SPRn4505 Migration and Minorities in the Czech Republic and Central Europe

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Roman Baláž, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Roman Baláž, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:40 U53
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 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Students can obtain information about minority and ethnic groups in Central Europe, about their current problems and recent state of protection of their rights.
Course offer students to summarize information about current state of minority protection in Central Europe (CE).
Students are offered to obtain an ability to reflect problems of minorities and migration in the context of recent CE politics of social inclusion and social cohesion of society.
Learning outcomes
Students are able to complete the course
- to reflect the issue of minorities and migration in the context of the policy of social inclusion, integration and cohesion of society in the Czech Republic and the CE.
- critically reflect current concepts and methods of managing social integration and inclusion at local and national level.
Syllabus
  • 1. Central Europe as a term and as a problem 2. Minority homogeneity and heterogeneity in the Czech republic 3. Minority on the territory of the former Czechoslovakia. Minorities in the Czech republic and Slovakia. 4. Czech minorities in central Europe.
  • 5. Nations and their states - from nations political to ethnic nations and from multi-national states to national states
  • 6. National and ethnic minorities in countries of Central Europe 7. Central European regional and language minorities, ethno-regions and euro-regions, ethnic local governments 8. Old and new minorities
  • 9. Legal protection of minorities
  • 10. Protection, inclusion, and integration of minorities through social policy tools
  • 11. Minority situation and national minority politics in countries of Central Europe 12. Multi-ethnical and multi-cultural relations in Europe and in Central Europe - visions and perspectives
Literature
    required literature
  • Európska charta o regionálnych jazykoch alebo jazykoch menšín. 1997. In: Práva občanov v demokracii. Zborník dokumentov. Bratislava: Združenie pre podporu lokálnej demokracie. ss. 35-43.
  • • Menšiny ..., 1995. Menšiny a autonómia v západnej Európe. Bratislava: Nadácia Minority Rights Group Slovakia. 22 ss.
  • Alexander, J., C., 2001. Theorizing the „Modes of Incorporation“: Assimilation, Hyphenation, and Multiculturalism as Varieties of Civil Participation. In: Sociological Theory. Volume 19, No 3. 12 pp.
  • Glatz, F., 1993. Problem of minorities in Central Europe. Budapest: Europa Institut. 23 pp.
  • Menšiny ..., 1995. Menšiny v strednej a východnej Európe. 1995. Bratislava: Nadácia Minority Rights Group - Slovakia.
  • • Rámcový ..., 1997. Rámcový dohovor o ochrane národnostných menšín. In: Práva občanov v demokracii. Zborník dokumentov. Bratislava: ZPLD. ss. 30-35.
  • SZALÓ, Csaba. Transnacionální migrace. Proměny identit, hranic a vědění o nich (Transnational Migration: Identitites, Boundaries and Interpretations in Motion). Brno: CDK, 2007, 175 pp. Sociologická řada, svazek č. 5. ISBN 978-80-7325-136-9. info
  • GABAL, Ivan. Etnické menšiny ve střední Evropě :konflikt nebo integrace. 1. vyd. Praha: G plus G, 1999, 341 s. ISBN 80-86103-23-4. info
    recommended literature
  • • Kovács, P., 1996. Individuální a kolektivní práva menšin v konstitučním vývoji - pozitivistické hledisko. Pp. 169-195. In: Kovács, P., Nemzetközi jog és kisebbségvédelem. Budapest: Osiris. (preklad)
  • Marger Martin N. 2009. Race and ethnic relations. American and global perspectives. Eight Edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
  • Thelen Peter. 2005. Roma in Europe. From social exclusion to active participation. Skopje: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
  • • Chapman, D., 1996. Možno sa vyhnúť občianskym vojnám? Volebné a ústavné modely pre etnicky rozdelené krajiny. Bratislava. ss. 7-19
  • Walzer, M. 2004. Five regimes of toleration, New Haven and London: Yale UP pp. 14-36 and 52-82.
  • • Avineri, S., 1996. The Presence of Eastern and Central Europe in The Culture and Politics of Contemporary Israel. Pp. 163-173. In: East European Politics and Societies. Volume 10, No 2, Spring 1996.
Teaching methods
Literature and tasks imposed on the students.
Prezentations of the tasks on the seminar, discussion.
Feedback on seminar paper.
Assessment methods
Class discussion (debating
Control of home tasks for each seminar assessment of seminar
paper Exam - discussion on seminar paper
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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