Ze2RC_PGK5 Political Geography

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
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
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. Actual problems in course: - The consecutive survey and interactive analysis of contemporary global and regional problems of society and forms of theirs didactics transformation in a tuition. - In this framework to develop the ability of running evaluation of the position of Czech republic in the processes of its integration into international structures in the newly constituting world geopolitical situation; - Teritory states in international partnership. Intergation procession of world; - Aktual questions in political partnership (Kosovo, Georgia, Palestine etc.).
Syllabus
  • The Fundamental Themes of Lectures: 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. Politicy world map.
  • 6. Geopolitics aspects of regional problems.
  • 7. Globalization.
  • 8. Intergation procession of world.
  • 9. Case study - Czech republic.
  • 10. Partnership between Czech adn Slovak republic - Benefits/disadvatiges.
  • 11. Actual politicy situation in world.
Literature
  • BAAR, Vladimír, Petr RUMPEL and Petr ŠINDLER. Politická geografie. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita Ostrava, 1996, 91 s. ISBN 807042737X. info
  • ŠINDLER, Petr and Vladimír BAAR. Regionální geografie světadílů a oceánů : Afrika, Asie, Austrálie, Oceánie. 1., II. část. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Pedagogická fakulta v Ostravě, 1988, 296 s. info
  • BAAR, Vladimír. Hospodářský zeměpis : regionální aspekty světového hospodářství. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství České geografické společnosti, 2002, 111 s. ISBN 808603450X. 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
  • MAREŠ, Miroslav. České politické strany a evropská integrace (Czech Political Parties and European Integration). Současná Evropa a Česká republika. Praha: Centrum evropských studií VŠE v Praze, 2003, VIII, No 2, p. 167-182, 15 pp. ISSN 1211-4073. info
  • MEZIHORÁK, František. Evropská integrace. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 1992, 81 s. ISBN 80-7067-194-7. info
  • MEZIHORÁK, František. Evropská integrace. II. Vyd. 1. Olomouc: Rektorát Univerzity Palackého, 1992, 95 s. ISBN 80-7067-198-X. info
Assessment methods
Examination consists of two parts: written test and oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin konzultací.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
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