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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D. (04.02.2019)
In the second part of the course (May), the students shall present papers on topics given below. |
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D. (04.02.2019)
Some relevant references Recent works of the lecturer
Max Haller, in collaboration with Anja Eder, Ethnic Stratification and Socioeconomic Inequality around the World. The End of Exclusion and Exploitation? Ashgate, Farnham/Surrey (UK) 2015 and Routledge 2017 (Paperback) Max Haller, Felix Riedl (2014), »From socialist equality to capitalist stratification: How people see it«, in: Corvinus Journal of Sociology and social policy vol. 5 (1),1, 3−34 Max Haller and Davis Hadler, Changes in patterns of social stratification and its perception in Austria and its central East European neighbor countries, 1960-2015 (to appear soon in Czech Sociological Review)
Additional references
Bourdieu, Pierre/ F. Schultheis, eds. (2009), Das Elend der Welt, Konstanz: UVK/UTB (La misére du monde 1993) Bude, Heinz, Philipp Staab, eds. (2016), Kapitalismus und Ungleichheit. Die neuen Verwerfungen, Frankfurt/ NY: Campus Verlag Dorling, Danny 2018), Do We Need Economic Inequality? Cambridge: polity Eribon, Didier (2016), Rückkehr nach Reims (Retours a Reims), Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Eyal, Gil/ Ivan Szelenyi (2001), Making Capitalism without Capitalists. The New Ruling Elites in Eastern Europe, London: Verso Kerbo, Harold R. (2012), Social Stratification and Inequality. Class Conflict in Historical, Comparative and Global Perspective, New York, McGraw Hill Lane, David S., /21911), Elites and Classes in the Transformation of State Socialism, New Brunswick, Transaction Publ. Lenski Gerhard, Power and Privilege. A Theory of Social Stratification, New York: Mc Graw Hill (recent ed. In paperback) Letwin, William, ed. (19839, Against Equality. Readings on Economic and Social Policy, London/ Basingstoke, Macmillan Milanovic, Branko (2016), Global Inequality. A new approach of the age of globalization, Belknap Press/ Harvard University Press Münch, Richard (2011), Das Regime des Freihandels. Entwicklung und Ungleichheit in der Weltgesellschaft, Frankfurt/ NY: Campus Verlag Piketty, Thomas (2013), Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Harvard UP Rehbein, Boike/ Jessé Souza 2014), Ungleichheit in kapitalistischen Gesellschaften, Weinheim/ Basel: Beltz Juventa Sen, Amartya (2007), Ökonomie für den Menschen. Wege zu Gerechtigkeit und Solidarität in der Marktwirtschaft, München dtv (Development as Freedom, New York 1999) Stiglitz, Joseph (2014), The Price of Inequality. How today’s divided society endangers our future, New York, W.W. Norton Sonya Szelenyi (1999), Equality by Design. The Grand Experiment in Destratification in Socialist Hungary, Stanford UP
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D. (05.02.2019)
Lectures and seminars. Please note that the course will take place only on 4 and 5 April and 16 and 17 May.
Lectures: April 4-5 4 April: 15.30-18.20 5 April: 9.00-12.00 and 15.00-17.00 Seminars: May 16-17 (Final Test and presentations given by students) 16 May: 15.30-18.20 17 April: 9.00-12.00 and 15.00-17.00
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D. (05.02.2019)
Assessment methods
1) Every student will give a presentation
2) final test 50 points max
3) final paper (around 3000 words long) 50 points max
Length: 6 - 10 pages (ca. 2000-3000 words); if not a particular work is reviewed, about 5- 10 sources (articles, books) shall be used. The students can also make proposals of paper topics.
Maximum 100 points
Grading system
91 - 100 points: A
81 - 90 points: B
71 - 80 points: C
61 - 70 points: D
51 - 60 points: E
less than 51 points: F
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Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D. (04.02.2019)
Topics of the lectures (April) 1. Inequality: Concepts, theories and research in economics and sociology 2. World-wide changes in inequality. Long-term trends and recent patterns 3. Perceptions and evaluations of inequality and injustice. The sociological perspective 4. Ethnic stratification and inequality (1). General theory, quantitative and qualitative approach 5. Ethnic stratification and inequality (2). Ethnic stratification systems around the world 6. Communism and social inequality. Changes of inequality and its perceptions in East European societies and in present-day China
Topics of student papers (May) 1. Changes of socio-economic inequality in Czechoslovakia/ the Czech Republic 1945 – 2015 2. Changes in patterns of wealth distribution in Czechoslovakia/ the Czech Republic 1900 – 2015 3. Comparison of changes in patterns of inequality in post-Communist East European societies (Here, several comparisons could be carried out: - Czech Republic – Slovakia, Hungary, Poland - CZ vs. Romania, Bulgaria - CZ vs. Belorussia, Russia…) 4. The middle classes in the Czech Republic since the transition 5. The perceptions of inequality in the Czech Republic 6. Is inequality no more a central political topic? Why social democratic parties have been declining in recent times in Western Europe (Right-wing populists as new working-class parties) 7. Ethnic minorities and inequality in the post-Communist central East European countries 8. The growth of inequality in Russia: Which kind of capitalism? 9. Reviews of selected chapters of important books; Eg. Thomas Piketty (Capital in the 21st century); Joseph Stiglitz (The Price of Inequality); Erik O. Wright (Class Counts); D. Eribon, Retours a Reims 10. Effects of European integration on inequality within and between the EU member states (common currency, regional and structural policy) 11. The welfare state and equality 12. New inequalities in the information society 13. Inequalities in “rentier societies” (oil states, states with rich mineral resources) |