Ze0053 Political Geography

Faculty of Education
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ing. Libor Lněnička, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Kateřina Brabcová
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Faculty of Education
Timetable
Tue 12:05–12:50 učebna 2
Prerequisites
Knowledge about political area in Czech republic and EU. Survey of states on the world.
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
Main objectives this cource are follows: - to get basic survey of actual political situation in world. - to get basic survey of history process in world integration and questions about world migration of people. At the end of course students should be albe to use informations in regional geography, interpret of basic informations in political geography and geographical tought.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to study of political geography. 2. State, his territory and frontier. Polity approach i case study 3. International migration. 4. Teritory states in international partnership. 5. Intergation procession of world. 6. Geography of elections. 7. Geography terorism. 8. Actual geopolitics aspects of the world.
Literature
    required literature
  • LNĚNIČKA, Libor. Vybrané texty z politické geografie. Elportál. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011. ISSN 1802-128X. URL info
  • BAAR, Vladimír, Petr RUMPEL and Petr ŠINDLER. Politická geografie. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita Ostrava, 1996, 91 s. ISBN 807042737X. info
  • IŠTOK, Robert. Politická geografia a geopolitika. 1. vyd. Prešov: Prešovská univezita, Fakulta humanitných a prírodných vied, 2003, 392 s. ISBN 80-8068-191-0. info
  • Štát na politickej mape sveta : politickogeografické a geopolitické aspekty. Edited by Robert Ištok. Vyd. 1. Prešov: Fakulta humanitných a prírodných vied Prešovskej univerzity, 1997, 170 s. ISBN 8088885256. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír. Národy na prahu 21. století :emancipace nebo nacionalismus? Vyd. 2. v Šenově u Ostravy: Tilia, 2002, 415 s. ISBN 80-86101-66-5. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír. Politická mapa dnešního světa : zeměpis pro 8. a 9. ročník základní školy a nižší ročníky víceletých gymnázií. 3., upr. vyd. Praha: Fortuna, 2005, 47 s. ISBN 8071689238. info
  • SIWEK, Tadeusz. Globalisation and its geopolitical, cultural, economic and ecological context. Edited by Vladimír Baar. 1st ed. Ostrava: University of Ostrava, 2006, 335 s. ISBN 807368022X. info
    recommended literature
  • WAISOVÁ, Šárka. Atlas mezinárodních vztahů : prostor a politika po skončení studené války. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2007, 158 s. ISBN 9788073800154. info
Teaching methods
The course is taught throught the lectures from basic survey about political things in the world.
Assessment methods
Written test(min. 70 %).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Podmínkou připuštění k ukončení předmětu je získání zápočtu z Ze2MP_PGS9
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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