Political International Relations 2751-PL-S1-3-MSP

The following cognitive issues are discussed in class:
- concept, subject and scope of international relations science;
- structure and evolution of international systems;
- factors shaping the international environment;
- participants in international relations;
- needs and interests in international relations;
- political and legal forms of international relations;
- sovereignty of states in international relations;
- state foreign policy;
- international institutions;
- international political order;
- security in international relations;
- problems of disarmament and arms restrictions in international relations;
- regionalism in international relations;
- developed countries in international relations;
- developing countries in international relations.

Total student workload

- 30 h participation in lecture classes; - 30 h studying the literature of the subject; - 30 h current query of news sites.

Learning outcomes - knowledge

- understanding the organization and functioning of international relations; - knowledge about the political problems of the modern world; - obtaining knowledge related to the forms of impact and cooperation on the international arena.

Learning outcomes - skills

- acquiring skills related to the functioning of political and international entities; - ability to determine the conditions of international political relations in the global system and regional systems; - ability to identify the needs and interests of participants shaping international political relations.

Learning outcomes - social competencies

- competences to understand the activities of bodies shaping international relations; - competences relating to the establishment of international cooperation; - competences enabling functioning in the modern world.

Teaching methods

- monographic; - comparative; - simulation.

Observation/demonstration teaching methods

- display

Expository teaching methods

- problem-based lecture
- discussion

Exploratory teaching methods

- SWOT
- practical
- case study
- project work
- classic problem-solving
- presentation of a paper

Type of course

core frame (attribute withdrawn)

Prerequisites

- introduction to the science of the state and politics; - general history of the 20th century; - political geography; - theory of international relations.

Course coordinators

Term 2025/26Z:

Zbigniew Karpus

Term 2022/23L:

Elżbieta Alabrudzińska
Joanna Piechowiak

Term 2023/24Z:

Zbigniew Karpus

Term 2024/25Z:

Zbigniew Karpus

Assessment criteria

- oral or written exam.

Practical placement

- state bodies shaping international relations;
- diplomatic missions;
- honorary consulates;
- international corporations;
- international organizations.

Bibliography

Cziomer E. i Zyblikiewicz L., Zarys współczesnych stosunków międzynarodowych, Warszawa 2006.
Fijałkowski Ł. i Kunert-Milcarz R., Międzynarodowe stosunki polityczne, Wrocław 2018.
Haliżak E. i Kuźniar R. (red.), Stosunki międzynarodowe: geneza, struktura, funkcjonowanie, Warszawa 2001.
Kuźniar R., Pozimnowojenne dwudziestolecie 1989-2010: stosunki międzywojenne na przełomie XX i XXI wieku, Warszawa 2011.
Łoś-Nowak T. i Florczak A., Stosunki międzynarodowe, Warszawa 2010.
Parzymies S., Stosunki międzynarodowe w Europie 1945-2022, Warszawa 2022.
Pietraś M. (red.), Międzynarodowe stosunki polityczne, Lublin 2021.
Zenderowski R., Stosunki międzynarodowe, Wrocław 2006.

Grzywacz A., Embracing human rights norms in non-democratic regional organizations: a case-study of ASEAN, „International Affairs” 2025, Issue 5, s. 1833–1852.
Kuźniar R., Poland's foreign policy after 1989, Budrich Uni Press 2009.
Meislová M. B., Glencross, A., From multilateralism to bilateralism: Making sense of the UK’s security cooperation with EU member states after 2016, „The British Journal of Politics and International Relations” 2024, Issue 4, s. 1322-1342.

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