Syllabus
Course sylabus: 1. Introduction 2. Definitions: structure and dynamic of power in the world system, powers shifts https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mvpen8Fkypzd6JLAGWulBrvTvLAoQdg7/view 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. Mid-term test 9. European integration process - model for world regions?
Reading:
Primary documents (treaties) of the EU, available at: http://europa.eu/eu-law/treaties/index_en.htm 10. 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 11. 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 12. Geopolitics of Europe in 21st century
Reading:
Snyder, T. (2014). Europe and Ukraine Putin’s Project. https://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. 13. Final test
Annotation
Course is offered for IEPS students only. "Students of IEPS programme enrolled after August 2012, for whom this course is mandatory and where they should be registered, will attend the lectures and seminars jointly with courses JPM113 a JPM142 organised for the programme of GPS. These courses are scheduled on Wednesdays at 8:00-9:20 and 18:30-19:50 at Jinonice, halls J3014 and J1031, respectively. Please follow the information in the websites of JPM113 and JPM142."
The course will concentrate on all types of political regions but the sovereign nation-state, and will analyse their role in international politics with a particular focus on the role of European continent in Geopolitical theories, modern geopolitics of Europe, geography and politics in Europe. The aim of this course is to provide students with a basic knowledge of the existing world regions, theories of regionalism, differences between main panregions and key factors determining contemporary geopolitics.
The course will concentrate on political processes of the last hundred years, which shaped the contemporary map and distribution of power in Europe. The main goal of the course is to provide students with a deep knowledge of geopolitical processes which formed the contemporary Europe in the regional perspective.