoretical and analytical approach to selected course-related

fields of study, have ability to enhance their knowledge in the area of the course in

reference to basic sources, data and documentation, have skills in individual

interpretation of discussed elements of international policies and its background

Courses completed Introduction to international relations, history of the XXth century

Course organization


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Contact hours 15

Teaching methods:

The teaching methods are based on individually guided coursework, including the students’ presentations,

oral performances, writing tasks and discussions. Students prepare their chosen topics in oral and written

form (essays) from the list of selected areas referring to the main themes of the course. Apart from the hours

in contact with the lecturer students work on theoretical dimensions of the course’s key problem issues

(evolution of U.S. foreign policy agenda in the XXth century, challenges of American geopolitical role after

the Cold War, security dilemmas of U.S. foreign policy after September 11th). The students’ progress is

reviewed by the lecturer on every class, to train in individually conceptualized written and oral statements in

the framework of studies of U.S. foreign policy.

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Assessed elements of the course include written and oral conclusions of the students,

final essays, active participation in the classes, additional readings, comprehensive

progress in the fields of the course, performance of the students in group discussions,

individual presentations, accomplishments in individual projects

Comments Students may prepare their presentations and paperwork in e-mail contact with the

lecturer


64. Main currents in US foreign policy: liberal internationalism, expansionism, realism, isolationism

65. First U.S. foreign policy doctrines - Monroe Doctrine, US expansionism after Manifest Destiny,

Roosevelt Corollary

66. President, the executive, Congress, shaping of foreign policy mechanism,

67. W. Wilson and ‘making the world safe for democracy’, liberal internationalism vs isolationism, F.D.

Roosevelt’s ‘arsenal of democracy’ and the post-war order

68. Cold War foreign policy concepts and doctrines of rivarly between two superpowers

69. Towards strategic game of influence: the early containment schemes and its evolution since H.

Truman and G. Kennan

70. Confronting the ideological threats - Crusade for Freedom from Eisenhower to Reagan

71. Seeking strategic balance – massive retaliation, flexible response, M.A.D. doctrine

72. Between democracy and intrusion: US policy towards the developing world (including Latin

America) during and after the Cold War

73. Tragic interventionism, the shadows of Vietnam war

74. Towards the New World Order – bringing the confrontation to an end: the shifts in US policy of late

1980s

75. After the Cold War – main challenges of U.S. strategic unipolarity

76. Confronting the violent regions of the 1990s.: dimensions of U.S. interventions (the Persian Gulf,

former Yugoslavia, fragile states)

77. September 11th and the unilateral foreign policy of G.W. Bush administration, harsh experience of

Iraq and Afghanistan

78. War on terror: dubious crusade

79. The USA and its rivals in multipolar world order of the XXI century

Compulsory reading

Cameron Fraser, U.S. Foreign Policy After the Cold War, Routledge, London&New York 2002.

McDougall Walter A., Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter with the

World Since 1776, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston New York, 1997.

Nye Joseph, The Paradox of American Power, Oxford University Press 2002.

Recommended reading

Brzeziński Zbigniew, The Grand Chessboard. American Primacy And It's Geostrategic

Imperatives, Basic Books, 1997.

Daalder James, Lindsay Ivo, America Unbound. The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy,

Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. 2003

Fukuyama Francis, State-Building: Governance and World Order in the 21st Century, Cornell

University Press 2004.

Kissinger Henry, Diplomacy, Simon and Schuster, New York 1994.

Lieber Robert J. (ed.), Eagle Adrift. American Foreign Policy at the End of the Century,

Longman, Nowy Jork 1997.

Rosati Jerel A., Scott James M., The Politics of United States Foreign Policy, Thomson

Wadsworth, Belmont 2007.

Schraeder Peter J. (ed.), Intervention into the 1990s. U.S. Foreign Policy in the Third World,

Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder & London 1992.

Scott James M., ed. After the End. Making U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World,

Duke University Press, Durham and London 1998.

Smith Tony, America’s Mission, Princeton University Press, Princeton 1994.

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