VIETP3 Introduction to Economy of Vietnam and Southeast Asia

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Linguistics and Baltic Languages – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each even Tuesday 14:00–17:40 J22
Prerequisites
no requirements
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course goal is to offer complex overview to the economy of Vietnam and continental as well as insular Southeast Asian countries. Main focus: historical development and explanation of differences among main areas + development of economics with relatins to political systems and international relations.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course a student is able to explain differences among Vietnam and other countries as well as explain the reasons of these differences in following areas:
- historical development in precolonial, colonial and postcolonial Vietnam, continental and insular Southeast Asia
- relations between economics and various political systems
- influence of foreign countries and multinational organisations on economic development
- disequilibrium and crises
Syllabus
  • 0. Economics and economy: methodological introduction
  • 1. Brief history of precolonial economics: continental Southeast Asia
  • 2. Brief history of precolonial economics: insular Southeast Asia
  • 3. Brief history of colonial economics: continental Southeast Asia
  • 4. Brief history of colonial economics: insular Southeast Asia
  • 5. Brief history of postcolonial economics: continental Southeast Asia
  • 6. Brief history of postcolonial economics: insular Southeast Asia
  • 7. Wars and international sanctions
  • 8. Internal authoritarian tendencies
  • 9. Global investors, local investors and political power
  • 10. Role of economic organisations and banks in Asia and South East Asia
  • 11. Economic growth, its inequalities and risks of development
  • 12. Asian economic crisis
Literature
  • • Studík, P., Teplík, T. 2006. Vietnam: země rozmachu - země příležitostí. Praha: Longa.
  • • Luong, Hy. V. 2010. Tradition, Revolution and Market Economy in a North Vietnamese Village, 1925-2006. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
  • • van Zanden, Jan Luiten + Marks, Daan. 2014. An Economic History of Indonesia 1800-2010. London - New York: Routledge.
  • • Schwarz, Michal + Srba, Ondřej. 2016. Vietnam v éře západních velmocí. Spisy FF MU, sv. 461. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • Southeast Asia in the Global Economy. Ed. H.E.S. Nesadurai + J.S. Djiwandono. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University + Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
brief written test or brief essay
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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