Political and Economic Geography

ECTS 3 points

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KW 30hrs

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ECTS 3 points

KW 30hrs

- essay: 60% weight of final grade;

- activity in class: 30% weight of final grade;

- participation in class: 10% weight of final grade.

The Political and Economic Geography course is directed to first-year English-speaking IR students (Bachelor's degree). The course aims to equip students with knowledge of the processes specific to the political and economic spheres. The student will learn the specifics of both social spaces and the necessary conditions for their existence. Additionally, the history of theory development in the indicated areas of knowledge will be presented. Moreover, the student will have the opportunity to learn about the history of global growth in the fields of politics and economics. During the course, students will be tasked with conducting an independent analysis of a selected sector of economic and political reality.

- Makers of Modern Strategy from Machiavelli to the Nuclear Age, P. Paret, G. A. Craig, F. Gilbert, Princeton 1986;

- K. Dodds, Geopolitics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2007;

- G. Friedman, The next 100 years: a forecast for 21st century, New York 2009;

- M. C. Horowitz, The diffusion of military power: causes and consequences for international politics, Princeton 2010;

- K. Solberg Søilen, Geoeconomics, London 2012;

- A. Kleman, Great Powers and Geopolitics, Berlin 2015;

- S. F. Christensen, Li Xing, Emerging powers, emerging markets, emerging societies global responses, Basinfstoke 2016.

-K_W02: Knowledge: graduate knows and understands political, economic and social mechanisms functioning on the various levels of international relations;

-K_W11: Knowledge: graduate knows and understands fundamental dilemmas of contemporary civilization resulting from globalization process;

-K_U01: Skills: graduate can use knowledge to identify and solve complex and not typical problems and tasks resulting from the dynamics and changeability of

international environment;

-K_U06: Skills: graduate can communicate with the environment using specialized terminology in the field of international relations studies;

-K_K01: Social competencies: graduate is ready to critical approach to the knowledge and received content in learning process and in public debate;

-K_K07: Social competencies: graduate is ready to awareness and sensitivity towards international security threats and other global problems.