Z5100 Globalization

Faculty of Science
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 12:00–12:50 Z3,02045
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
Z5100/01: Mon 13:00–13:50 Z3,02045, P. Daněk
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course leads students to independent assessment of globalization and its consequences. This is achieved through both reading of academic literature and reflections of information provided in popular media, activists` texts or small empirical surveys of ordinary everyday symptoms of globalization. In lectures, the students are introduced to basic terms, concepts and approaches. In seminars, the students prepare, present, and discuss brief papers/projects dealing with distinct aspects of globalization. The independent elaboration of the seminar-paper is thoroughly followed by discussion with teacher and other students. At the end of the course students are able to orientate themselves in both academic and popular discussion concerning globalization and to take a stand to its different manifestations and consequences.
Syllabus
  • 1.Global processes a globalization. Discussion: when has globalization begun? Seminar: assignment of individual seminar papers.
  • 2. Approaches to globalization. Seminar: explanation of objectives of seminary paper.
  • 3. Discipline of geography and studies of global processes. Discussion of the chapter "Neoliberalism and Globalization" from Potter et al. (2012).
  • 4. Information society. Spaces of places and spaces of flows. Seminary: Discussion of the chapter Thrift (2002) A Hyperactive World.
  • 5. Globalization of international trade: historical development, post-war transition, and regimes of regulation. Seminary: presentation of seminar papers.
  • 6. Global commodity chains and global production networks. Seminary: presentation of seminar papers.
  • 7. Political geography of globalization. Seminary: Discussion of the chapter "Creative destruction on Earth" from Harvey (2012) The Enigma of Capital.
  • 8. Globalization and changes in time-space. Seminary: presentation of seminar papers.
  • 9. Globalization: for and against. Seminary: Can globalization help in fighting poverty? Discussion of papers of Wolf (2008) and Isaak (2008).
  • 10. Antiglobalization movements. Seminary: presentation of seminar papers.
  • 11. Has globalization an alternative? Final discussion, course evaluation.
Literature
  • POTTER, Robert B. Key concepts in development geography. 1st pub. London: SAGE, 2012, viii, 278. ISBN 9780857025852. info
  • HARVEY, David. Záhada kapitálu : přežije kapitalismus svou poslední krizi? Translated by Rudolf Převrátil. Vyd. 1. Praha: Rybka, 2012, 263 s. ISBN 9788087067284. info
  • MACKINNON, Danny and Andrew CUMBERS. An introduction to economic geography : globalization, uneven development and place. 1st pub. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007, xxi, 354. ISBN 9780131293168. info
  • MURRAY, Warwick E. Geographies of globalization. London: Routledge, 2006, xxiii, 392. ISBN 0415318009. info
  • A companion to political geography. Edited by John A. Agnew - Katharyne Mitchell - Gearóid Ó Tuathail. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2003, xii, 494. ISBN 9781405175647. info
  • JOHNSTON, R.J. and Peter TAYLOR. Geographies of Global Change. Remapping the World. 2th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2002, xviii, 518. ISBN 0-631-22285-5. info
  • TAYLOR, Peter J. and Colin FLINT. Political geography : world-economy, nation-state and locality. 4th ed. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2000, viii, 412. ISBN 0582357330. info
  • JEHLIČKA, Petr, Jiří TOMEŠ and Petr DANĚK. Stát, prostor, politika. Vybrané otázky politické geografie. (State, space, politics. Selected issues of political geography.). Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2000, 276 pp. ISBN 80-238-5566-2. info
Teaching methods
Combination of lectures, class discussions, readings and individual students` projects (seminar papers).
Assessment methods
Conditions for successsful passing out:
1. Preparation of questions from compulsory readings before seminars;
2. Active participation in class discussions;
3. Compilation and presentation of the seminar paper;
4. Presentation of the written evaluation of another student`s project;
5. Incorporation of reccommendations resulting from the discussion of the seminar project in seminar;
4. Readings (ca 30 pages in English);
5. Final oral colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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