120-0332/04 – Globalization and International Organizations (GMO)

Gurantor department	Department of International Economic Relations	Credits	4
Subject guarantor	Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	prof. Ing. Karel Skokan, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate	Requirement	Compulsory
Year	3	Semester	winter
		Study language	Czech
Year of introduction	2010/2011	Year of cancellation	2011/2012
Intended for the faculties	EKF	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
LAN075	Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Credit and Examination	2+1

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

1.To explain the process of globalization in its wide implications in the world economy and other part of the world society. To interpret status of main participants of the globalization. 3.To identify selected global issues. 4.To analyse the causes and results of global issues. 5.To explain the status of international organizations in the process of globalization and in solving of global issues. 6. To apply the knowledge on actual events in the world and new developing trends in the world.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Seminars

Summary

Subject is concentrated on the process of globalization, in its wide implications; the description of the main participants of the process of globalization; status and function of the most important international organizations; selected global issues, their causes and elimination of the results, possible solving of them and status of international organizations in this solving. The access is interdisciplinary with the aim to cover up whole social implications of the process of globalization and global issues.

Compulsory literature:

BAYLIS, John, Steve SMITH and Patricia OWENS. The globalization of world politics: An introduction to international relations. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-929777-1. EICHENGREEN, Barry. Globalizing capital: a history of the international monetary system. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-691-13937-1. KEGLEY, Charles W. and Gregory A. RAYMOND. The Global Future : A Brief Introduction to World politics. 2nd ed. USA? Thomson Wadsworth, 2007. ISBN 0-495-00748-X.

Recommended literature:

COLLIER, Paul. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-531145-7. HIERONYMI, Otto. Globalization and the Reformo f the International Banking and Monetary System. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. ISBN 978-0-230-23530-4. WILLIAMSON, Jeffrey G. Trade and Poverty: When the Third World Fell Behind. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2011. 314 s. ISBN 978-02-6201-515-8.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

E-learning

Other requirements

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

B1 Globalization 1. Globalization 2. Globalization in the world 3. Globalization processes 4. Participants in globalization B2. Global issues 5. Population 6. Poverty 7. Global safety and human rights 8. Global burden of environment B3 International organizations 9. United Nations 10. World Bank and IMF 11. Universal and regional organizations 12. International organizations and Development Aid

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2010/2011 Winter semester, validity until: 2010/2011 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation and Examination	Credit and Examination	100 (100)	51
Exercises evaluation	Credit	35 (35)	18
Zápočtový test	Written test	10	0
Seminární práce	Other task type	20	0
Docházka	Other task type	5	0
Examination	Examination	65	33	3

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Spec.	Zaměření	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	W	S	Type of duty
2010/2011	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6210R004) European Integration	(00) European Integration		P	Czech	Ostrava	3			Compulsory	study plan
2010/2011	(B6202) Economic Policy and Administration	(6210R004) European Integration	(01) European Integration		P	Czech	Valašské Meziříčí	3			Compulsory	study plan

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