Course sylabus: 1. Introduction 2. Definitions: structure and dynamic of power in the world system, powers shifts 3. Definitions/theories: Europe in geopolitical theories
Reading:
Cohen, S. (2008). Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 470 pp., Chapter 2.
De Blij, P.Muller. (2010). Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts (14th edition). John Wiley and Sons. Nex York.
Glassner, M. I.(1996): Political geography (second edition), John Wiley, New York (Chapters - geopolitical theories)
Ó Tuathail, P., Dalby, S. and P.Routledge (2003). Geopolitics Reader. London and New York: Routledge. 4. What is Europe? Creation of state system and Geopolitics of Europe till 20th century
Reading:
Tilly, Ch. (1975). The Formation of National States in Europe. New Jersey: Princetown University Press.
Further reading:
Delanty, Gerard (1995) Inventing Europe. Idea, Identity, Reality. London: Macmillan Press, pp. 84-99 and 115-155. 5. European Colonial History - Heart of Darkness
Reading:
Carmody, P. (2011) The New Scramble for Africa. Cambridge: Polity Press. 240 pp. Chapter 1,2. 6. European minorities - Europe on the way to WW 1, Europe between wars and in WW 2
Reading: 7. Political geography of Europe - European regionalism
Reading:
Cohen, S. (2008). Geopolitics: The Geography of International Relations. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 470 pp., Chapter 7.
De Blij, P.Muller. (2010). Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts (14th edition). John Wiley and Sons. Nex York
Walton, N., Zielonka, J. (2013). The New Political Geography of Europe. European Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR72_POLICY_REPORT_AW.pdf 8. European integration process - model for world regions?
Reading:
Primary documents (treaties) of the EU, available at: http://europa.eu/eu-law/treaties/index_en.htm9. 9. Political geography of languages and religions as a factor of global politics
Reading:.
Huntington, S. P. (1993): The Clash of Civilizations? In Foreign Affairs. http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/faculty/hauser/ps103/readings/huntingtonclashofcivilizationsforaffsummer93.pdf 10. Geopolitics and geography of contemporary Europe
Reading:
De Blij, H. (2012). Why Geography Matters: More Than Ever. Oxford:Oxford University Press. Chapter 9 (pp. 241-265), Chapter 10 (pp.265-293)
Kaplan, R.D. (2009). The Revenge of Geography. http://www.colorado.edu/geography/class_homepages/geog_4712_sum09/materials/Kaplan%202009%20Revenge%20of%20Geography.pdf 11. Geopolitics of Europe in 21st century
Reading:
Snyder, T. (2014). Europe and Ukraine Putin’s Project. http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/timothy-snyder-about-europe-and-ukraine-putin-s-project-12898389.html
Carter, D.B., Poast, P. (2015). Why Do States Build Walls? Political Economy, Security, and Border Stability. Journal of Conflict Research, p. 1 – 32.
Friedman, G. (2015). What Borders Mean toEurope. Geopolitical Weekly, June 23. https://www.stratfor.com/weekly/what-borders-mean-europe
Rosiére, S., Jones, R. (2012). Teichopolitics: Re-considering Globalisation Through the Role of Walls and Fences. Geopolitics, 17, p. 217 – 234. 12. Final test 4.10 https://cunicz.sharepoint.com/sites/msteams_3acda9/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fmsteams%5F3acda9%2FSdilene%20dokumenty%2FGeneral%2FRecordings%2FSch%C5%AFzka%20v%20kan%C3%A1lu%20%E2%80%9EGeneral%E2%80%9C%2D20231004%5F170119%2DZ%C3%A1znam%20sch%C5%AFzky%2Emp4&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview 11.10. https://cunicz.sharepoint.com/sites/msteams_3acda9/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fmsteams%5F3acda9%2FSdilene%20dokumenty%2FGeneral%2FRecordings%2FSch%C5%AFzka%20v%20kan%C3%A1lu%20%E2%80%9EGeneral%E2%80%9C%2D20231011%5F170104%2DZ%C3%A1znam%20sch%C5%AFzky%2Emp4&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview 18.10. https://cunicz.sharepoint.com/sites/msteams_3acda9/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fmsteams%5F3acda9%2FSdilene%20dokumenty%2FGeneral%2FRecordings%2FSch%C5%AFzka%20v%20kan%C3%A1lu%20%E2%80%9EGeneral%E2%80%9C%2D20231018%5F170057%2DZ%C3%A1znam%20sch%C5%AFzky%2Emp4&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview 25.10. https://cunicz.sharepoint.com/sites/msteams_3acda9/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fmsteams%5F3acda9%2FSdilene%20dokumenty%2FGeneral%2FRecordings%2FSch%C5%AFzka%20v%20kan%C3%A1lu%20%E2%80%9EGeneral%E2%80%9C%2D20231025%5F171140%2DZ%C3%A1znam%20sch%C5%AFzky%2Emp4&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview 1.11. https://cunicz.sharepoint.com/sites/msteams_3acda9/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fmsteams%5F3acda9%2FSdilene%20dokumenty%2FGeneral%2FRecordings%2FSch%C5%AFzka%20v%20kan%C3%A1lu%20%E2%80%9EGeneral%E2%80%9C%2D20231101%5F170436%2DZ%C3%A1znam%20sch%C5%AFzky%2Emp4&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview 15.11. https://cunicz.sharepoint.com/sites/msteams_3acda9/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fmsteams%5F3acda9%2FSdilene%20dokumenty%2FGeneral%2FRecordings%2FSch%C5%AFzka%20v%20kan%C3%A1lu%20%E2%80%9EGeneral%E2%80%9C%2D20231115%5F172021%2DZ%C3%A1znam%20sch%C5%AFzky%2Emp4&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview 22.11. https://cunicz.sharepoint.com/sites/msteams_3acda9/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fmsteams%5F3acda9%2FSdilene%20dokumenty%2FGeneral%2FRecordings%2FSch%C5%AFzka%20v%20kan%C3%A1lu%20%E2%80%9EGeneral%E2%80%9C%2D20231122%5F170219%2DZ%C3%A1znam%20sch%C5%AFzky%2Emp4&referrer=SharePoint&referrerScenario=OpenFile 29.11. https://cunicz.sharepoint.com/sites/msteams_3acda9/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2Fmsteams%5F3acda9%2FSdilene%20dokumenty%2FGeneral%2FRecordings%2FSch%C5%AFzka%20v%20kan%C3%A1lu%20%E2%80%9EGeneral%E2%80%9C%2D20231129%5F173742%2DZ%C3%A1znam%20sch%C5%AFzky%2Emp4&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview 6.12. https://cunicz.sharepoint.com/sites/msteams_3acda9/Sdilene%20dokumenty/General/Recordings/Sch%C5%AFzka%20v%20kan%C3%A1lu%20%E2%80%9EGeneral%E2%80%9C-20231206_183809-Z%C3%A1znam%20sch%C5%AFzky.mp4
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