USESEN024 Inter-Ethnic Problems of Central Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Mečislav Borák, CSc.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course provides the elementary outline of causes, course and possibilities of solution of inter-ethnical problems in Europe with focus on border regions of central Europe. It is attentive to reflexion of relations between states and nations, national and ethnical minorities including evaluation of national myths, stereotypes, prejudice. It is derived from explanation of causes and consequences of division of Europe in the 20th century for nations living on the edge of mutual contact, cognition of current centres of inter-ethnical tension, especially in central Europe and searching for way outs of further development.
Syllabus
  • 1. Sources and literature for the topic, research institutions and projects
    2. Way outs and concepts of theory of ethnical conflicts
    3. Biological, psychological, geographical, sociological and anthropological aspects of conflicts
    4. Ethnical, religious, economic and political factors of conflicts
    5. Causes and consequences of division of Europe after World War I and II
    6. Peculiarities of inter-ethnical conflicts in post-war Europe
    7. Nations and ethnics in countries of central Europe (current state and problems)
    8. Problems of preservation and revitalization of ethnical identity of minorities in central and eastern Europe
    9. Focuses of ethnical conflicts in central and eastern Europe
    10. Boundaries and possibilities of solving ethnical conflicts
    11. National character, myths, stereotypes and overcoming of prejudice
    12. European Union, euroregions and other factors of stability in central European territory
Literature
    required literature
  • http://www.minoritiesatrisk.com. URL info
  • WAISOVÁ, Š. Řešení konfliktů v mezinárodních vztazích. info
  • ANDERSON, B. Představy společenství. Úvahy o původu a šíření nacionalismu. Praha: Karolinum, 2008. info
  • Tesař, F. Etnické konflikty. Praha, 2007. info
  • TOMEŠ, J.-FESTA, D.-NOVOTNÝ, J, a kol. Konflikt světů a svět konfliktů. Střety idejí a zájmů v současném světě. Praha: nakladatelství P3K, 2007. info
  • Naimark, N. M. Plameny nenávisti. Etnické čistky v Evropě 20. století. Praha: nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2006. info
  • BELL-FIALKOFF, A. Etnické čistky moderního věku. Praha:Práh, 2005. info
  • WANDYCZ, P. Evropa v dějinách od středověku do současnosti. Praha: Academia, 2004. info
  • Šatava, L. Národnostní menšiny v Evropě. Praha: Ivo Železný, 1994. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Written exam - the first part in a form of a test with closed questions testing the theoretical and practical knowledge of the issue, the second in a form of comparative essay (comparison of two phenomena)
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2012, Summer 2014, Summer 2015.
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