UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE
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Course: Political Science and Regional Development

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Course title Political Science and Regional Development
Course code KRM/PRR
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction unspecified
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Čmejrek Jaroslav, doc. PhDr. CSc.
Course content
Suggested topics of consultations: 1. The state, territory and political decision-making; 2. Geopolitics, international political regions; 3. Central Europe as a transnational region; 4. The center and periphery in Czech (Czechoslovak) policy; 5. The territorial government, the political process at sub- national levels; 6. Regional and local electoral systems; 7. Regional and local party systems; 8. EU and regional development of the Czech political parties; 9. Rural representation as a political problem; 10. Political discourse on rural development.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
  • Preparation for exam - 10 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal is to make students familiar with political aspects of regional development. It is focused on three issues: 1. relations between states and regions, international political regions and their structures, regional cooperation in Central Europe, a regional development in the context of globalization and European integration; 2. The relationship between regional development and democratic process, questions of legitimating and changes in decision-making mechanisms, characteristics of regional political parties and other actors of regional development; 3. regional development and decentralization of public administration, regional development and transformation of European administrative space.

Prerequisites
Examination in Politics or Politics of rural space.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Examination Requirements: The study of literature, a literature review process to the selected topic, a case study.
Recommended literature
  • BALDERSHEIM, H., ILLNER, M., OFFERDAL, A., ROSE, L., SWIANIEWICZ, P. Local Democracy and the Processes of Transformation in East-Central Europe. Boulder, Col., Oxford: Westview Press, 1996. ISBN 0-8133-8968-2.
  • BALÍK, S. Česká komunální politika v obcích s rozšířenou působností. Koalice, voličské vzorce a politické strany na místní úrovni v letech 1994-2006. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7325-144-4.
  • BALÍK, S. Komunální politika: Obce, aktéři a cíle místní politiky. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2908-4.
  • ČMEJREK, J., BUBENÍČEK, V., ČOPÍK, J. Demokracie v lokálním politickém prostoru. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-80-247-3061-5.
  • ČMEJREK, J. Obce a regiony jako politický prostor. Alfa Nakladatelství, Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-87197-00-4.
  • KOSTELECKÝ, T., ČERMÁK, D. Metropolitan Areas in the Czech Republic - Definitions, Basic Characteristics, Patterns of Suburbanisations and Their Impact on Political Behaviour. Sociologické studie, Vol. 4, no. 3. Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, 2004. ISBN 80-7330-064-8.
  • KOSTELECKÝ, T. Political Behavior in Metropolitan Areas in the Czech Republic between 1990 and 2002 - Patterns, Trends, and the Relation to Suburbanization and Its Socio-Spatial Patterns. Sociologické studie, Vol. 5, no. 2. Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, 2005. ISBN 80-7330-073-7.
  • MÜLLER, K. B. Politická sociologie. Politika a identita v proměnách modernity. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-380-2.
  • ŘÍCHOVÁ, B. Přehled moderních politologických teorií. Empiricko-analytický přístup v soudobé politické vědě. Praha: Portál, 2000. ISBN 80-7178-461-3.


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 25.04.2024 23:50. Data created for academic year 2023/2024