Z0138 Socio-economic changes of regions in the Czech Republic

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Ondřej Šerý, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main objective of the course is to introduce socio-economic changes in the regions of the Czech Republic, which took place after 1989 and have a significant regional impact. The course will focus on the economic aspects of post-socialist transformation (expansion of services in the economy, new development areas, changes in the labor market), in another part of the semester focuses on social and cultural aspects (education, the question of minorities, participation and engagement). Everything is completed case studies of transformation of several Czech regions.
Learning outcomes
Student completing the course will be able to:
- identify key changes in the regions of the Czech Republic after 1989,
- demonstrate the ability to study these changes at local and national level,
- combine quantitative and qualitative methods to study these changes,
- demonstrate their skills on the example of a case study.
Syllabus
  • 1) Transformation of the Czech economy after 1989, the transition from manufacturing to services
  • 2) Effect of major enterprises in regional development
  • 3) Development areas (industrial zones, brownfields) and their potential in the economy
  • 4) Transformation of the labor market, new forms of employment
  • 5) The education of the population as a factor of development, geography of Czech education
  • 6) Spatial aspects of technical infrastructure and facilities in the region
  • 7) Socially excluded localities, spatiality of social exclusion
  • 8) Culture and regional development
  • 9) From uniformity to diversity, geography of minorities
  • 10) Participation and involvement of local communities (LAG, voluntary associations, micro-partnership of municipalities and cities)
  • 11) Media image of Czech regions
  • 12) Examples of socioeconomic changes in specific regions of the Czech Republic
Literature
  • TOUŠEK, Václav, Josef KUNC and Jiří VYSTOUPIL. Ekonomická a sociální geografie. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk. 411 s. ISBN 9788073801144. 2008. info
  • MYANT, M. R. Vzestup a pád českého kapitalismu : ekonomický vývoj České republiky od roku 1989. Translated by Petra Luňáčková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia. 351 s. ISBN 9788020022882. 2013. info
  • SUCHÁČEK, Jan. Transformace v České republice z institucionálně-regionální perspektivy. Praha: Národohospodářský ústav Josefa Hlávky. 151 s. ISBN 9788086729909. 2013. info
  • Making the transition : education and labor market entry in Central and Eastern Europe. Edited by Irena Kogan - Clemens Noelke - Michael Gebel. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. xix, 406. ISBN 9780804775908. 2011. info
  • HEŘMANOVÁ, Eva and Pavel CHROMÝ. Kulturní regiony a geografie kultury : kulturní reálie a kultura v regionech Česka. Vydání první. Praha: ASPI, Wolters Kluwer. 348 stran. ISBN 9788073573393. 2009. info
  • MATOUŠEK, Roman and Robert OSMAN. Prostor(y) geografie (Space(s) of Geography). Praha: Karolinum. 309 pp. ISBN 978-80-246-2733-5. 2014. info
  • NEKOLOVÁ, Markéta. Vliv nových forem zaměstnávání v ČR a zemích EU na vývoj pracovního práva. 1. vyd. Praha: VÚPSV. 35, 8. ISBN 9788074160578. 2010. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, group work and critical discussion in lessons, elaboration of seminar paper and sub-tasks related to the topic of socio-economic changes
Assessment methods
Type of the course completion is graded credit that students receive for participating in the exercises, surrendered and accepted tasks (ie. work on their own exercises, homework) and final presentation of semester work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1999, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2016, autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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