ENS244 Current financial system and local currencies

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eva Fraňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ralf Becker (seminar tutor), Mgr. Eva Fraňková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zbyněk Ulčák, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: RNDr. Naděžda Vlašín Johanisová, Ph.D.
Timetable
Wed 11. 11. 10:00–11:40 U33, 18:00–19:30 U23, Thu 12. 11. 10:00–11:40 exP21, 16:00–17:40 U32
Prerequisites
Upper-Intermediate knowledge of English language
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objectives of the course are the following:
1. explain how and on which principles our current financial system works, how the money system influence the whole economy and what are the consequences for sustainability
2. introduce alternative money systems, so called "complementary currencies", which can work either on international or regional level and build on other rules than the current money system
3. give concrete exaples of existing regional currency systems in Germany as a viable complement to the the national and supernational currencies
4. initiate discussion about our perception of money and possibilities of change of the current financial system
Syllabus
  • The main topics are:
  • Money and Sustainability
  • Complementary currencies
  • Instruments of interest reduction
  • Regional currencies
Literature
  • JOHANISOVA, Nadia. The Pit and the Pendulum : A Co-operative Future for Work in the Welsh Valleys. Journal of Co-operative Studies. 2006, vol. 39, No 2, p. 56-57. ISSN 06815784. info
  • Living in the cracks : a look at rural social enterprises in Britain and the Czech republic. Edited by Naďa Johanisová. 1st pub. Dublin: Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability, 2005, 133 s. ISBN 1903998522. info
  • HENNING, C. Randall. Currencies and politics in the United States, Germany, and Japan. Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 1994, xiv, 406. ISBN 0881321273. info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods include:
preliminary reading
lectures by a professional in the sector
class and group discussions
Assessment methods
The course will take place between 10th and 14th of November 2009. Exact hours will be agreed with the lecturer and participants at the beginning of the term.
Teaching methods include preliminary reading, lectures, class and group discussions.
100% presence at the lectures is the only condition for succesful completion of the course. Only serious reasons for absence and only partial absence can be accepted.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2009, recent)
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