ENSb1282 Politics, Ideology and Environment

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vojtěch Pelikán, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Mikuláš Černík (lecturer)
Mgr. Patrik Gažo (lecturer)
Mgr. Jan Dostalík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Hana Librová, CSc.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Bc. Petra Burišková
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 20. 2. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 27. 2. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 5. 3. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 12. 3. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 19. 3. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 26. 3. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 2. 4. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 9. 4. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 23. 4. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 30. 4. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 7. 5. 12:00–13:40 U23, Thu 14. 5. 12:00–13:40 U23
Prerequisites
! ENS282 Politics, Ideology and Environ &&!NOW( ENS282 Politics, Ideology and Environ )
The presumption for the participation on the module is the acknowledgement with basic terminology of environmental studies and general knowledge of political structure in the Czech Republic.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course provides to the students basic orientation in political ideologies and in their importance for the environmental issues, putting an accent to the situation in the Czech Republic. Participants will obtain general overview about environmental dimension of the Czech party system and they will adopt basic conceptual framework to theoretically discuss and analyze the political discourse in both historical and global context.
Learning outcomes
Course participants will be able to:
- analyze ideological presuppositions of environmental policies
- distinguish between main environmentally-relevant ideological streams
- describe histroy of environmentally-focused political efforts
- orient themselves in a politics of "green parties"
- define terms commonly used in environmental politics
- describe legislatory structure of environmental politics and policy
- compare legislation frameworks of environmental politics in European countries
Syllabus
  • 1) Ideology, power, polity and politics
  • 2) Main political ideologies form environmental perspective (liberalism, conservatism, socialism, anarchism)
  • 3) Eco-dictatorship, ecofascism
  • 4) Ideological roots of ecological movement
  • 5) Evolution of the czech ecological politics
  • 6) Czech party system from environmental perspective
  • 7) Green parties in both the Czech Rep. and worldwide
  • 8) European and global environmental politics
  • 9) Final debate with a politician
Literature
  • HEYWOOD, Andrew. Politické ideologie. Translated by Zdeněk Masopust. 4. vyd. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2008, 362 s. ISBN 9788073801373. info
  • CARTER, Neil. The politics of the environment : ideas, activism, policy. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xxi, 410. ISBN 9780521687454. info
  • DOBSON, Andrew. Green political thought. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2000, xii, 230. ISBN 0415222044. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class disicussion, reading
Assessment methods
Active attendance on seminars
Essay
Final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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