Contemporary Political Geography and Geopolitics - MZ340V101

• Anglický název: Contemporary Political Geography and Geopolitics
• Český název: Politická geografie a geopolitika současnosti
• Zajišťuje: Katedra sociální geografie a regionálního rozvoje (31-340)
• Fakulta: Přírodovědecká fakulta
• Platnost: od 2022
• Semestr: zimní
• E-Kredity: 3
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: zimní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: zimní s.:2/0, Zk [HT]
• Počet míst: neomezen
• Minimální obsazenost: 5
• 4EU+: ne
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst pro virtuální mobilitu: ne
• Stav předmětu: zrušen
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Poznámka: povolen pro zápis po webu
• Garant: RNDr. Libor Jelen, Ph.D.
• Je neslučitelnost pro: MZ340V10

Anotace

čeština

Poslední úprava: RNDr. Libor Jelen, Ph.D. (08.09.2021)

Cílem předmětu je odhalit studentům současné myšlenkové proudy a moderní výzkumné směry oboru politická geografie. Obsahově je kurz koncipován na představení současných výzkumů realizovaných českou politickou geografií a jejich zasazení do výzkumů světové geografie. Tematicky je kurz strukturován do tří základních tematických celků: lokální politika a její různorodé projevy, nacionalismus a volební geografie, geopolitika a kritické přístupy studia politické geografie.

angličtina

Poslední úprava: RNDr. Libor Jelen, Ph.D. (08.09.2021)

The aim of the course is to reveal contemporary currents of thought and modern research in the field of political geography. In terms of content, the course is designed as a presentation of current research conducted by Czech political geography and their inclusion in the research of world geography. Thematically, the course is structured into three basic thematic units: local politics and its various manifestations, nationalism and electoral geography, geopolitics and critical approaches to the study of political geography.

Literatura

Poslední úprava: RNDr. Libor Jelen, Ph.D. (08.09.2021)

The obligatory articles:

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Recommended reading:

Agnew, J., & Shin, M. (2017): Spatializing populism: Taking politics to the people in Italy. Annals of the Association of Americal Geographers, 107(4), 915-933.

Conversi, D. (2014): Between the hammer of globalization and the anvil of nationalism: Is Europe's complex diversity under threat? Ethnicities, 14(1), 25-49.

Dostál, P., Jelen, L. (2015): De-Russianisation of the Western Post-Soviet Space: Between the Thick and Thin Nationalising Processes. Geopolitics, 20, 757–792.

Flint, C. (2011): Introduction to Geopolitics. Routledge, New York.

Flint, C., Taylor, P. (2014): Political Geography: World-economy, Nation-state and Locality. 6th Edition. Routledge.

Hána, D., Hellebrandová, L. (2018):  Spatial and sectoral differentiation of support to innovative companies from EU funds in Czechia. European Planning Studies, 26, 1598-1615.

Harvey, D. (2009): Social Justice and the City. Revised edition. University of Georgia Press, Athens (Georgia).

Harvey, D. (2012): Rebel Cities. From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. Verso, London, New York.

Hesse, J.J., Sharpe, L.J. (1991): Local government in international perspective: some comparative observations. In: Hesse, J.J. (ed.): Local government and urban affairs in an international perspective. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Bade-Baden, 603–621.

Hobolt, S. (2016): The Brexit vote: A divided nation, a divided continent. Journal of European Public Policy, 23(9), 1259-1277.

Lefebvre, H. (1991): The Production of Space. Blackwell, Oxford, Cambridge, MA.

Lefebvre, H. (1996): Writings on Cities. Blackwell, Oxford.

Lepič, M. (2017): Limits to territorial nationalization in election support for an independence-aimed regional nationalism in Catalonia. Political Geography, 60, 190-202.

Lipset, S. M., Rokkan, S. (1967): Cleavage structures, party systems, and voter alignments. In: S. M. Lipset, & S. Rokkan (Eds.), Party systems and voter alignments: Cross-national perspectives. New York: Free Press.

Mansvelt Beck, J. (2005): Territory and terror: Conflicting nationalisms in the Basque Country. London: Routledge.

McAuliffe, C., Iveson, K. (2011): Art and Crime (and Other Things Besides...): Conceptualising Graffiti in the City. Geography Compass, 5, 3, 128–143.

Mudde, C. (2019): The far-right today. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Ó Tuathail, G., Dalby, S., Routledge, P. (Eds.) (2008): Geopolitics Reader. Routledge, New York.

Page, E.C., Goldsmith, M. (eds.) (1987): Central-local government relations: a comparative analysis of West European unitary states. Sage, London.

Parkinson, J. R. (2012): Democracy and Public Space. The Physical Sites of Democratic Performance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York.

Požadavky ke zkoušce

Poslední úprava: RNDr. Libor Jelen, Ph.D. (08.09.2021)

The course requirements

Compulsory attendance at the lectures, max. 2 excused absences

Obligatory reading of articles for the lectures (see bibliography) and an elaborated summary of each article in the extent of 1 page A4

Essay on a given topic in the extent of 3000 words and its defence with presentation. The topic will be approved by a tutor. The topic list is provided below.

List of the essay topics:

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Sylabus

Poslední úprava: RNDr. Libor Jelen, Ph.D. (08.09.2021)

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