MA Course Descriptions Rev120125

Name of subject: Civilization Theory
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam
Description of course units

The lecture introduces the different interpretations of the progress of civilization relying on
the fields of sociology, anthropology, social psychology, cognitive science, evolutionary
psychology and history. Civilization as a complex socio-cultural system that can be described
with different cultural contents originates from the fundamental processes of human
understanding. Throughout the centuries, human societies accumulated inheritable
knowledge and culture in order to structure and accommodate to the given circumstances that
is for the sake of survival. During the semester, starting from the building blocks of culture
and the organization of smaller social groups, we will try to understand the birth, decline and
internal forces of civilizations as complex social and ideological systems. We will pay special
attention to the social and disciplinary force of cultural knowledge, which sometimes
promotes renewal while other times it definitely hinders it.
Set readings

Elias, Norbert. ber den Proze der Zivilisation. Soziogenetische und psychogenetische
Untersuchungen. Erster Band. Wandlungen des Verhaltens in den weltlichen Oberschichten
des Abendlandes and Zweiter Band. Wandlungen der Gesellschaft. Entwurf einer Theorie der
Zivilisation. Basel: Verlag Haus zum Falken. 1939.
Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order.
London: Touchstone books, 1998.
Sennet, Richard. The Fall of Public Man. Cambridge, London and Melbourne: Cambridge
University Press, 1977.
Foucault, Michel. Surveiller et unir: Naissance de la prison, Paris: Gallimard, 1975.
Donald, Merlin. Origins of the Modern Mind: Three Stages in the Evolution of Culture and
Cognition. Harvard: Harvard University Press 1991.
Tomasello, Michael. The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition, Harvard: Harvard University
Press. 1999.

Suggested readings

Toynbee, Arnold J. Civilization on Trial. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1948.
Spengler, Oswald. Der Untergang des Abenlandes: Umrisse einer Morphologie der
Weltgeschichte, 1918-22. (2 vols.: Gestalt und Wirklichkeit; Welthistorische Perspektives)
Fukuyama, Francis. The Great Disruption: Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social
Order. Free Press, 1999.
Said, Edward W. Orientalism. Vintage Books: New York, 1979.
Lukacs, John. The End of the Twentieth Century and the End of the Modern Age. New York:
Ticknor & Fields, 1993.
Braudel, Fernand. Civilisation matrielle, conomie et capitalisme, XV
e
-XVIII
e
sicle.
Armand Colin, 1986.
Sperber, Dan. Explaining Culture: a Naturalistic Approach. Blackwell, 1996.

Name of subject: World Religions
Credits
2
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The aim and scope of the course is to provide an introduction to the history, doctrine, social
and political relevance of the most influential religious traditions of the world.
Since religions play an ever growing role in contemporary international relations in general
and in various civilizations in particular, it is recommended that students of international
relations have an in-depth knowledge about the basic principles, ethics, world view and
political significance of the most popular religious traditions of the world.
As Christianity is the topic of a compulsory BA lecture, this course lays special emphasis on
the religions of the Middle East and Far East that regulate the lives and social and political
behaviour of half of the population of our globe. To that end, this lecture provides a
comprehensive study of Judaism (history, sources, theology, law, mysticism, political role,
modern issues), Islam (history, sources, political Islam, Salafism, contemporary issues),
Hinduism (Vedas, Brahmanism, mythology, modern Hindu reform movements, political and
social significance in modern India), Buddhism (life and teaching of the Buddha, spread of
Buddhism, social ethic and regulations, Buddhism in contemporary world politics), and the
Sikh and Jain traditions.
At the end of the semester, a comparative study analyses the modern forms of religiosity, the
latest trends and their social implications.
Many experts participate in the teaching activity, each tradition being taught by professors
who are well-versed and doing research in a particular religious tradition.
The final exam is an oral one taken before a committee and the exam topics comprise the all
the fields covered by the lectures.
Set readings

John L. Esposito-Darrell J. Fasching-Todd Lewis: Religions and Globalization: World
Religions in Historical Perspective. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 2007.
Eric O. Hanson: Religion and Politics in the International System Today. Cambridge
University Press: Cambridge, 2006.

Suggested readings

Willard G. Oxtoby (ed.): World Religions. Eastern Traditions. Second Edition. Oxford
University Press: Oxford, 2002.
John Bowker (ed): Cambridge Illustrated History of Religions. Cambridge University Press:
Cambridge, 2002.
Lewis M. Hopfe-Mark R. Woodward: Religions of the World. Eleventh Edition. Vango
Books: San Francisco, 2009.

Name of subject: Comparative Constitutional Law
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

This course introduces students to the rich diversity of constitutional law in the world today,
aiming at a better understanding of the working of constitutions and of the work constitutions
do in different political, socio-economic settings and historical periods. What constitutions are,
what makes constitutions different, how constitutional ideas migrate, as well as the larger
global processes which structure constitutional law in each country are some of the themes of
this course.
As a starting point, students will study the conceptual and theoretical foundations of
constitutional law from a comparative perspective. By explicating the basic elements of
constitutional theory across time and space, the course seeks to expose the distinctive methods
and tasks of comparative constitutional law. In the process, the course will explore and compare
constituent power; sovereignty; representation; rule of law; federalism; rights, and adjudication.
The semester also deals with specific thematic issues and locates debates in their practical
setting. This part of the course is thus concerned with the ways in which similar topics of
constitutional law are understood, negotiated, and produced differently by different actors in
and around different constitutional systems. It will also consider the social and political
functions performed by constitutional law, and how groups and individuals operate within and
against constitutionalism. The course will thus adopt a micro-perspective, testing the structures
of comparative constitutional law in the context of constitutional particularities, for example
freedom of expression, right to property, secularism and constitutional faith, due process,
equality and affirmative action, abortion, same-sex unions, capital punishment and euthanasia
or group rights.
Set reading
Dorsen, Norman & Michel Rosenfeld, Saj Andrs, Susanne Baer. Comparative
Constitutionalism. Thomson West: St. Paul, MN, 2003.

Name of subject: International Economics
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number
of classes/
week
3
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The purpose of this course is to help students understand the basics of international trade
and finance and the effects of various international economic policies on domestic and
world welfare. The course will highlight sources of comparative advantage, gains and
losses from trade, the impact of trade on economic growth, and effects of trade policy
interventions such as tariffs, quotas, voluntary export restraints, and export subsidies.
International agreements on regional trade liberalization (such as EU and NAFTA) and on
multilateral trade liberalization (e.g., WTO) will be also discussed. Topics on international
finance will include balance of payments, determination of foreign exchange rates, and
international monetary system. Having introduced the main theoretical trends of
international economics, the course provides a survey of both the theoretical and practical
rudiments and methods of international trade, division and specialization of labor,
international finance, international economic balance and imbalance, and resource flow.
Thus it provides students with a broad background to understand the operation of
international economics, the proposed reform packages and the logics of argumentation
often needed in economic diplomacy.
Set readings

Paul Krugman Maurice Obstfeld: International Economics. Addison-Weasley, 2008.
Robert Gilpin: Global Political Economy. Understanding the International Economic
Order. Princeton University Press, 2001.
Alexander Lamfalussy: Financial Crises in Emerging Markets. Yale University Press,
2000.

Suggested readings

H. Stephan Gardner: Comparative Economic Systems. South Western College, 1997.
Robert Gilpin: The Challenge of Global Capitalism. Princeton UP, 2002.

Name of subject: Hungary and the European Union
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
None
Assessment
exam

The aim of the course is to give an overview of the forces influencing the Hungarian
economic development in the past decades. It wants to analyze the position of Hungary in the
European integration, the historical experiences of backwardness, and the catching-up
process. It analyses the international economic and financial environment of the Hungarian
development.
The main topics treated my the course are: the changes in Hungarys position in Europe and
in the global economy; Hungary and the European integration before and after the change of
system; reintegration in the European economic system; an assessment of the association:
foreign trade, investments, import of technology; growth and imbalances; an assessment of
the membership; prospects for the future.
Set readings

Kornai, Jnos: Transformational recession: the main causes. Journal of Comparative
Economics, 1994, vol.19.no.1.pp37-52.
Kdr, Bla: Timing entry into the Union, Foreign Policy, 1997, pp, 29-39.
Kdr, Bla: Economic strategies before integration, The Hungarian Quarterly 38, 1997, pp.
104-111.
Kornai, Jnos: What the change of system from socialism to capitalism does and does not
mean? Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2000, vol.14.no.1.pp. 27-42.
Inotai, Andrs: Some key issues of Hungarys EU Accession, Development and Finance,
2004, No. 1, pp. 28-35.
Inotai, Andrs: Trends in External Trade of the New Member Countries after Three Years of
Membership with Special Reference to Their Intra-trade, Hungarian Statistical Review,
2007, Special No. 11, pp. 4374.
Csaba, Lszl: The New Political Economy of Emerging Europe. Akadmiai/Kluwer, 2007

Name of subject: Theories of International Relations
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

This course is designed to provide students with a foundation in several of the different
theoretical approaches and techniques in international relations. This course offers a critical
analysis of contending theories of international relations.
It focuses on alternative theoretical assumptions, different analytical structures, and a
common core of concepts and content. In surveying the major theories of international
relations, it assumes that all theories have an explanatory dimension, explaining how the
world works, and a normative dimension, prescribing how it ought to work. It also focuses on
a comparative analysis of realism(s), liberalism(s), Marxism, institutionalism(s), and new
emergent theories. It also presents a discussion of connections between theories of
international relations and major changes in international relations. The course reflects the
most influential theoretical approaches to the study of strategic decision-making in political
science and to apply and evaluate these approaches. Studying International Relations helps us
understand how the complexity of global economic and cultural forces interacts with
contemporary politics within and among states and peoples. Thus it develops a global
awareness, an ability to grasp and interpret complexity, and a sense of how policies can
address rapid, sophisticated change. This course is designed to acquaint students with the
fundamentals of war and peace; that is, with the political uses of military power and the
respective roles of military and civilian leaders in formulating and implementing foreign
policy. The course also evaluates competing theoretical approaches to international
cooperation (functionalism, complex interdependency, regime theories etc.).
The main objectives of the course are to provide students with a useful set of analytical tools,
an appreciation of the complexity of the field and of the value of different approaches to it,
and also an understanding of some of the major issues contemporary policymakers face.
Set readings

Baylis, J., Smith, S., Owens, P.: The Globalization of World Politics Oxford University Press,
2008.
Jackson, R., Sorensen, G.: Introduction to International Relations: Theories and Approaches
Oxford University Press, 2007.
Mearsheimer, J.: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics Norton, 2003.
Waltz, K.: Theory of International Politics McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social
Sciences/Languages, 1979.
Wendt, A.: Social Theory of International Politics Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Suggested readings

Allison, G., Zelikow, Ph.: Essence of Decision. Explaining the Cuban Missile Crises New
York, Longman, 1999.
Brown, Ch., Ainley, K.: Understanding International Relations U.K., Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.
Bull, H.: The Anarchical Society. A Study of Order in World Politics Columbia University
Press New York, 1977.
Buzan, B., Waever, O.: Regions and Powers: The Structure of International Security
(Cambridge Studies in International Relations) Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Dougherty, J., Pfaltzgraff, R.: Contending Theories of International Relations A
Comprehensive Survey New York, Longman, 2009.
Finnemore, M.: The Purpose of Intervention: Changing Beliefs about the Use of Force,
Cornell University Press, 2003.
Gilpin, R., Gilpin, J.: Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic
Order Princeton: Princeton, University Press. 2001.
Hasenclever, A., Mayer, P., Rittberger, V.: Theories of International Regimes Cambridge
Kaldor, M.: Neue und alte Kriege. Organisierte Gewalt im Zeitalter der Globalisierung
Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp 1999/ New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global Era
Stanford University Press 2007.
Keohane, R., Nye, J.: Power and Interdependence Longman; 3 edition (July 20, 2000)
Keohane, R.: After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy
Princeton University Press; 2005.
Melissen, J. (ed.): The New Public Diplomacy Soft Power in International Relations Palgrave
Macmillan, 2006.
Milward, A.: The European Rescue of the Nation-State London, Routledge, 2000.
Nye, J.: Soft Power. The Means to Success in World Politics New York, Public Affairs 2005.
Rosenau, J., Czempiel, E.-O.: Governance without Government: Order and Change in World
Politics Cambridge-New York-Sidney, Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Smith, S., Hadfield, A., Dunne, T. (eds.): Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors Cases Oxford
University Press, USA, 2008.
Zakaria, F.: The Post-American World W. W. Norton & Company, 2009.

Name of subject: Cultural Diplomacy
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The course aims at providing students with an analytical overview of cultural diplomacy and
its expanding importance in international relations. It explores the evolution, functions and
characteristics of cultural diplomacy as the fourth dimension of foreign policy, which
expanded from an essentially narrow, nineteenth century view, concentrating only on
diplomatic activities and the use of language, into a more complex subject as we see it today
at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
In the late 1970s and 1980s intellectuals and voices from the developing world raised serious
objections to cultural diplomacy on the grounds of cultural imperialism. The notion of
cultural diplomacy has been changing steadily over the past 25 years and particularly since
the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Direct government-to-government arts and heritage
cooperation has lost some of its political, historical, diplomatic and cultural importance.
Aware that the concept of cultural diplomacy was once perceived as a monopoly of
governmental agencies, the course places great value in convening diverse stakeholders from
the public sector, the business community, and civil society for dialogue, professional
networking, stewardship, and cooperative engagement (public diplomacy).
Through a study of soft power in cultural diplomacy past and present, this course will ask
fundamental questions about how the different countries communicate with, and understand
other cultures and countries. We will consider both how a given country is portrayed abroad
through culture and the arts, and how other countries and culture are understood in this
country: culture diplomacy is a two way street. The course gives a comprehensive
understanding of the national (French, British, German, Italian, Japanese, Indian, US etc.)
models and the international institutionalisation of cultural interests.
In the course of the 1990s many nations and places around the world refined their images
through a process of branding: packaging a culture in exactly the same way as a commercial
product. This course will consider the practice and its utility, looking in detail at Hungary.
Since the development of new technologies continues to have a prodigious impact on the
conduct of cultural diplomacy, the course should cover the emergence of telecommunication,
electronic mail, VoIP, audio video conferencing technologies etc. urging the redefinition of
current notions of culture and cultural diplomacy.
Set readings

Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order.
London: Touchstone books, 1998.
Mitchell, J. M.: International Cultural Relations. London: Allen and Unwin, The British
Council, 1986.

Suggested readings

Arndt, R.: The First Resort of Kings: American Cultural Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century
Potomac Books Inc. 2007.
Bound, K., Briggs, R., Holden, J.: Cultural Diplomacy: Culture is a Central Component of
International Relations. It's Time to Unlock Its Full Potential Demos 2007.
Caute, D.: The Dancer Defects: The Struggle for Cultural Supremacy during the Cold War
Oxford University Press, USA, 2003.
Dutt, S.: UNESCO and a just world order Nova, 2002.
Krenn, M.: Fallout Shelters of the Human Spirit: American Art and the Cold War. North
Carolina University Press, 2005.
Nye, J.: Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics Public Affairs Press, 2004.
Osgood, K. A., Etheridge, B.: United States and Public Diplomacy: New Directions in
Cultural and International History Martinus Nijhoff, 2010.
Richmond, Y.: Cultural Exchange and the Cold War: Raising the Iron Curtain Penn State
Reeves, J.: Culture and International Relations: Narratives, Natives and Tourists (Routledge
Advances in International Relations and Global Politics) Routledge, 2007.
Wagnleitner, R., May, E. (eds.): Here, There, and Everywhere: The Foreign Politics of
American Popular Culture University Press of New England, 2000.

Name of subject: Intercultural Communication
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

Understanding the notion of culture in the widest possible sense, the course aims to define the
characteristics, regularities and cultural explanations of human patterns of behavior, both
inherited and learned, with the help of examining historical and current examples. Within the
scope of cultural contacts, we will discuss the topics of identity, stereotype, prejudice,
discrimination, enculturation, acculturation, assimilation, adaptation, and accommodation as
well as the possible modes, channels and contexts of establishing cultural contacts for example
intercultural communication, sexual contacts, generational problems, religious syncretism, the
society of the disabled and non-disabled, the use of space and time, multiculturalism, and
globalization.
Set readings

Allport, Gordon W.: The Nature of Prejudice. Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1979.
Schmidt, R. Eliot and Diane M. Mackie: Social Psychology. Routledge, 1999.

Suggested reading

Bitterli, Urs. Cultures in conflict: encounters between European and Non-European cultures,
1492-1800. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1989.

Name of subject: Human Rights
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
3
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
Exam

The course provides a comprehensive introduction to the modern human rights regime and
also to the analysis of its interrelation with domestic and foreign policy.
The different concepts of human rights, the evolution of its expanding catalogue, and the
controversial issues in this field need a lot of background information on the political and
economical interests of the different actors.
This module takes a practical approach to the different regional human rights systems (CE,
EU, OSCE, CIS, OAS, AU) with particular attention to their specialities. The course critically
examines the mechanism and impact of the monitoring, the petition system, on-site visits and
other guarantees for observing human rights. The lack of a regional human rights system in
Asia, the relation between civilization, religion and human rights need further investigation
during the lectures.
The course places great value in the universal human rights system (UN, ILO, UNESCO etc.)
and its new developments (Human Rights Council, Universal Periodic Review etc.).
A course about human rights cannot avoid dealing with INGOs, their specific activity, their
status with the most important international organizations or their methodological inventions
(indicators, monitoring etc.).
The course will focus on the principle of discrimination, its monitoring and the practical steps
for its elimination critically examining both reality and the experiences of the students.
Set readings

Donelly, J.: Universal Human Rights: In Theory and Practice. Cornell University Press,
2002.
Forsythe, D. P: Human Rights in International Relations. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Suggested readings

Landman, T.: Studying Human Rights. Routledge, 2006.
Bayefsky, A. F.: The UN human rights treaty system: universality at the crossroads. Martinus
Nijhoff Publishers, 2001.

Useful Websites

www.un.org/rights
www.unhchr.ch
www.un.org/icty
www.un.org/law/ilc
www.un.org.icc
www.commissioner.coe.int/
www.humanrights.coe.int/
www.echr.coe.int/
www.esc.coe.int
www.coe.int/ecri/
www.europa.eu.int

Name of subject: History of International Relations
Credits
2
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The course gives an overview of the international political system as it developed and changed
several times since 1945. Moving beyond the chronological dimension of the history of
diplomacy, it does not discuss historic events only but intends to emphasize the significance
and interrelation between the cultural, social, religious and conceptual ideas of international
relations. On the other hand, the course lays special emphasis on the strategic analysis of the
main crises and conflicts after WWII. In addition, it aims to help students realize the factors
that affected international relations in the last fifty years and enable them to interpret
contemporary crises and conflicts by considering their historical background.
Set readings

Hobsbawm, Eric J. The Age Of Empire 1875-1914. London: Weidenfeld, 1987.
Kleinschmidt, Harald: Geschichte der internationalen Beziehungen. Stuttgart: Reclam.
Universalbibliothek 1998.
Kennedy, Paul: The Rise and Fall of Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict
From 1500 to 2000. Random House, 1987.
The Wadsworth Atlas of International Relations. Wadsworth, 2005.

Suggested readings

Milza, Pierre: Les relations internationales 1945-1973. Hachette, Paris, 1996.
Milza, Pierre: Les relations internationales de 1973 nos jours. Hachette, Paris,
1996.
Renouvin, Pierre Duroselle, Jean-Baptiste: Introduction lhistoire des relations
internationales. Colin, Paris, 1991.
Thompson, William R. (ed.): Evolutionary World Politics. Routledge, New York,
2001.
Puchala, Donald J.: Theory and History in International Relations. Routledge, New
York, 2003.
Duroselle, Jean-Baptiste: Europe: A History of Its Peoples. Trans. by Richard Mayne.
London: Viking, 1990.
Kissinger, Henry: Diplomacy. Kissinger, Henry. Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster,
1994.

Name of subject: International Economic Institutions
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The aim of the course is to present the main features of the economic order established after
World War II, the functions, operational results and effectiveness of international economic
institutions. Based on case studies, it also includes an operation analysis of the institutional
system of commercial policy (GATT/WTO), and of the international financial institutions
(IMF, WB, EBRD etc.), and of UN specialized agencies dealing with economic-related issues
(UNCTAD, FAO, ILO). The course also focuses on the ongoing reform of these institutions,
and on their possible role in managing global financial imbalances.
Set readings

David A. Phillips: Reforming the World Bank, Cambridge University Press, 2009
David Vines - Christopher Gilbert: The IMF and its critics, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004
Kent Jones: The Doha-Blues, Oxford UP, 2009
John Toye - Richard Toye: The UN and Global Political Economy, Indiana UP, 2004

Suggested reading

Peter Isard: Globalization and the International Financial System. Cambridge University
Press, 2005.

Name of subject: International Law
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
3
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

This course examines the evolution and functions of international organizations. It will further
look at political structures and international systems for the collective use of power and co-
operative action among states; and the impact of international non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) and other types of transnational relations and organizations on global affairs.
As a starting point, students will study the conceptual and theoretical foundations of
international organizations. Once armed with these fundamental viewpoints, students will then
continue by discussing from an institutional perspective, topics including international legal
personality and privileges and immunities; the admission, representation, and succession of
States, and the possibility of withdrawal; normative acts, resolutions, (binding) decisions, and
recommendations; voting procedures, and especially that of the Security Council as it relates to
what is popularly known as the veto; express, implied, inherent, and assumed powers;
delegation and attribution of powers; accountability; financing and voting; the jurisdiction of
international tribunals and review of acts of international organizations; and settlement of
disputes.
The lecturing will not just focus on the United Nations and other global international
organizations, but will also consider regional actors, e.g., the European Union, Council of
Europe, NAFTA, ASEAN, etc. In this way, students will be introduced to the complex
institutional set-up that exists in relation to international organizations, they way they interact
and co-operate as well as the way in which they compete in certain areas.
Lastly, students will be required to gain some sort of practical experience of the workings of
an international organization by participating in a hands-on study workshop, during which
participants will act as representatives of Member States of the relevant international
organization. In this scenario, students will come to understand that legal niceties are often
subject to political demands of compromise and agreement and that national interests continue
to be important in formalizing any new world order.
Set readings

Sands, Phillippe & Pierre Klein. Bowetts Law of International Institutions. Thomson Reuters:
London, 2009.
Clive, Archer. International Organizations. Routledge: London, New York 2001.

Name of subject: Legal Issues of Diplomacy and International Crisis Management
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
3
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The aim of the course is to provide students with a working knowledge of the main legal
institutions of international relations.
Discussing the legal issues of diplomacy, the course focuses on the regulatory system and
rudiments of the 1963 Vienna convention, the permanent representation between states,
delegation rankings, appointment processes and special diplomatic missions, the establishment
of consular posts, the tasks of consuls, and the regulations concerning privileges and
immunities.
International Crisis Management covers the pacific settlement of disputes by judicial, non-
judicial and interim solutions, conflict classification (non-armed vs. armed conflicts,
international vs. non-international conflicts), conflict regulation, law enforcement mechanisms
based on the UN Charter, Chapter VI and VII, interstate resolutions, new challenges
(responsibility to protect vs. humanitarian intervention) and finally the chances and ways of UN
reform.
Set readings

The1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR)
Decree No. 2/1995 of the Minister of Foreign Affairs on the appointment and reception of
honorary consuls
Act XLVI. of 2001 on Consular Protection
The 1967 European Convention on Consular Functions regional (European)

Suggested readings

Consular Rights and the Death Penalty after LaGrand in: American Society of International
Law Proceedings 96 Am. Soc'y Int'l L. Proc. (2002) 309-320.
Consular Immunity: Alleged Criminal Activities of a Consular Officer
Lee, Edward G., Shidlowski, Alvin J., Roy, Julian K.: Notes and Comments/Notes et
Commentaires: in: Canadian Yearbook of International Law 34 Can. Y.B. Int'l L. (1996) 293.
Shelton, Dinah L.: ICJ Jurisdiction - Vienna Convention on Consular Relations Diplomatic
Protection - Reparations International Decision in: American Journal of International Law 98
Am. J. Int'l L. (2004) 559.

Name of subject: Diplomatic Practice
Credits
2
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

Within the framework for preparation for diplomatic service, the aim of the course is to
acquaint students with the role and function of diplomacy in shaping and implementing
foreign policy, including the establishment and maintenance of diplomatic relations and the
representation of the interests of individuals and legal entities abroad.
Further aims are to introduce students to the institutional framework and tools of diplomacy,
and to the function of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic missions
(Embassies, Consulate-Generals, Honorary-Consulate missions), including their
administrative, organizational and economic etc. system, their organizational structure and
regulations. The course will also focus on the most significant and distinctive features of
various fields of diplomacy such as bilateral and multilateral, conference, economic, cultural,
and military diplomacy.
Students will learn the components of diplomatic social interaction, and will practice behavior
and modes of conduct in accordance with the rules of diplomatic protocol and etiquette during
different situations, such as cases of protocol events with a special emphasis on the simplified
practice of protocol of EU and NATO member states.
During the course, particular importance shall also be given to the following topics:
establishment of personal and formal relations, significant stages and influencing factors of
their improvement; meeting of different cultures; acquisition of the use of oral and written
forms of diplomatic contact; organizing and handling diplomatic negotiations, events; the
interpreter; the roles of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, diplomatic missions, and diplomats in
the field of press and information flow, that is, reporting duties towards relevant
governmental organizations, and providing civil organizations and the public with
information; forms of diplomatic report (concerning contents and immunity), the diplomatic
mail; telecommunications; special features of diplomatic service; protection of national
security interests; diplomatic roles of coding, protection of dignitaries and buildings; relations
of diplomacy and intelligence (within legal frames).
As a whole, the main target of the course is to provide supplementary knowledge to students
intending to take upon the duties of a diplomatic career with essential elements of practice
thus making them well prepared foreign affairs officials and successful diplomats.
Set readings

Protocol, university lecture notes, Association of Hungarian Protocol Officers , 2002
Feltham, R.G.: Diplomatic Handbook (8th ed.). Leiden: Brill, 2004.
Satow, Sir Ernest: A Guide to Diplomatic Practice. Longman, 1979.
Forgas, Joseph P.: The Psychology of Social Interaction, Hungarian Translation, Kairosz
Jan Melissen (ed.): The New Public Diplomacy. Soft Power in International Relations.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Fierke, K.M: Diplomatic Interventions. Conflict and Change in a Globalizing World.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Chas. W. Freeman, Jr.: Arts of Power Statecraft and Diplomacy US Inst of Peace Press
Washington DC 2001

Suggested readings

H. Kissinger: Diplomacy. Simon and Schuster, Rockefeller Center, New York.
Wallensteen, Peter: Understanding Conflict Resolution. War, Peace and the Global System.
London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2002.
Simon Chesterman, Michael Ignatieff and Ramesh Thakur (eds). Making states work: state
failure and the crisis of governance. Tokyo, New York, Paris: United Nations University
Press, 2005.

Name of subject: Foreign Policy Analysis
Credits
2
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade
The course presents the methodology of analysis in social sciences and foreign relations.
Besides the theoretical and methodological knowledge, the course lays special emphasis on
analyzing significant international documents and case studies, which make students
understand the sources, construction and intention of these documents and international
processes. The course aims at shaping methodological and linguistic competence and
provides an insight into the quotidian activity of the diplomatic work.
Set readings

Chas. W. Freeman, Jr.: Arts of Power Statecraft and Diplomacy US Inst of Peace Press
Washington DC 2001
Hungarian Slovakian tension. In: Budapest Analyses no. 211
Rana, Kishan S.: Bilateral Diplomacy Manas Publication New-Delhi 2006
EU external relations after ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in: Budapest Analyses No. 234,
November 18, 2009

Suggested reading

Kishan S. Rana: Bilateral Diplomacy Manas Publication New-Delhi 2006

Name of subject: Social Dimensions of Globalization
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The aim of the course is to present the definitions, both scholarly and informal, of
globalization, its development, the main characteristics of its economic processes, the social
consequences that arose as its result and the responses given to it.
The course will comprise three large units. The first and second units deal with the basics of
defining globalization, the characteristics of its development and the structure of the global
economy. The third unit discusses the effects of globalization, its main questions and the
social responses to these effects.
Set readings

Aneier, H.Glasius, M.Kaldor, M.: Global Civil Society. Global Civil Society. Oxford:
Castells, M.: The Rise of the Network Society: Volume I: The Information Age: Economy,
Society, and Culture, With a New Preface, 2nd Edition Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Giddens, A. D: Debating the Social Model: Thoughts and Suggestion. http://www.policy-
network.net/uploadedFiles/Articles/Anthony%20Giddens%20Hampton%20court%20agenda.
pdf

Suggested reading
Szab M.: Social Movements and Political Protest Cycles as Challenges of the Research and
Teaching of Political Sociology
http://www.epsnet.org/publications/2003Proceedings/Mate%20Szabo.pdf

Name of subject: Crises and Local Wars after 1945
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

In this lecture we are examining the main reasons and consequences of the changes that
occurred in the relative strength of the Great Powers after World War II. Based on historical
antecedents, we are presenting the major factors that affect the foreign and security policy of
the European Union. We are also dealing with the post-1945 changes of security and
orientation policies and the effects of local wars and conflicts based on ethnicity, nationality or
interest. Our goal is to approach the geopolitical situation of the post-war period, the Cold War,
the military alliances and the bipolar system from a historical angle and to give a general
characterization of the NATO and the Warsaw Pact. We are examining the advancement of
international terrorism, the forms of prevention and the possibilities of liquidation and
sanctioning.
In connection with the topics mentioned above, we are presenting the characteristics of
Hungarian security and defense policy, the cases, forms and dilemmas of participation in
international actions.
Set readings

Oren, Michael B. Six Days of War. June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East.
New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Lawrence, Mark Atwood and Fredrik Logevall (eds.) The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict
and Cold War Crisis. Boston: Harvard University Press, 2007.
Davidson, Philip B. Vietnam at War: The History: 1946-1975. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1991.
Gelvin, James L. The Israel-Palestine Conflict: One Hundred Years of War. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Hastings, Max. The Korean War. London: Pan Macmillan, 2000.
Stueck, William. Rethinking the Korean War. A New Diplomatic and Strategic History.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002.
Hastings, Max and Simon Jenkins. The Battle for the Falklands. London: Pan Macmillan, 1997.
Gaddis, John Lewis. We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History. New York: Oxford
Machcewicz, Pawel. Rebellious Satellite: Poland 1956. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press,
2009.
Judt, Tony. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945. New York: Penguin Press, 2005.
Valenta, Jiri. Soviet Intervention in Czechoslovakia, 1968: Anatomy of a Decision. Baltimore:
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991.

Suggested readings

Kennedy, Paul. The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers. Economic Change and Military
Conflict from 1500 to 2000. London: Unwin Hyman, 1988.
Kissinger, Henry. Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Johnson, Paul. Modern Times. A History of the World from the 1920s to the Year 2000.
London: Phoenix, 1999. Gyrkei, Jen and Mikls Horvth. Soviet military intervention in
Hungary, 1956 / Budapest: CEU Press, 1999.
Horvth, Mikls. Soviet aggression against Hungary in 1956: operations "Wave" and
"Whirlwind". - In: The Ideas of the Hungarian Revolution, Suppressed and Victorious : 1956 -
1999 / ed. by Lee W. Congdon and Bla K. Kirly. - New York, NY : Columbia Univ. Press,
2002. pp. 6590.
Congdon, Lee, Bla K. Kirly and Kroly Nagy (eds) : 1956: the Hungarian Revolution and
War of Independence. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2006.

Name of subject: The Roots and Anatomy of Terrorism
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes /
week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade
Focusing on historical antecedents we are examining the roots of international terrorism, the
effects of its appearance and spread, the forms of prevention and the possibilities of
liquidation and sanctioning. In the first half of the semester we will discuss the post-1945
changes of security policy, power balance and orientation policies; the history of international
security policy institutions and the historical roots of international terrorism. Then we will
focus on the effects of terrorism, the forms and possibilities of prevention, as well as the
theoretical, legal and military aspects of terrorism. Finally, the course will examine the
possible forms of liquidation and sanctioning of terrorism, and also the notion of terrorism in
the twenty-first century.
Set readings

Hoffman, Bruce. Inside Terrorism. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. 1344.
Merari, Ariel. Terrorism as a Strategy of Insurgency. Terrorism and Political Violence, Vol.
5, No. 4, Winter 1993. pp. 213251.
Wilkinson, Paul. The Media and Terrorism: A Reassessment. Terrorism and Political
Violence, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 1997. pp. 5164.
Jenkins, Brian Michael. The US Response to Terrorism and lts Implications for Transatlantic
Relations. In: Gustav Lindstrom (ed.): Shift or Rist. Assessing US-EU Relations after Iraq.
Paris: EU Institute for Security Studies, 2003. pp. 207229.
Lindstrom, Gustav. Terrorism: European Myths and Realities. In: Gustav Lindstrom (ed.):
Shift or Rist. Assessing US-EU Relations after Iraq. Paris: EU Institute for Security Studies,
2003. pp. 231-250.
Zimmermann, Doron. The Transformation of Terrorism. The New Terrorism Impact
Scalability and the Dynamic of Reciprocal Threat Perception. Zrich: Forschunsstelle fr
Sicherheitspolitik der ETHZ, 2003. pp. 554.
Walt, Stephen M. The Renaissance of Security Studies. International Studies Quarterly Vol.
35, No. 2. (June 1991) pp. 211189.
Buzan, Barry; Ole Waever; Jaap De Wilde. A New Framework for Analysis. Boulder: Lynne
Reinner Publishers, 1998. pp. 148.
Waltz, Kenneth N. The Anarchic Stucture of World Politics. In Robert Art and Robert Jervis
(eds.): International Politics. New York: Harper Collins, 1992. pp. 728.
Mearsheimer, John. Back to the Future: Instability in Europe After the Cold War.
International Security, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Summer 1990) pp. 556.
Luttwak, Edward N. From Geopolitics to Geo-Economics. The National Interest, Summer
1990, pp. 1723.

Suggested readings

Pillar, Paul.Terrorism and US Foreign Policy. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press,
2001.
German, Mike. Thinking Like a Terrorist: Insights of a Former FBI Undercover Agent.
Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2007.
Chaliand, Gerard and Arnaud Blin (eds.) The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to al
Qaeda. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007.
Burke, Jason. Al-Qaeda: The True Story of Radical Islam. London: I. B. Tauris, 2004.
Chomsky, Noam. Power and Terror: Post-9/11 Talks and Interviews. Seven Stories Press,
2003.
Netanyahu, Benjamin. Fighting Terrorism: How Democracies Can Defeat Domestic and
International Terrorists. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995.
Analyses and articles concerning the topic on www.globalsecurity.org, www.stabilitypact.org
and other websites

Name of subject: Current Issues in Foreign Policy
Credits
2
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

This course has been developed for the application of the students professional and
methodological knowledge. It aims to make a practical approach, to hold a public discussion,
to elaborate original analysis, and creative visions. The participation of well-known experts
on different areas in the analysis of the events in world politics provides special added values.
This course provides an opportunity to study and discuss issues and events having recent
international impact and/or interest. The course will present a multidisciplinary perspective on
specific subjects with the intent of linking students with the scholars and scholarship involved
in understanding and explaining current international issues, events, and crisis. The subjects
will vary from semester to semester.
Classes examine global (e.g. Energy politics, UN reform, Global Warming, the problem of
nuclear weapons, terrorism, homeland security, foreign policy and the press), regional (e.g.
Euro-Mediterranean Network, Treaty of Lisbon) and domestic issues (e.g. the impact of the
Schengen System, the approach to Kosovo issue influenced by the presence of minorities).
Today there is an increasing demand for students who are trained to analyze international
affairs and are familiar with the events of world politics as well as the interpretation of world
media.
Set reading

As a thematic reading list cannot be provided, students are required to follow the current
issues in world politics and review the most important media.

Name of subject: Persuasive Communication
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

Persuasion is the very goal of communication of all kinds, a communicative practice that governs
interpersonal and mass media communication events. Persuasive acts are dependent on the socio-
cultural context, and are to be analyzed on a social basis while the message created can be
examined and described logically, rhetorically, pragmatically and to the effect caused socio-
psychological aspects can be rendered to. Persuasion is used in the most common genres of
campaign and mass communications such as advertisements, commercials and propaganda,
persuasion is the building principle of both verbal and visual messages. The class gives a deep
insight into the notion and practice of persuasive communication with definitions, explanations
and examples.
During the semester, we will first define persuasion, communicative goals and
(socio)psychological criteria, attitude and attitude construct, the source credibility. Then we will
discuss the theory of Cognitive Dissonance, the persuasive message characteristics of both
rational and emotional appeals, and the receiver characteristics of persuasive communication.
Then the lecture will focus on gender differences of persuasibility, the modes of message
presentation, and the various routes of persuasion (central, peripheral, and unimodel). Finally, the
class will study persuasive communication campaigns and manipulation versus persuasion.
Set readings

Stiff, J.B. Mongeau, P. A. 2003. Persuasive Communication. New York, The Guildford Press.
Keefe, Daniel J. 2002. Persuasion. Theory and Research. Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage. Baumlin,
James S. 2001. Ethos. In Thomas O Sloane (ed.): Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. U.S.A., Oxford
University Press.
Billig, M. 1999. Arguing and thinking. A rhetorical approach to socialpsychology. New York,
Cambridge University Press and Maison des Sciences de lHome.
Dijk, T. A. van 2006. Discourse and Manipulation. Discourse & Society, 17/ 3. 359-383.
Taillard, M.-O. 2000. Persuasive communication: The case of marketing. UCLWPL 12/2000.
145-174.

Suggested readings

Argumentation. Translated by John Wilkinson, Purcell Weaver. London, University of Notre
Dame Press.
Petty, Richard E. Cacioppo, John T. 1986. Communication and Persuasion: Central and
Peripheral Routes to Attitude Change. New York, Springer-Verlag.
Taillard, M.-O. 2004. Adaptive Persuasion. UCLWPL 16/2004. 247-263.
Zarefsky, David 2001. Argumentation. In Thomas O Sloane (ed.): Encyclopedia of Rhetoric.
U.S.A., Oxford University Press.

Name of subject: Economic Policies in the European Union
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of course
units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The values and the quality, the consistency and the content of economic policy in the different
EU-member countries plays an important role in the development and catching-up of these
countries. The aim of the course is to analyze the experiences of the catching-up process in
various EU-member countries. We examine the role of the regional, the structural and the
cohesion policy in these processes.
The possibility of a value-based economic policy both in European- and in national level; the
conditions of subsidiarity and solitarity in the economy; the problems of economic growth and
financial balance; regional inequality in European countries; the role of human capital in
development; the creation of a sound investment and employment policy are all in the focus of
our studies.
Set readings

Mike Artis - Frederick Nixson: The Economics of the European Union, Oxford UP, 2007
Tumpel-Gugerell, Gertrude-Peter Mooslecher (eds.):Economic Convergence and divergence in
Europe. Growth and Regional Development in an Enlarged European Union, Edward Elgar,
2003
Krieger-Boden, Christina Edgar Morgenroth George Petrakos (eds.): The impact of
European integration on regional structural change and cohesion, Routledge, 2008
Krsi, Istvn: R and D, and Competitiveness in the Enlarged EU. The Role of the State and
Financing, IWE Working Papers, No. 172, 2006

Name of subject: The EU in the World Economy
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number
of classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The aim of the course is to give an overview on the Europe Union from a global perspective.
Europe used to be one of the centers of the world economy. The fast development of other
regions of the world, however, put the traditional position of Europe (EU) into question. With
its decreasing and ageing population, fading competitiveness, Europes future global role is in
question.
During the course we try to analyze several questions: what are the strength and weaknesses
of Europe, what kind of threats it has to face in the near future, how its economic relations
with other poles of the world economy and with developing countries will be changed, what
will be the role of Europe in the global economy, etc.
Set readings

Mike Artis - Frederick Nixson: The Economics of the European Union, Oxford UP, 2007
Mario Telo: European Union and New Regionalism, Ashgate, 2007
Jan Orbie: Europe's global role, Ashgate, 2008

Suggested readings

Angus Maddison: Contours of the World Economy 1-2030 AD, Oxford UP, 2007
Kenneth Pomeranz: The Great Divergence, Princeton UP, 2000
Fred Bergsten: The United States and the World Economy, Institute for International
Economics, 2005

Name of subject: European Agricultural Policy
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number
of classes
/ week
2
Type of
course
units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The course intends to give a comprehensive survey of the current Agricultural Policy of the
European Union. It lays special emphasis on the topic of agricultural support and the related
employment policy as well as provisions concerning production, processing and marketing.
It will also examine the agricultural cooperation between Hungary and the EU. In the first
part of the semester, this course will discuss standard economic integration, different
agricultural policies, agricultural subsidies and the significance of normative support in
some of the member states, price support systems, and provisions concerning agriculture
and livestock husbandry. Then we will focus on sea fishing, fruit and vegetable production,,
winery and forestry in the EU. The course will also include the discussion of breed
varieties, and standardization, processing industry, the institutional reform of the Common
Agricultural Policy (CAP), and the topic of Hungary and the agricultural policy of the EU.
Set reading

Cardwell, Michael: The European Model of Agriculture. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2004.

Suggested readings

Wallace, Helen, William Wallace (eds): Policy-Making in the European Union. Oxford:
Cini, Michelle (ed.): European Union Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Name of subject: Decision Making in the European Union
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes /
week
3
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The course aims to provide students with a comprehensible knowledge on decision making
in EU institutions and bodies. It covers not only traditional decision making but also the
processes that lead to decisions or positions at the individual institutions and bodies. By the
end of the course, students learn to interpret and analyze legislative and decision making
processes. During the semester, we will discuss the delimitation of competences and its
principles in the EU with special regards to the Lisbon treaty, the direct and indirect
community procedure and the shared management, the proportionality and the
precautionary principle, the individual decision making processes (co-decision procedure
etc.), the procedural rules of decision making (access, procedural principles), the
discretionary rights during the decision making process, legal remedies, comitology,
agencies, the open method of coordination, the role of social partners; decision making and
the COREPERs, and the basic rights in the EU with special regards to decision making
(equality, legal certainty, legitimate expectations).
Suggested reading

Paul Craig: EU Administrative Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Moussis, Nicholas: Guide to European Policies. European Study Service, 2008-2009.

Name of subject: EU Foreign Policy
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
3
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

The course focuses on the introduction of the foreign relations of the EU, the process of its
institutionalisation, and the expanding set of means. Steps to the unified European action can
be demonstrated by the political cooperation based on separated policies to the post of Mr.
CFSP conceptualised in the Lisbon Treaty. The module includes the detailed analysis of the
traditional means and the new versions for conducting a European foreign and security
policy. It also undertakes a comprehensive overview of the difficulties and obstacles of
cooperation.
Based on the useful theoretical approach, classes examine the EU neighbourhood policy, the
EU as a global actor (peace-keeping, UN Security Council), its foreign trade policy, the EU
as the main donor, its key role in global development assistance, the active support to the
observance of human rights and democracy, transatlantic relations, and regional co-
operations.
Foreign relations are investigated not only thematically but also by regarding the actors.
Relations with other European states and prospects of enlargement (Turkey, the Western
Balkans, the Mediterranean) need special attention during the course. It will also focus on the
challenges of the U.S. and the BRIC countries as key players in international relations.
Since the foreign, security and defence policy is an area where essential authority remains
with EU governments, the policy of the leading EU member states cannot be disregarded.
The course will be organized as a seminar, with weekly readings, brief class presentations,
plus a final research paper and oral report. It requires the presentation of 6-14 page research
paper on a theme of the students choice based on a particular aspect of EU foreign policy.
The theme of the presentation and the research paper should be discussed with the lecturer in
advance.
Set readings

Hill, Ch., Smith, K. (eds.): European Foreign Policy: Key Documents. London, Routledge,
2000.
Smith, H.: European Union Foreign Policy. Pluto Press, 2002.
Winn, N., Lord, Ch.: EU Foreign Policy Beyond the Nation-State. Palgrave Macmillan,
2001.

Suggested readings

Ehrhart, H., Jaberg, S., Rinke, B., Waldmann, J.(eds.): Die Europische Union im 21.
Jahrhundert: Theorie und Praxis europischer Auen-, Sicherheits- und Friedenspolitik. VS
Verlag fr Sozialwissenschaften, 2008.
Fraser, C.: An Introduction to European Foreign Policy. Routledge, 2007.
Frhlich, S.: Die Europische Union als globaler Akteur: Eine Einfhrung. VS Verlag fr
Sozialwissenschaften, 2008.
Howorth, J.: Security and Defence Policy in the European Union Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Keukeleire,S., MacNaughtan, J.: The Foreign Policy of the European Union (The European
Union Series) Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Smith, E.: Europe's Foreign and Security Policy: The Institutionalization of Cooperation
(Themes in European Governance). Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Smith, K.: European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World. Cambridge, Polity Press;
2008.

Name of subject: Ideas of Europe
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number
of classes
/ week
2
Type of
course
units
seminar
Prerequisite
none

Assessment
seminar grade

The aim of the course is to provide a comprehensive survey of the various attempts at
European cooperation that took place between the Middle Ages and the 1960s. Based on the
available reader, students will also study the main concepts in their textual contexts.
Discussing events in a chronological order, the course will first focus on ideas of Europe in
the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, then during the Enlightenment and in the age of
Romanticism. Then we will examine the concepts developed in the second half of the
nineteenth century. The course will also pay special attention to the German and Austrian
plans for Mittel-Europa, the European policy of the Soviet Union, the plans for the
settlement of the Danubian region, regional federations in the 1930ies, and the national
socialist ideas. We will also study the various plans for the future of Europe as formulated
by the Axis Powers, the protest movements, Great Britain and the US, and the Vatican and
finally we will also discuss the Schumann plan.
Set readings

Padgen, Anthony (ed.) The Idea of Europe. From Antiquity to the European Union.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Urwin, Derek W. The community of Europe: a history of European integration since 1945.
London; New York Longman, 1991.
Leonard, Dick. Guide to the European Union. London: Economist Books, 2002.

Name of subject: European Party Systems
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number
of classes
/ week
2
Type of
course
units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The aim of the course is to introduce political parties as the most important institutions of
political democracy in the twentieth century since they established the relation between the
mass of voters and the decision making politicians. The parties mobilized the mass of
people entitled to vote, structured the parliament, the legislative body of representative
democracy, and the leaders of the parties gained control over the executive power of the
government. Thus political parties became the most important institutions of representative
democracies. Based on Sartoris model of party systems, the course offers a survey of the
parliamentary parties in both the European Union and the European Parliament. It also
intends to describe the factors that influence party systems and their regional variants.
Suggested reading

Sartori, Giovanni. Comparative Constitutional Engineering: An Inquiry into Structures,
Incentives and Outcomes. New York: New York University Press, 1994.

Name of subject: EU Project Management
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes /
week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

The aim of the course is practicing the application of theoretical knowledge in corporal
economics and accounting by preparing business plans. Students working in groups prepare
the business plan of a company based on in-class discussions, which help them understand
the general business operation and planning of any company.
The course lays special emphasis on the study of the EU project application form and its
appendices, the description of the current system of conditions of the given company, SWOT
and PEST analysis, the application of the Porter model, the preparation of the marketing plan
and the relevant case studies.
Students also practice the exploration of financial resources, the preparation of human
resources plans, the application of break-even analysis, and the preparation of output and
cash flow plans.
Suggested readings

Siegel, Eric S., Ford, Brian R. and Bornstein, Jay M. The Ernst & Young Business Plan
Guide. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1993.
Brealey, A. and Myers, Stewart C. Principles of Corporate Finance, 5th edition, Irwin-
McGraw-Hill, 1996.

Name of subject: China in the Globalized World
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number
of classes
/ week
2
Type of
course
units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The course offers a survey of both the Peoples Republic of China and Greater China
describing their current economic development, structure, political system, foreign policy
goals, international relations and all the related global challenges, difficulties and potentials.
During the semester, the lecture will cover various topics including China under Mao
Zedong; the political and economic background and the beginning of reform and opening-up;
the results of reform and the opening-up policy; the economic structure of China; the
distinctive features of Chinas political system; decision making in China; the Chinese
Communist Party; China and the East Asian region; China and the international
organizations; international relations between China and the US, Russia and the EU; and the
goals and means of Chinese foreign policy. The course will also discuss Chinese-Hungarian
relations, the problems and internal and external challenges of Chinas development, the
global consequences of the economic shift, and the question whether China is the superpower
of the twenty-first century.
Set readings

Deng, Yong: China's Struggle for Status: The Realignment of International Relations.
Cambridge: CUP, 2008.
Winters, Alan L. and Shahid Yusuf: Dancing with Giants: China, India, and the Global
Economy. Singapore: The World Bank and The Institute of Policy Studies, 2007.

Suggested reading

Von Senger, Harro: Einfhrung in das chinesische Recht. Mnchen: C.H. Becksche
Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1994.

Name of subject: India and Central Asia I.
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The aim and scope of the course is to provide a comprehensive knowledge of India and
Central Asia in a historic perspective, including important issues of political systems,
economics, culture and social change.
The first semester of the course focuses solely on Central Asia: its history, cultural heritage,
ethnic problems and modern dilemmas.
Transition from the Soviet rule to independence, the problems of the new republics both in
economics and political system are the key issues of the lecture.
For the sake of better understanding, the lecture, however, will also cover some states not
regarded as Central Asian in the scholarly literature e.g. Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran since
they are in the spotlight of contemporary world politics. The aim of the enlargement of the
scope is twofold: on one hand to enable students to understand the regional context of Indias
foreign relations, and on the other, to provide a basic understanding of the effects of
globalization on the whole region.
After a historical overview of Central Asia from the Middle Ages to the Soviet rule, case
studies will be discussed on selected issues like the problems of transition, ethnic tensions,
energy resources and their effects on economy policies of the Central Asian republics, the
still unchanged influence of clan politics on the political systems, authoritarian tendencies
and the causes of democratic failures, traditionalism, and the effects of traditional and
political Islam in the region.
Pakistan, a key factor in Indias foreign policy and also in a global perspective, will be given
special attention. The problems of partition, the ideology of Pakistan, Islamism and the
failure of party-system democracy, military coups and their multi-layered social causes are
the points of importance in the lecture. Concerning Afghanistan, tribalism, political order,
economic failures, resistance to Soviet occupation and its effect on global politics, jihadism
and the Taliban-phenomenon are of utmost importance. Contemporary Iran will be discussed
also in a historic perspective, but focusing on the Islamic revolution and the decades
following it will enable students to understand the problems Iran is now facing.
Set readings

Stephen Philip Cohen: The Idea of Pakistan. Brookings Institution Press: Washington D.C,
2004.
Cathleen Collins: Clan Politics and Regime Transition in Central Asia. Cambridge
University Press: Cambridge, 2006.
Elizabeth Van Wie Davis-Rouben Azizian (eds): Islam, Oil and Geopolitics. Central Asia
after September 11. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers: Lanham, 2007.
Gilles Dorronsoro: Revolution Unending: Afghanistan, 1979 to the Present. Columbia
University Press: New York, 2005.
Reuel R. Hanks: Central Asia. A Global Studies Handbook. ABC Clio: Santa Barbara, 2005.
Christophe Jaffrelot (ed): A History of Pakistan and its Origins. Anthem Press: London,
2002.
Nikike R. Keddie: Modern Iran. Roots and Results of Revolution. Yale University Press: New
Haven, 2003.
Martin McCauley: Afghanistan and Central Asia. A Modern History. Longman: London,
2002.
David Menashri: Post-Revolutionary Politics in Iran. Religion, Society and Power.
Routledge: London, New York, 2001.
Boris Rumer (ed): Central Asia at the End of the Transition. M. E. Sharpe: New York, 2005.
Svat Soucek: A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2000.

Suggested readings

Akbar S. Ahmed: Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity. The Search for Saladin. Routledge:
London, New York, 1997.
Louis Dupree: Afghanistan. Princeton University Press: Princeton, 1980.
Christophe Jaffrelot (ed): Pakistan. Nationalism Without a Nation? Zed Books Ltd: New
York, 2002.
Yasmin Khan: The Great partition. The Making of India and Pakistan. Yale University
Press: New Haven, London, 2007.
Ralph H. Magnus-Eden Naby: Afghanistan: Mullah, Marx and Mujahid. Westview Press:
Cambridge, 2002.
Mohammad A. Qadeer: Pakistan. Social and Cultural Transformation in a Muslim Nation.
Routledge: London, New York, 2006.
Eugene Rumer: Central Asia. Views from Washington, Moscow, and Beijing. M. E. Sharpe:
New York, 2007.
Ayesha Siddiqa: Military INC. Inside Pakistans Military Economy. Pluto Press: London,
2007.
Ray Takeyh: Hidden Iran. Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic. Holt Paperbacks: New
York, 2006.

Name of subject: India and Central Asia II
Credits
4
Number of
terms
1
Number
of classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
India and Middle
Asia I
Assessment
seminar grade

The main topics of the second course are the development of British rule in India with
special regard to altering land ownerships, the integration of regions and the maintenance of
princely states, and the development of British Indian public administration. The struggle
between the trends of modernisation and those refraining from it will be presented as well as
the partial integration of the Indian colony into the British economy. Another topic is the
history of the independence movement with special regard to its main demands, trends, the
leading stratum, its outstanding personalities (Gandhi, the two Nehrus, Tilak and others), and
the HinduMuslim relations.
Special attention will be paid to the history of the Indian National Congress and its leading
role, the reasons and realisation of the partition of India and the process of the territorial
reorganisation of independent India, including the integration of princely states.
The Indian constitutional system will also form an important part of the curriculum. Within
this framework the analysis of the contents of the Constitution is offered with special regard
to the positive discrimination of disadvantaged strata, the development of modern public
administration, and the modernization of the economy. The introduction of planning and its
effects will also be discussed, together with green revolution in agriculture. The course will
also present the changes in the party structure and the regionalisation of political life. The
emergence of multi-party coalitions will also be mentioned and finally the current foreign
policy of India will be outlined.
Pakistan will be discussed separately with special regard to the Indo-Pakistani wars and their
causes, as well as the circumstances of the birth of Bangladesh. An important part of the
presentations will be the liberalisation of Indian economy during the past one and a half
decades. The rapid upturn of the economy and modernisation will be discussed together with
the educational revolution, the leading branches of industry and the services and finally the
present position of India in the world as a growing economic and military power and a major
regional power.
Set readings

Guha, Ramachandra: India after Gandhi. The History of the Worlds Largest Democracy.
LondonOxford: MacMillan, 2007
Cohen, Stephen Philip: India: Emerging Power. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution
Press, 2001.
Panagariya, Arvind: India: The Emerging Giant. Oxford-New York: OUP, 2008.
Dossani, Rafiq: India Arriving. How This Economic Powerhouse is Redefining Global
Business. New York, Atlanta, Brussels, Chicago: Amacom, 2008.

Suggested readings

Thapar, Romila: Early India. From the Origins to AD 1300. Penguin Books:
Harmondsworth, 2002.
Sharma, K.L. (ed.): Caste and Class in India. Jaipur-New Delhi: Rawat Publications, 2005.
Kothari, Rajni: Politics in India. Orient New Delhi: BlackSwan, 2009.

Name of subject: Central Europe
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

The aim of the course is acquainting students with the complicated and interlaced contemporary
situations mainly of Central but also Eastern European countries, and introducing the twentieth-
century history of these countries, particularly after the transition. We also pay great attention
to the common past, the common roots, and the relations of the nations in the region. The
course analyses the situation after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, lays great
emphasis on the migrations in the middle of the twentieth century, and demonstrates the ethnic,
demographic and religious processes, which were carried out in the region recently.
Set readings

Piotr Wandycz: The Price of Freedom: a History of East Central Europe from the Middle Ages
to the Present. London-New York, 2001.
Lonnie R. Johnson: Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends. Oxford, 2001.
Paul G.Lewis: Central Europe since 1945. (The Postwar Word). London, 1998.
Z. Kiaupa, A. Mesalu, A. Pajur, G. Straube: The history of the Baltic countries. Tallin, 2002.

Suggested readings

The Hungarian Status Law: Nation Building and/or Minority Protection. Ed. by Kntor Zoltn,
Balzs Majtnyi, Osamu Ieda, Balzs Vizi, Ivn Halsz. Slavic Eurasian Studies No. 4. Slavic
Research Center, Hokkaido University. Sapporo 2004.
Transitions to Capitalism and Democracy in Russia and Central Europe Achievements,
Problems, Prospects. Ed. M. Donald Hancock, John Logue. Westport 2000.
Julia Djarova: Cross-Border Investing: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe. Hingham,
2004.
Europe enlarged; a handbook of education, labour and welfare regimes in Central and Eastern
Europe. Ed. by Irena Kogan. Bristol, 2008.
Martina Boden: Osteuropa. Eine kleine politische Lnderkunde. Augsburg, 1997.

Name of subject: The Balkans
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

The course presents a comprehensive description of the social, historical and anthropological
characteristics of the Balkan peninsula. It also discusses the international political, global,
European and regional significance of the system of relations and analyzes the prospects for the
peninsula. The course also presents the place of the different countries, group of countries. It
helps students understand the possibilities to integrate to the special institution and integration
mechanism. The course comprises the presentation of the intentions of the powers playing role
in these area and the answers of the states of the Balkan in this context. The interests and steps
of Hungary and the CEE countries will also be presented. The analysis of the economics,
culture and security are also a part of the course. The survey of Hungarian missions of the
region completes the course.
Set readings

Balkan conditions: The relationship between the EU and the West-Balkan states. In Eurpai
tkr, 2006, 11/7-8, pp. 109-130.
Dispute of Croatia and Slovenia Budapest Analyses no. 217.
Jelavich, Barbara: History of the Balkans, T I-II, Cambridge University Press, 1983.
Hoesch, Edgar: Geschichte der Balkanlander von der Frhzeit bis zum Gegenwart. Mnchen:
Beck, 1988.
Balkan Academic News (BAN). www.seep.ceu.hu/balkans/
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network. www.birn.eu.com/

Suggested readings

Castellan, Georges, Histoire des Balkans. Paris: Fayard, 1991.
Fejt, Franois: La Fin des dmocraties populaires. Les chemins du post-communisme. Paris:
Seuil, 1992.
Garde, Paul: Vie et mort de la Yougoslavie. Paris, 1992.

Name of subject: Political Traditions and Current Regimes in the Post-soviet Region
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes /
week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none

Assessment
exam

The course discusses the political and legal development of the states of the former Soviet
Union especially after 1991. However, the lectures also include the overview on their
historical background starting with the former Empire of the Czar till the collapse of the
Soviet Union with special regards to the characteristic features of the political development of
the region and also to the mentality, traditions and conditions determined by this
development. Then we will study the events that led to the change of regime and the creation
of the New Independent States (NIS). The course will also cover the legal and political
analysis of the individual states and the overview on the system of relations and interactions
between the centralizing, federalist, autonomist and regional elements. Special attention will
be paid to the current events of developing modern nation states in the region especially in the
case of Ukraine and Belorussia. The overall aim of the course is to provide students with a
comprehensive understanding of the Post-soviet region of Eastern Europe, which derives from
the complexity of the ethnic, regional, cultural and social elements.
Set readings

Light, Margot: Russian Foreign Policy: The First Decade. In: Brown, Archie (ed.):
Contemporary Russian Politics. A reader. Oxford University Press: New York. 2001. pp.
419-428.
Nodari, Simonia: Economic Interests and Political Power in Post-Soviet Russia. Brown,
Archie (ed.): Contemporary Russian Politics. A reader. Oxford University Press: New York.
2001. pp. 269-288.
Perepelytsia, G.M.: Ukrainian-russian relations: between strategic partnership and strategic
dependence. In: Perepelytsia, G.M. (ed.): Foreign Policy of Ukraine. Annual Strategic
Review. Foreign Policy Research Institute: Kyiv, 2007. pp. 207-240.
Gtz, Roland: Ukraine and Belarus: Their Energy Dependene on Russia and their Roles as
Transit Countries. In: Hamilton, Daniel - Mangott, Gerhard (eds.): The New Eastern Europe:
Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Center for Transatlantic Relations: Washington, 2007. p.149-
170.
Romanova, Tatiana: Energy Policy of Russia: Still in a State of Flux? In: Spruds, Andris -
Rostoks, Toms (eds.): Energy. Pulling the Baltic Region Together or Apart? Latvian Institute
of International Affairs. Riga, 2009. pp. 122-156.

Suggested readings

Podvig, Pavel (ed.): Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. The MIT Press, 2001. pp. 1-32.
(Soviet and Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces.)
Zivile, Satuniene: Putin's Political Regime and Its Perspectives. In: Jankauskas, Algimantas -
Lopata, Raimundas - Vitkus, Gediminas (eds.): Transformation of Putin's Regime. Whay
Transitology in Not Applicable to Post-Soviet Russia? Vilnius University Press: Vilnius,
2007, pp. 25-76.

Name of subject: Islamic Civilization
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
3
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

The aim and scope of the course is to provide an in-depth knowledge on contemporary Islam,
its different interpretations situated in the political, societal and ideological environment both in
the Islamic World and in the West.
Based on the knowledge already provided about Islamic civilization in general at the BA level,
this seminar focuses on some contemporary issues for example the different ways and methods
of modernization and its consequences in leading Muslim societies (Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Turkey,
Egypt); the characteristics of modern ideologies (nationalism, pan-Arabism, Islamism); the
various and often contradictory effects of globalization; the complexities of Muslim societies in
the Western diaspora; and the various manifestations of re-Islamization in Europe and the
Middle-East.
Political Islam, a new phenomenon in Islamic thinking, will be studied carefully and from
various angles. Discussing the ideology, hermeneutics, ethics and tactic of Islamism, we will
analyze the work of leading ideologues like Qutb, Mawdudi and Khomeyni and also the
counter arguments of those Muslims who do not share the view of modern political Islam or
have a different understanding of it (Bazargan, Igbal, Shariati, Rahman, Soroush etc.).
Situating the whole problem globally, we also discuss the political role of Islamism in different
political contexts: in Muslim nation states, in weak and failed states and in Western
democracies. Radical Islamism and jihad will find its proper place in the lectures, situated in
case studies from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Egypt to the Maghrib countries.
Set readings

Sayyid Qutb: Social Justice in Islam (trs. By John Hardie). American Counsil of Learned
Societies, 1953.
Islam and Revolution. Writings and Declarations of Imam Khomeini (1941-1980). Translated
by Hamid Algar. Mizan Press, 1981.
Charles Kurzman (ed): Liberal Islam. A Sourcebook. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1998.
Bassam Tibi: Islam Between Culture and Politics. Palgrave: New York, 2001.
Gilles Kepel: Jihad. ditions Gallimard: Paris, 2003.
Peter Mandaville: Global Political Islam. Routledge: London, New York, 2007.
Olivier Roy: The Failure of Political Islam. I. B. Tauris: London, New York, 1994.
Olivier Roy: Globalized Islam. The Search for a New Ummah. Columbia University Press:
New York, 2004.
M. E. Yapp: The Near East Since the First World War. A History to 1995. Longman: London,
1996.

Suggested readings

Mohammad Ayoob: The Many Faces of Political Islam. Religion and Politics in the Muslim
World. The University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor, 2008.
John L. Esposito-Farncois Burgat: Modernizing Islam. Religion and the Public Sphere in
Europe and the Middle East. Hurst and Co: London, 2003.
Chibli Mallat: The Renewal of Islamic Law. Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr, Najaf and the Shii
International. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1993.
Tariq Ramadan: To Be A European Muslim. The Islamic Foundation: Leicester, 1999.
Naveed Sheikh: The New Politics of Islam. Pan-Islamic Foreign Policy in a World of States.
RoutledgeCurzon: London, New York, 2003.
Bassam Tibi: Political Islam, World Politics and Europe. Democratic peace and Euro-Islam
versus Global Jihad. Routledge: London, New York, 2008.
Mohammad Qasim Zaman: The Ulama in Contemporary Islam. Custodians of Change.
Princeton University Press: Princeton, Oxford, 2002.

Name of subject: US Foreign Policy
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes /
week
3
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none

Assessment
exam

The course introduces the political institutions and social characteristics of the US with
special regards to its racial and ethnic complexity and minority groups. On the other hand,
based on the political and social characteristics of the US, the lecture offers an overview on
the strategies and priorities of American foreign policy from the second half of the twentieth
century to the present. The overall aim of the course is to show the international role of the
US as the natural consequence of the domestic context of its political and social conditions.
Set readings

O'Connor, Karen J. and Larry J. Sabato. American Government: Continuity and Change.
Longman, 2007.
Alderman, Ellen and Caroline Kennedy. In Our Defense, The Bill of Rights in Action. New
York: William Morrow and Co, 1991.
Lukacs, John Outgrowing Democracy: A History of the United States in the Twentieth
Century. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1984.

Suggested readings

Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America. Trans. Henry Reeve. Electronic Text
Available at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/DETOC/toc_indx.html
Boorstin, Daniel J. The Americans. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1973.
Kissinger, Henry. Diplomacy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. London:
Touchstone books, 1998.
Vincent N. Parrillo. Strangers to These Shores. Pearson, 2003.
Fagin, Joe R. and Clairece Booher Fagin. Racial and Ethnic Relations. Prentice Hall, 1999.

Name of subject: Global Governance
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes /
week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none

Assessment
seminar grade

The course is divided into five sections. The first introduces the concept of global governance.
The second summarizes the core architectural elements of the current system of global
governance. The third section analyzes key policy functions performed by global governance
processes. The forth section looks at rising trends around the world including the relation of
organization and administration; the promotion of justice and international law; the
maintenance of international peace and security; disarmament; the promotion of sustained
growth and sustainable development; the relation of sustainable development and poverty;
and the effective coordination of humanitarian assistance. Finally, we will summarize the
conceptual overview as well our gained empirical knowledge of the subject matter. By the
end of the course, students will understand how global governance works, should work and
perhaps will work. Moreover, in which direction global governance is changing, and how to
handle and maneuver strategically in this space.
The course combines lectures, class discussion, and group presentations. The course will
require intense reading and group preparation.
Suggested readings

Weiss, Thomas G. Whats Wrong with the United Nations and How to Fix It. Cambridge:
Polity Press, 2008.
Keohane, Robert O. and Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Power and Interdependence. New York:
Longman, 2000.
Drezner, Daniel W. All Politics is Global: Explaining International Regulatory Regimes.
Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 2008.
Diehl, Paul E. The Politics of Global Governance: International Organizations in an
Interdependent World. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2010.
Weiss, Thomas G., Ramesh Thakur and John Gerard Ruggie. Global Governance and the
UN: An Unfinished Journey. UN Intellectual History Project Series. Bloomington, IN:
Indiana University Press, 2010.
Jacobsen, Trudy, Charles Samford and Ramesh Thakur. Re-envisioning Sovereignty.
Aldershot, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2008.
Alexandroff, Alan S., and Andrew F. Cooper. Rising States, Rising Institutions: Challenges
for Global Governance. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2010.
Muldoon Jr., James P., JoAnn Fagot Aviel, Richard Reitano, Earl Sullivan. The New
Dynamics of Multilateralism: Diplomacy, International Organizations, and Global
Governance. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2010.
Pease, Kelly-Kate S. International Organizations: Perspectives on Global Governance.
Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2009.
Kratochwil, Friedrich V. and Edwards D. Mansfield. International Organization and Global
Governance. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2009.

Name of subject: Institutions of Cultural Diplomacy
Credits

4
Number
of terms
1
Number
of classes
/week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none

Assessment
exam

The role of culture, soft power in international relations has been revalued nowadays. The
course covers the international institutions of widely defined culture.
The aims, means and forms of cultural foreign policy have gone through fundamental
changes in the past decades. Various states use cultural diplomacy to various degrees, the
institutionalization of cultural foreign policy has been significantly affected by the national
identity and the development of statehood.
In addition to the states, the number of non-state, non-governmental (NGO) actors has
increased. The role of large INGOs cannot be overlooked in many fields of culture, e.g.
arts, sports, science.
The institutions of cultural diplomacy comprise the international intergovernmental
organizations working in the field of culture, the treaties formed within their framework,
and the regimes built on them.
The role of culture in various regional organisations (e.g. intercultural dialogue, conflict
management) and the aspects of culture, cultural foreign policy of the European Union are
topics of great importance.

Readings

Akira Iriye: Global Community: The Role of International Organizations in the Making of
the Contemporary World. University of California Press, 2004.

Coombs, Ph.: The Fourth Dimension of Foreign Policy: Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Harper & Row for the Council on foreign Relations, 1964.

Fisher, R.: A Cultural Dimension to the EU's External Policies from Policy Statements to
Practice and Potential. Boekmanstudies: Amsterdam, 2007.

Gienow-hecht, J., Donfried, M. (eds.): Searching for a Cultural Diplomacy (Explorations in
Culture and International History). Berghahn Books, 2010.

Lenczowski, J.. Cultural Diplomacy, Political Influence and Integrated Strategy. The
Institute of World Politics Press, 2008.

Nye, J.: Soft Power: The Means to Success in World Politics. Public Affairs Press, 2005.

Singh, J.P.: UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)
(Global Institutions). Routledge, 2010.

international contracts, documents

Name of subject: Cultural History 1
Credits

4
Number
of terms
1
Number
of classes
/week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none

Assessment
exam

The course primarily provides an overview of the main developments of European cultural
research in the 20
th
century. Furthermore, applying a multidisciplinary approach the course
examines the theories about civilization and culture which are significant also from the
perspective of the history of ideology.
During the semester, the students familiarize themselves with theoretical questions emerging
on the borderline of art history, literature, cultural sciences, anthropology and sociology, as
well as with an insight into the complex opinion-formation and value judgement process of
various explanatory communities.

Set readings

Burke, Peter: What is Cultural History? (Cambridge: Polity 2004)
Jameson, Frederick: The Cultural Turn. Selected Writings on the Postmodern. 19831998.
(London: Verso 1998)

Suggested readings

Belting, Hans: Kp-antropolgia. Kptudomnyi vzlatok. Budapest: Kijrat, 2007.
Bnus, Tibor, Kelemen, Pl, Molnr, Gbor Tams (eds.): Intzmnyessg s kulturlis
kzvetts. Budapest: Rci, 2005.
Elkins, James. Visual Literacy. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2008.

Name of subject: Cultural History 2
Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes
/week
2
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none

Assessment
exam

The aim of the course is to present students with a comprehensive account of the modern
Hungarian literature and its cultural medium in order to make students understand the main
directions and institutional background of national canonry.
Apart from getting acquainted with culturally significant authors and their works of literature,
also available in English translation, students learn to orientate themselves within
contemporary Hungarian culture in both Hungarian and English language.
The course provides an overview of the 20
th
century Hungarian authors, acknowledged both
at home and abroad. Moreover, the course briefly touches upon the situation of the Hungarian
literature beyond the frontiers of Hungary.

Set readings

The Lost Rider. A Bilingual Anthology. Budapest: Corvina Books 1997.
In Quest of the Miracle Stag: An Anthology of Hungarian Poetry in English Translation
from the Start of the 20th Century to the Present, Vol II. Budapest / Chicago. International
Association of Hungarian Language and Culture / Atlantis-Centaur / Framo 2003.
Ksa, Lszl (szerk.): A Cultural History of Hungary in the Nineteenth and Twentieth
Centuries. Budapest: Corvina-Osiris 2000.

Suggested readings

DIA. Digital Literature Academy. http://www.pim.hu/object.90867f8f-d45e-40f9-8a6b-
fe0034f0db87.ivy
HuBook Ungarisches Literaturnetzwerk. http://www.hubook.de/
HLO. Hungarian Literature Online. http://www.hlo.hu/
Hungarian literature, authors and works. Multilingual literature database of the Hungarian
Book Foundation. http://www.hunlit.hu
Andrsi, Gbor (ed.): The History of Hungarian Art in the Twentieth Century. Budapest:
Corvina 1999.
Thmr, Attila (szerk.): rportrk I-II. Budapest: Szpirodalmi Figyel 2006, 2008.
Lrnd Zsfia, Scheibner Tams, Vaderna Gbor, Vri Gyrgy (szerk.): Laikus olvask? A
nem-professzionlis olvass rtelmezsi lehetsgei. Budapest: LHartmann 2006.
Rohonyi, Zoltn (szerk.): Irodalmi knon s kanonizci. Budapest: Osiris Kiad-Lthatatlan
Kollgium 2001.

Name of subject: Cultural Diplomacy 1

Credits
4
Number of
terms
1
Number of
classes/week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

The aim of the course is to broaden students knowledge of protocol and etiquette in international
settings. This course builds on prior knowledge and competencies gained at two protocol and
etiquette seminars of the International Studies BA program.
Thematic priorities: appearance, etiquette of social behaviour, forms of greeting and their variations
in different civilizations, rules of protocol dining, forms of special behaviour expected from
diplomats, protocol considerations of organising diplomatic events.
The course places great emphasis on introducing the distinctive customs and protocol systems of
various civilizations (India, China, Japan, Muslim countries), and highlighting the similarities and
differences among them in order to prepare students for all settings, should they wish to pursue a
career in cultural diplomacy in the future.

Set reading
Sille Istvn: Illem, etikett, protokoll. Budapest: Akadmiai Kiad, 2008.

Suggested reading
Grg Ibolya: A nyilvnossg kelepci. Budapest: Atheneum Kiad, 2004.


Credits
4
Number of
terms
1
Number of
classes/week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

Science diplomacy, with its increasing significance, is a field of cultural diplomacy. The framework
of science diplomacy is determined by related international, bilateral agreements and projects.
Foreign representations of states play a prominent role in the achievement of the aims set by
governmental and international cooperation.
The course sets out to present students with the forms of bi- and multilateral cooperation in science
and the work of diplomats who represent the new requirements of the knowledge-based society.
In addition to the relations of universities, institutions, international organisations (UNESCO, FAO,
WHO, NATO, EBE), the role of large corporations played in todays transfer of technology and
knowledge must be emphasized. Although science is universal, protecting and making use of its
results is obviously a vital question in politics for economic and security reasons (e.g. COCOM list,
nuclear research, bioterrorism, global epidemics).
The primary aims of this course are to provide an overview of the scientific sociological framework
(brain drain and brain gain), to review the tasks of international political players, international
organizations, and to examine the characteristics of science diplomacy in the third millennium.
Furthermore, the course deals with the past and present of Hungarian science diplomacy, the Lisbon
Strategy and the 7
th
Framework Programme of the EU, key aspects of state science diplomacy
(bilateral intergovernmental relations, science diplomacy activities of HAS), the international
academic organisations, and the World Science Forum.

Set reading

Csandy Mrton Tams Kmetty Zoltn Kucsera Tams Gergely Szemlyi Lszl Tarjn
Gergely: A magyar kpzett migrci a rendszervlts ta, in: Magyar Tudomny 2008./5., 603-616.
old.
Blah Andrs Prandler rpd: Nemzetkzi szervezetek s intzmnyek. Aula, Budapest, 2005.
Kucsera Tams Gergely: K+F s tudomnypolitika, in: Hazrdjtk A szocialista-liberlis
kormnyzs nyolc ve (szerkesztette: G. Fodor Gbor, Kern Tams, Stumpf Istvn). 2010.
Marx Gyrgy: A marslakk rkezse Magyar tudsok, akik nyugaton alaktottk a 20. szzad
trtnelmt. Akadmiai Kiad, 2000.
Stratgia s kultra Kulturlis klpolitika az j kihvsok tkrben (szerkesztette: ger Gyrgy
Kiss J. Lszl), Teleki Lszl Alaptvny, Budapest, 2004.
Vizi E. Szilveszter: Lthatatlan hidakon t (szerkesztette: Kucsera Tams Gergely, Ngrdi
Gbor), MTA, Budapest, 2008
Parmar,I., Cox,M.(eds.): Soft power and US Foreign Policy. Theoretical, historical and
contemporary perspectives Routledge, London and New York, 2010
Adas, M.: Dominance by Design. Technological Imperatives and Americas Civilizing Mission
Belknap Press, Cambridge, 2006
Krige, J., Barth, K-H. (eds.): Global Power Knowledge. Science, Technology and International
Affairs Osiris Vol. 21, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2006
Krige, J.: American Hegemony and the postwar Reconstruction of Science in Europe MIT Press,
Cambridge MA 2006
Dick, S., Launius, R. (eds.): Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight NASA-SP 2006-4702,
Washington DC, 2006.

Credits
3
Number of
terms
1
Number of
classes/week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

The aim of this course is to provide students with an insight into the practical forms, activities and
procedures of cultural diplomacy. During the semester, officials in charge of cultural diplomacy at
larger diplomatic offices accredited in Hungary and employees of foreign cultural institutions are
invited to give lectures about the representation of their own countrys culture and their best
practices. Consequently, students are to write a seminar paper based on the lectures held during the
semester. The purpose of the seminar paper is to prepare a project plan for a specific cultural
project by synthesizing the given lectures. Assessment is based on the seminar paper and overall
participation during the term.

Name of subject: Foreign Affairs Journalism

Credits
4
Number of
terms
1
Number of
classes/week
3
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade

The aim of this course is to help students apply their theoretical knowledge acquired during their
university studies in practice according to the expectations of the labour market. How can students
use their theoretical knowledge of international relations in describing and analysing the processes
of world politics? How and based on what criteria is a news report prepared? What does balance
mean in foreign affairs journalism?
Current events in foreign and world politics form the basis for this course, as students follow and
analyse news in foreign affairs during the semester.
Within the field of journalism, the course primarily concentrates on written discourse looked at
from the news agencys viewpoint. Furthermore, the course provides insight into the world of
audio-visual media and briefly touches on the topic of foreign affairs analysis. Therefore, the
students presentation skills, analytical skills and quick information processing are developed.
A further aim of the course is to demonstrate the essential procedures of filtering and selecting
information, thus preparing the students for the professional use of various sources.

Readings

JERVIS, Robert, Complexity and the Analysis of Political and Social Life in Political Science
Quarterly, vol. 112, n4, winter 1997-1998, pp. 569-593.

KEOHANE, Robert O. et NYE, Joseph S., Globalization : Whats New ? Whats
Not ? (And So What?), Foreign Policy, printemps 2000, pp. 104-119.

SINGER, J. David, The Level-of-Analysis Problem in International Relations in:
James N. ROSENAU (dir.), International politics and foreign policy : a reader in
research and theory, New York, Free Press , 1969, pp. 20-29.

BATTISTELLA, Dario, Thories des relations internationales, Presses de Sciences Po, Paris, 2003

BERRY, O. Nicholas, Foreign Policy and the Press: An Analysis of The New York Times'
Coverage of U.S. Foreign Policy, New York, Greenwood Press, 1990.

Constant reading of news portals and international press

Name of subject: Global governance

Credits
4
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/week
3
Type of
course units
lecture
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
exam

The course is divided into four sections. The first introduces the concept and the core
architectural elements of the current system of global governance. The second analyzes key
policy functions performed by global governance processes. The third section aims to look
at failed and raising states and analyze the response of the world to it. Finally, we will
reflect upon the gained empirical knowledge of the subject matter.
The aim of the course is that by the end of the course students will understand how global
governance works, should work and perhaps will work. Moreover, in which direction
global governance is changing, and how to handle and manoeuvre strategically in this
space. The course combines lectures, class discussion, and group presentations, which will
require intense reading and group preparation.

Readings
Rochester, J.Martin, Fundamental Principles of International Relations (Perseus Books
Group: Westwiew Press, 2010)
Muldoon, James P., Aviel, JoAnn F., Reitano, Richard and Sullivan Earl, The New
Dynamism of Multilateralism. Diplomacy, International Organizations and Global
Governance (Perseus Books Group: Westwiew Press, 2011)

Name of subject: Sustainable development (MA)
Credits
3
Number
of terms
1
Number of
classes/
week
2
Type of
course units
seminar
Prerequisite
none
Assessment
seminar grade
Description of course
The course provides an extensive overview of the foundational readings and theories on
sustainable development. Course readings and assignements will examine the different
aspects of sustainability (economical, social, environmental). The course provides an
advanced interdisciplinary analysis of the policy issues associated with applying the concept
of "sustainability within the field of development studies in the developing and developed
world.
Readings

Ott, K. (2003). "The Case for Strong Sustainability." In: Ott, K. & P. Thapa (eds.)
(2003).Greifswalds Environmental Ethics. Greifswald: Steinbecker Verlag Ulrich
Rose.
United Nations. 1987."Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development."
Adil Najam, The Case Against a New International Environmental Organization, in: Paul
Diehl (ed.), The Politics of Global Governance. International Organizations in an
Interdependent World. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005, pp. 398-414, reprinted from
Global Governance, Vol. 9, No. 3 (2003): 367-384
Baker S. (2006) The concept of sustainable development, Chapter 2 in Sustainable
Development London, Routledge, pp. 17-48.
Parkin S., Sommer F. and Uren S. (2003) Sustainable Development: understanding the
concept and practical challenge, Engineering Sustainability 156 (1) pp. 19-26.

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