Poslední úprava: Mgr. Dina Novotná Obeidová (04.05.2010)
Course description and objectives: It has long been assumed that as societies modernize (that is, as urbanization,
democratization, access to education, etc., increases), ethnic identities would have less hold on individuals and that ethnic
conflict would become less likely. However, despite the steady march of modernization around the globe, ethnicity would not
appear to be on the wane, in fact, even in the most modernized societies ethnicity seems to be reasserting itself.
Poslední úprava: Bc. Lenka Lukešová (27.05.2011)
An introductory course to the theories of multiculturalism and to Czech and EU immigration and integration
policies, dealing
also with the civil society stakeholders´ reactions to those policies. It has been assumed that as societies
modernise (that is,
as urbanisation, democratisation, access to education, etc., increases), ethnic identities would have less hold on
individuals
and that ethnic conflict would become less likely. However, despite the steady march of modernisation around the
globe,
ethnicity would not appear to be on the wane; in fact, even in the most modernided societies, ethnicity seems to be
reasserting itself. This course explores: Why do people migrate generally and especially to the Czech Republic?
How
does immigration differ from other forms of population movement? What is the legal framework for
anti-discriminatory
practices?
Sylabus
Poslední úprava: MUHIC (08.02.2011)
This course will explore: Why do people migrate generally and especially into the Czech Republic? How does immigration differ from other forms of population movement? What is a legal framework for anti-discriminatory practices? What does migration tell us about the meaning of borders? How does population mobility highlight the challenges to nation-states and to national identity? How is migration related to other processes of globalization? How is it related to xenophobia and other forms of violence against immigrants? How does population movement affect the migrants themselves, and the local communities where they live? What are results of the analysis of the Pilot project Active Selection of the Skilled Foreign Workers of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic? What are the current theories on integration? Which forms of discrimination we know in the current theories and how they can be applied to the Czech situation? How is discrimination related to equality issues? The goal of the course is to get us to think critically about the notion of migration especially in relation to discrimination and anti-discriminatory practices, and thus about the concepts of borders, groupness, movement, culture and identity. It is closely related to the previous course, but focuses more on anti-discrimination. The written assignments are meant to be an integral part of this process. But so too are class participation and the readings themselves.
Course schedule: Week 1 introduction into theories of integration exploring universalism of nation state Week 2 role of nation in state building and its limitations general debate on minority rights, different models Week 3 human rights and ethnocultural justice short history of modern migration Week 4 societal culture, notion, discussion multinational and poliethnic states Week 5 liberalism and individual freedom minority rights in socialist tradition Week 6 process of immigration into the CR after the velvet revolution fundamental international instruments for protection of minority rights Week 7 possibilities for ethnocultural justice in Central and Eastern Europe can liberal pluralism be exported Week 8 notion of discrimination, different forms, levels and strategies different possibilities of anti-discriminatory practices Week 9 majority and minority rights difference between national minority and migrants Week 10 legal framework for discrimination and anti-discrimination presence of xenophobia in the CR Week 11 analysis of Pilot project of the Czech Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs attitude towards migrants in the view of EU enlargement Week 12 EU citizenship and migrants Czech state administration and migrants Week 13 concluding remarks and discussions
Requirements for the course consist of submitting an essay on 10 pages (1.5 spacing)+references related to a topics discussed during the lectures and based on previous approval of the topics by the teacher (via e-mail or personally). The essay should be submitted no later than 15 August 2011 to Moodle folder of the course.
Vstupní požadavky
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Romana Šloufová (04.01.2010)
