Organisation and functioning of the US foreign service 2104-M-D2OFUS-DW
The aim of the classes is to enable students to gain basic knowledge about the organization and functioning of the foreign service of the United States and to understand their specifics in comparison with foreign services of other countries (including Poland). The content of the classes will cover historical and legal and organizational issues related to the development of the U.S. foreign service, the analysis of its organizational structure, tasks, conditions and duties of the U.S. diplomat, creating a profile of a member of the U.S. foreign service, analysis of the instruments of U.S. diplomacy and cases of its practical use in U.S. foreign policy.
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Term 2023L:
The aim of the classes is to enable students to gain basic knowledge about the organization and functioning of the foreign service of the United States and to understand their specifics in comparison with foreign services of other countries (including Poland). The content of the classes will cover historical and legal and organizational issues related to the development of the U.S. foreign service, the analysis of its organizational structure, tasks, conditions and duties of the U.S. diplomat, creating a profile of a member of the U.S. foreign service, analysis of the instruments of U.S. diplomacy and cases of its practical use in U.S. foreign policy. |
Term 2024L:
The aim of the classes is to enable students to gain basic knowledge about the organization and functioning of the foreign service of the United States and to understand their specifics in comparison with foreign services of other countries (including Poland). The content of the classes will cover historical and legal and organizational issues related to the development of the U.S. foreign service, the analysis of its organizational structure, tasks, conditions and duties of the U.S. diplomat, creating a profile of a member of the U.S. foreign service, analysis of the instruments of U.S. diplomacy and cases of its practical use in U.S. foreign policy. |
Course coordinators
Type of course
Term 2023L: obligatory courses elective monographs | General: obligatory courses | Term 2024L: elective monographs obligatory courses |
Mode
Term 2023L: Classroom Self-reading Blended learning | Term 2024L: Self-reading Blended learning Classroom |
Learning outcomes
Upon completion, the student understands the meaning and content of the term "foreign service" and its specificity in the context of US foreign policy. He knows the legal conditions of this service, its requirements and the organization and rules of recruitment - also their historical evolution. He understands the conceptual relationship and interdependence of U.S. foreign policy and foreign service as its professional executive tool. He/she is able to broaden his/her knowledge and analyze current issues related to the subject matter of the classes.
S2_W01, S2_W02, S2_W03, S2_W05, S2_U01, S2_U04, S2_U05, S2_U06, S2_K01, S2_K02
Assessment criteria
1. attendance at classes (including activity) and knowledge of the recommended and self-researching literature shown in the discussion.
2. individual project - written work - 1000 characters (with the title page, footnotes and bibliography - not included in the expected volume), given no later than the end of the class. Details, including the manner and mode of submission and the list of topics, will be discussed during the first lesson. Weight in the final evaluation - 50%.
3. final (written) credit - 50%.
Practical placement
no
Bibliography
• Konstytucja Stanów Zjednoczonych
• Foreign Service Act of 1980 (P.L.96-465)
• Enduring Leadership in a Dynamic World. Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review 2015
• Bieżące dokumenty (np. 2017 National Security Strategy) z zakresu polityki zagranicznej USA dostępne w zasobie internetowym
• Mania A., Department of State 1789-1939, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2011 oraz Mania A., Department of State i Foreign Service w polityce zagranicznej USA lat gorącej i zimnej wojny 1939-1989, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2019.
• Brogan H., Historia Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki, Ossolineum 2011.
Podręczniki:
Hook S.W., U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power, CQ Press College; 4rth edition, 2013, albo: Cox M., Stokes D. (eds.), US Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press 2012.
Syntezy do wyboru:
S. W. Hook, J. Spanier, American Foreign Policy since World War II, CQ Press 2010., LUB: Kaufman J.P, A Concise History of US Foreign Policy, Rowman and Littlefield 2010; LUB: Dobson A.P., Marsh S., US Foreign Policy since 1945, Routledge 2006.
Wordliczek Ł., Kształtowanie się uprawnień prezydenta USA w polityce zagranicznej, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, Kraków 2003.
Wordliczek Ł., US Foreign Policy. Procedure and Substance, Kraków 2005.
McCormick J.M. (ed.), The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy: Insights and Evidence, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012, LUB: Wittkopf E.R. (ed.), The Domestic Sources of American Foreign Policy: Insights and Evidence, St. Martin’s Press 1994.
Literatura uzupełniająca:
Crabb C.V., The Doctrines of American Foreign Policy. Their Meaning, Role and Future, London 1982.
Kupiecki R., W cieniu asymetrii. Polsko-amerykańskie stosunki w dziedzinie bezpieczeństwa (dostępne na www.researchgate.net – w wyszukiwaniu wpisać: Robert Kupiecki).
Kupiecki R. (red.), Okiem stratega i dyplomaty. Stosunki polsko-amerykańskie po 1918 roku, Warszawa 2020 (dostępne na www.researchgate.net – w wyszukiwaniu wpisać: Robert Kupiecki).
Lewicki Z., Historia cywilizacji amerykańskiej, t.1-4, Wyd. Scholar.
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Term 2023L:
• Konstytucja Stanów Zjednoczonych Podręczniki: Hook S.W., U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power, CQ Press College; 4rth edition, 2013, albo: Cox M., Stokes D. (eds.), US Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press 2012. Syntezy do wyboru: S. W. Hook, J. Spanier, American Foreign Policy since World War II, CQ Press 2010., LUB: Kaufman J.P, A Concise History of US Foreign Policy, Rowman and Littlefield 2010; LUB: Dobson A.P., Marsh S., US Foreign Policy since 1945, Routledge 2006. Literatura uzupełniająca: Crabb C.V., The Doctrines of American Foreign Policy. Their Meaning, Role and Future, London 1982. |
Term 2024L:
• Konstytucja Stanów Zjednoczonych Podręczniki: Hook S.W., U.S. Foreign Policy: The Paradox of World Power, CQ Press College; 4rth edition, 2013, albo: Cox M., Stokes D. (eds.), US Foreign Policy, Oxford University Press 2012. Syntezy do wyboru: S. W. Hook, J. Spanier, American Foreign Policy since World War II, CQ Press 2010., LUB: Kaufman J.P, A Concise History of US Foreign Policy, Rowman and Littlefield 2010; LUB: Dobson A.P., Marsh S., US Foreign Policy since 1945, Routledge 2006. Literatura uzupełniająca: Crabb C.V., The Doctrines of American Foreign Policy. Their Meaning, Role and Future, London 1982. |
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