Z5100 Globalisation seminar

Faculty of Science
Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Rudolf Brázdil, DrSc.
Department of Geography – Earth Sciences Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: RNDr. Petr Daněk, Ph.D.
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 course leads students to independent assessment of globalization and its consequences. This is achieved through both reading of academic literature and reflections of information provided in popular media, activists` texts or small empirical surveys of ordinary everyday symptoms of globalization. In lectures, the students are introduced to basic terms, concepts and approaches. In seminars, the students prepare, present, and discuss brief papers/projects dealing with distinct aspects of globalization. The independent elaboration of the seminar-paper is thoroughly followed by discussion with teacher and other students. At the end of the course students are able to orientate themselves in both academic and popular discussion concerning globalization and to take a stand to its different manifestations and consequences.
Syllabus
  • 1.Introductory lecture: global processes and globalization. How many globalizations? 2.Organization of the course. Assigning the seminar-papers. 3.Lecture II: Economic globalization: multinational corporations, transactions with capital and money, post-fordism and neoliberalism, and uneven development. 4.Lecture III: Globalization of trade and consumption. Culture and identity. 5.Seminar I: discussion about progress in seminar-papers. Literature and data sources. 6.Lecture IV: Consequences of globalization: alternative interpretations. 7.Lecture V: Globalization of anti-globalistic movements. Case study: Narmada Bachao Andolan and Peoples Global Action. 8.Seminar II: running commentary on progess in seminar work. 9.Seminar III: presentation of seminar papers. 10.Seminar IV: presentation of seminar papers. 11.Seminar V: presentation of seminar papers. 12.Final review. Are there alternatives to globalization?
Literature
  • MACKINNON, Danny and Andrew CUMBERS. An introduction to economic geography : globalization, uneven development and place. 1st pub. Harlow: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007, xxi, 354. ISBN 9780131293168. info
  • MURRAY, Warwick E. Geographies of globalization. London: Routledge, 2006, xxiii, 392. ISBN 0415318009. info
  • A companion to political geography. Edited by John A. Agnew - Katharyne Mitchell - Gearóid Ó Tuathail. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2003, xii, 494. ISBN 9781405175647. info
  • JOHNSTON, R.J. and Peter TAYLOR. Geographies of Global Change. Remapping the World. 2th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 2002, xviii, 518. ISBN 0-631-22285-5. info
  • TAYLOR, Peter J. and Colin FLINT. Political geography : world-economy, nation-state and locality. 4th ed. Harlow: Prentice Hall, 2000, viii, 412. ISBN 0582357330. info
  • JEHLIČKA, Petr, Jiří TOMEŠ and Petr DANĚK. Stát, prostor, politika. Vybrané otázky politické geografie. (State, space, politics. Selected issues of political geography.). Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Přírodovědecká fakulta, 2000, 276 pp. ISBN 80-238-5566-2. info
Teaching methods
Combination of lectures, class discussions, readings and individual students` projects (seminar work).
Assessment methods
Conditions for successsful passing out: 1. Compilation and presentation of an individual project (seminary work); 2. Written evaluation of another student`s project; 3. Incorporation of reccommendations resulting from the discussion of the project in seminar; 4. Readings (ca. 30 pages in English); 5. Written test.
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 Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.