MVZn5003 Social and National Resilience

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024

The course is not taught in Autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Reuven Gal (lecturer), PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Martin Chovančík, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MVZ503 Social and National Resilience && !NOW( MVZ503 Social and National Resilience )
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
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Course objectives
The purpose of this course is to understand, analyze and self-apply the use of the term Resilience at its different levels and categories. During the course we will examine how the term Resilience is related (or not) to 'adjacent' terms, such as: Coping, adjustment, adaptation, overcoming etc'. We will use several case-studies and discuss comparisons as well as distinctiveness.
Learning outcomes
During the course we will examine how the term Resilience is related (or not) to 'adjacent' terms, such as: Coping, adjustment, adaptation, overcoming etc'. We will use several case-studies and discuss comparisons as well as distinctiveness.
Syllabus
  • Session 1 -- Concepts, definitions, categories. Session 2 -- Individual Resilience: discussion + case study (film). Session 3 – Individual Resilience, stress & coping: discussion + students' reflections. Session 4 -- National/social resilience: The Israeli case. Session 5 -- National/social resilience: international comparison (by students). Session 6 – Summary, conclusions, take-home reflections. Readings: • Definitions of Community Resilience: An Analysis A CARRI Report. 2013. • Some of the world’s most unhappy countries are also the most optimistic. Abdi Latif Dahir Quartz Africa, March 27, 2017. • Societal Resilience in Israel. Meir Elran. Foreign Affairs, March 23, 2017. • Security and resilience in Israel. Meir Elran. Natural Hazards Observer, November 2013 • Social Resilience in Times of Protracted Crises: An Israeli Case Study. Reuven Gal, Armed Forces & Society, 2014, Vol. 40(3) 452-475 • Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness. Fran H. Norris et al. Am J Community Psychology, (2008) 41:127–150 • Loss, Trauma, and Human Resilience: Have We Underestimated the Human Capacity to Thrive After Extremely Aversive Events? George Bonanno, American Psychologist, 59, (2004): 20-28.
Literature
  • Community Resilience as a Metaphor, Theory, Set of Capacities, and Strategy for Disaster Readiness. Fran H. Norris et al. Am J Community Psychology, (2008) 41:127–150
  • Social Resilience in Times of Protracted Crises: An Israeli Case Study. Reuven Gal, Armed Forces & Society, 2014, Vol. 40(3) 452-475
  • Security and resilience in Israel. Meir Elran. Natural Hazards Observer, November 2013
Teaching methods
Expert lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
Discussion and essay.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: 15 to 19 October.
The course is taught: in blocks.
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