ZA221 Global inequalities and uneven geographical development

Přírodovědecká fakulta
jaro 2025
Rozsah
1/1/0. 4 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučováno kontaktně
Vyučující
RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D. (přednášející)
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RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Geografický ústav – Sekce věd o Zemi – Přírodovědecká fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Geografický ústav – Sekce věd o Zemi – Přírodovědecká fakulta
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Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
Using political geography lens, the course points to the economic and social inequalities as the critical drivers of the environmental change. The course is organised around the central concept of development. Development is presented as a powerful discourse (in the Foucauldian sense), imbued with power to create worlds of which it speaks (such as “underdeveloped regions”) and deepening global inequalities (uneven development). The course introduces students to the genealogy of the discourse of development, conceptualised as a consequence of projects, beginning in the European Enlightenment. Particular attention is paid to the social and environmental consequences of development, at diverse geographical scales, and to interrelations between “the social” and “the natural” domains. The course cultivates critical thinking, with students being encouraged to present and discuss their interpretation of linkages and related problems. It is facilitated by employment of concepts from the post-development, post-colonial and actor-network theories.
Výstupy z učení
After completing the course, a student will be able:
- to understand the sources of economic and social inequalities;
- to analyse evolution of inequalities, using quantitative and qualitative data and methods;
- to identify development as a discourse;
- to describe its evolution from the Enlightenment to present;
- to employ global thinking in interpretation of relations between the social and the natural domains;
- to apply critical thinking in interpretation of diverse social and environmental phenomena and problems.
Osnova
  • 1. What are the inequalities, and how are economic and social inequalities related to the environmental change.
  • 2. How to measure inequality?
  • 3. What is development? Development as a discourse. How do discourses change?
  • 4. The colonial project.
  • 5. The project of modernity.
  • 6. The great transformation? Consequences of the colonial discourse.
  • 7. The Keynesian project.
  • 8. The neoliberal project and the ascent of “globalisation”.
  • 9. The post-development critique.
  • 10. The struggles against development.
  • 11. Cases: the case of nature.
  • 12. Cases: the case of food.
Literatura
    doporučená literatura
  • POTTER, Robert B. Key concepts in development geography. 1st pub. London: SAGE, 2012, viii, 278. ISBN 9780857025852. info
  • POTTER, Robert B. Geographies of development : an introduction to development studies. 3rd ed. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2008, xxviii, 54. ISBN 9780132228237. info
    neurčeno
  • Human development report. https://hdr.undp.org/
  • Telleria, J. (2021) Deconstructing human development. From Washington consensus to the 2030 agenda. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-003-04365-2
  • PROFANT, Tomáš. Kritika rozvoje : od kolonialismu k postrozvojové praxi. Vydání první. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2022, 173 stran. ISBN 9788024650401. URL info
  • The Development dictionary : a guide to knowledge as power. Edited by Wolfgang Sachs. London, New York: Zed Books, 2010, 332 p. ISBN 9781848133815. info
  • DANĚK, Petr, Alice NAVRÁTILOVÁ, Marika HILDEBRANDOVÁ a Robert STOJANOV. Approaching the Other: The Four Projects of Western Domination. Olomouc: Palacký University, 2008, 176 s. Monographs. ISBN 978-80-244-2046-2. info
  • The globalization and development reader : perspectives on development and global change. Edited by J. Timmons Roberts - Amy Hite. 1st pub. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2007, xiv, 450. ISBN 9781405132374. info
Výukové metody
Lectures, group discussions, reading, reading group discussions, group presentation, an essay writing.
Metody hodnocení
The course assignments are fulfilled during the semester. The pre-requisites for the successful completion of the course:
- compulsory attendance at group discussions (in seminar)
- compulsory reading and attendance at reading group discussions (in seminar)
- presentation of a project (in group)
- writing an essay (1500 words)
- written test (60 % of correct answers is needed to pass).
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2024.