SOC550 Political Economy of Poverty

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jakub Grygar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ing. Radim Marada, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:40 U35
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand and explain different patterns of poverty; work with information on Roma poverty in the Czech Republic; create a research proposal on given topic; make resoned decisions about housing and integration policies; make deductions based on acquired knowledge of modes and sources of urban poverty; independently interpret conducted case studies of Roma poverty.
Syllabus
  • Week 1: Modes of poverty; social inclusion and social exclusion
  • Week 2: Culture of poverty
  • Week 3: Poverty and marginality; life in a ghetto.
  • Week 4: Poverty and marginality; space and exclusion.
  • Week 5: Favellas. Ciudad de Deus
  • Week 6: Poverty among Roma people.
  • Week 7: Reading week
  • Week 8: Studies of Roma poverty in the Czech Republic
  • Week 9: Re-interpretation of a case study
  • Week 10: Migration of poverty
  • Week 11: Legitimity
  • Week 12: Shame and dishonor
Literature
  • MAREŠ, Petr. Chudoba, marginalizace, sociální vyloučení (Poverty, Marginalisation, Social Exclusion). Sociologický časopis. Praha: Sociologický ústav AV ČR, 2000, vol. 36, No 3, p. 285-297. ISSN 0038-0288. info
  • MAREŠ, Petr. Sociologie nerovnosti a chudoby (Sociology of Inequality and Poverty). Praha: SLON - Sociologické nakladatelství, 1999, 248 pp. ISBN 80-85850-61-3. info
  • DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Ivana. Chudoba charakteristika sociálně potřebných domácností - rozdíl mezi městem a venkovem : případová studie - městská část Brno-střed a region Žďársko. 1997, 99 s. info
  • SIROVATKA, Tomáš. Marginalizace na pracovním trhu. Příčiny diskvalifikace a selhávání pracovní síly (Labour market marginalization.). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1997, 151 pp. ISBN 80-210-1716-3. info
  • SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš and Petr MAREŠ. Dlouhodobá nezaměstnanost a chudoba v ČR Sborník "O chudobě v České a Slovenské republice" (Long-term unemployment and proverty in the Czech Republic). In O chudobě v České a Slovenské republice. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1995, p. 68-81. ISBN 80-210-1245-5. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, class discussion, group project
Assessment methods
midterm multiple choice test, class participation, final essay or final analysis
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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