Z0107 Globalisation seminar

Faculty of Science
Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Vladimír Herber, CSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
KREDITY_MIN(100)
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. It is achieved through both reading of professional literature and reflections of information provided in public media, activists` texts or small empirical surveys of ordinary everyday symptoms. In lectures, the students are introduced to basic terms, concepts and approaches. In seminars, the students prepare, present, and discuss brief paper dealing with a distinct aspect of globalization. The independent elaboration of the seminar-paper is thoroughly followed by discussion with teacher and other students. The outcome of the course, beside deepening knowledge, is proceedings of students` texts.
Syllabus
  • 1.Introductory lecture: global processes and globalization. How many globalizations? 2.Organization of the course. Assigning the seminar-papers. 3.Lecture II: Economic globalization: multinational corporations, transactions with capital and money, post-fordism and neoliberalism, and uneven development. 4.Lecture III: Globalization of trade and consumption. Culture and identity. 5.Seminar I: discussion about progress in seminar-papers. Literature and data sources. 6.Lecture IV: Consequences of globalization: alternative interpretations. 7.Lecture V: Globalization of anti-globalistic movements. Case study: Narmada Bachao Andolan and Peoples Global Action. 8.Seminar II: running commentary on progess in seminar work. 9.Seminar III: presentation of seminar papers. 10.Seminar IV: presentation of seminar papers. 11.Seminar V: presentation of seminar papers. 12.Final review. Are there alternatives to globalization?
Literature
  • MURRAY, Warwick E. Geographies of globalization. London: Routledge, 2006, xxiii, 392. ISBN 0415318009. 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
  • 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
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Předpoklady k absolvování kurzu: 1.Samostatné zpracování tématu (seminární práce) a jeho prezentace v semináři. 2.Zpracování a prezentace oponentského posouzení jiné seminární práce. 3.Zahrnutí obsahu diskuse v semináři do textu seminární práce a jeho úprava podle pokynů učitele. 4.Povinná četba (cca 25 stran v angličtině)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2001, Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.