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Global Problems in Economic Consequences

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 120-0561/01
Abbreviation GPES
Course title Global Problems in Economic Consequences
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Globalization as the phenomenon of 20th and 21st century
2. Globalization and actors of the international system
3. Globalization and Global North
4. Globalization and Global South
5. Global problems
6. Global population problem
7. Global poverty and wealth
8. Human Development and well-being
9. Global and human security
10. Global environmental problems
11. Global governance and the solution of global problems
12. Development cooperation and humanitarian aid
13. Solution of global problems and international organizations
14. Approaches of non-governmental organizations to the solution of global problems

E-learning

E-learning support of the course in LMS Moodle

Literature

BAYLIS, John, SMITH, Steve and OWENS, Patricia (eds.) The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations. 8th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-0-19-882554-8.
DIETERLE, A. David. The Global Economy. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2020. ISBN 978-1-4408-6985-3 .
HITE, A. Kristen and SEITZ, L. John. Global Issues. An Introduction. 6th ed. Blackwell Publishers, 2021. ISBN 9781119538509 .

Advised literature

FIFEKOVÁ, Elena et al., Dilemmas of economic growth: the path from unlimited possibilities towards responsibility?. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7676-042-4 .
HURD, Ian. International Organizations: Politics, Law, Practice. 4th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-81431-7 .
MINIGST, A. Karen, KARNS, P. Margaret and LYON, J. Alynna. The United Nations in the 21st Centutry. 5th ed. New York: Routledge, 2018. ISBN 978-0-8133-4964-0 .