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Last update: JANU (02.10.2003)
Garant kurzu: Doc. RNDr. Luděk Sýkora, Ph.D. Jména vyučujících: Doc. RNDr. Dušan Drbohlav, CSc., RNDr. Dagmara Dzúrová, CSc., RNDr. Leoš Jeleček, CSc., RNDr. Ludvík Kopačka, CSc., Doc. RNDr. Luděk Sýkora, Ph.D.
Podmínky pro splnění studijních povinností: seminární práce o rozsahu 10 stran
Kurz je přednášen v angličtině.
Stručný program: Introduction to the course: post-communist transformations and their geographic implications Sýkora
Organisation of the course. Requirements. Aims and purpose of the course. Societal transitions and changing geographies. Double transition of postcommunist geographies: transformation and globalisation.
The historical geography of Czechia Jeleček
Main trends and consequences of the Czech state territorial historical development and changes of its geopolitical and geoeconomic position in the context of Central Europe from 10th century to present. Political, economic and environmental causes and consequences of changes in the geography of Czechia's territory. The history is seen as one of key determinants of postcommunist transformations and contemporary socioeconomic geography of the Czech Republic. Čornej, P. (1992) Fundamentals of Czech History. Práh Publishing House, Prague. Magocsi, P. R. (1993: Historical Atlas of East Central Europe. A History of East Central Europe. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
The geography of Czech economy: long-term development, structural changes and geographical patterns Kopačka
Two centuries of development and changes of the structure and geographical distribution of the Czech economy and industry. Special focus on the comparison of socialism (1948-89) and transition since 1989. Main deformations in economy and economic geography (branch and size structure of industry, resource-demanding economy, power industry, foreign trade, transport). Kopačka, L. (1994) Industrialization and regional industrial structures. In: M.Barlow, P.Dostál and M.Hampl (eds.) Territory, Society and Administration, The Czech Republic and the Industrial Region of Liberec. Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam - Charles University - Czech Academy of Sciences, pp.41-64 Kopačka, L. (2000) De-industrialization and restructuring in a transition countries: Czech industry after ten years of transformation. Acta Universitatis Comenianae. Bratislava, Univerzita Komenského 1999, pp.121-135
Regional dimension of multiple transition and restructuring of the Czech economy Kopačka
Process of multiple transition and restructuring of economy and industry and regional consequences with emphasis on 20th century. Transition of the Czech society, economy, industry and territory since 1989. Privatization and foreign direct investment. Restructuring of the Czech economy and industry in particular. Case study of coal-mining, power industry, chemistry and environment in North Bohemian brown-coal basin. Kopačka, L. (2000) Transformation of the Czech society and economy and energy industry. Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Geographica, No.1, pp.39-59 Kopačka, L. (2001) Transition of the Czech society and economy since 1989, emotions, possibilities and expectations versus reality. Acta Universitatis Carolinae - Geographica (in print)
Transformation and demographic change Dzúrová
Post-1989 demographic changes (in fertility, mortality, nuptiality, divorce and migration) in the Czech Republic, placed within historical and geographical context. Pavlik, Z. at al. (1999) Population Development in the Czech Republic. Dept. of Demography, Prague.
Social and regional inequalities in health of population Dzúrová
Main features of the economic and social changes the Czech Republic between 1989 and 2000 and their implications for regional differences in the health of population. Explanation of an increase in life expectancy in spite of the difficulties experienced during the transition to market economy. Cornia, G.A., Paniccia, R., (ed.) (2000) The mortality Crisis in Transitional Economies. Oxford University Press.
East-West migration in contemporary Europe Drbohlav
History of migration movements in (into, within and out) Central and Eastern Europe. Determinants of the international migration in the "Buffer Zone". Immigration into the selected countries and its basic development over time (1990 - 2000). The most important migratory types - labour migration, family reunion migration, asylum seekers/refugees, transit -illegal/clandestine migration. The migratory legislation and the harmonisation processes with the EU within the migratory issue. Expected future developments in the international migration in Central and Eastern Europe. Drbohlav, D. (1997) Migration Policy Objectives for European East-West International Migration. International Migration 35, No. 1, pp. 85 - 108. Okolski, M. (1997) New Migration Trends in Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s: How Significant, How Stable? Warszawa, Instytut Studiów Spolecznych UW.
International migration in the Czech Republic Drbohlav
History of international migration in Czechia. Determinants of international migration. Immigration into the country and its development in 1990 - 2000. The most important migratory types. A case study of Ukrainian labour circular migrants. Migratory legislation and the harmonisation processes with the EU. Expected future developments in the international migration in the Czech Republic. Drbohlav, D. (1999) International Migration and the Czech Republic. In: Hampl, M., ed., Geography of Societal Transformation in the Czech Republic, pp. 223 - 242.. Prague, Dept. of Social Geography and Regional Development. Drbohlav, D. (2001) Immigration into the Czech Republic (with Special Regard to Labour Migration). IMR (forthcoming).
Globalization, postcommunist transformation and urban change Sýkora
The concept of socialist city. Is there a postcommunist city? The geographic model of postcommunist city. Double transition. The role of history, local transformations in postcommunist countries and world-wide transition to globally integrated society on urban change in postcommunist cities. Case study of Prague: the role of government-directed transformations (privatisation, price liberalisation) and spontaneous market led processes of societal change (internationalisation, economic restructuring and social polarisation) on urban restructuring. Smith, D. M. (1996) The socialist city. In: Andrusz, Harloe, Szelenyi, eds, Cities after Socialism. Blackwell. Sýkora, L. (2000) Post-communist city. In: XII Konwersatorium Wiedzy o Mieście. Miasto postsocjalistyczne - organizacja przestrzeni miejskiej i jej przemiany, pp. 41-45. Łódź, Katedra Geografii Miast i Turyzmu Universytetu Łódzkiego, Komisja Geografii Osadnictwa i Ludności PTG, Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe.
Changes in the internal spatial structure of post-communist cities Sýkora
Case study of Prague and comparisons with Bratislava, Brno, Budapest and Warsaw. Historical development of urban structure. Commercialisation of city centre. Revitalisation, gentrification or ghettoisation of inner city neighbourhoods. Growing differences between communist housing estates. Residential and commercial suburbanisation and its economic, social and economic consequences. Sýkora, L. (1999) Changes in the internal spatial structure of post-communist Prague. GeoJournal 49 (1), pp. 79-89.
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