UVSRPMPSR1 International Political and Administrative Regions

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Vladimír Baar, CSc.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of development of political structures
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 aim of the course is to introduce the students to study of international regions and relations from geopolitical point of view, especially to issues of political administrative regions in central and eastern Europe. In the introductory part, the course deepens and enlarges knowledge of the students gained in courses Regional Discipline and Regional Development and Historical and Political Geography, in particular in the area of general theory of regions, concept of regions in political geography and geopolitics and global processes which, currently establish the origin, form and mutual relations of regions. Another part of the course is aimed at individual types of political regions with focus on European, resp. east-European. The special attention will be paid to transnational and trans-border regions in central and east Europe (Silesia, resp. Czeszyn region, Galicia) as well as areas in which the important historical traditions meet with dynamic processes of political, economic and social transformation. The final modules involve issues of international administrative regions and euroregions, again with regard to specific situation of central Europe. The graduates will orientate in basic terminology and various concepts of regions and will be able to use this theoretical knowledge in evaluation of possibilities and overcoming obstacles of development of international and trans-border cooperation in the frame of larger central-European area between lower levels of public administration, microregions, private-market subjects or non-profit organizations.
Syllabus
  • 1. General theory of regions - basic concepts and attitudes
    2. Regions in political geography and geopolitics
    3. Globalisation processes and their impact on regionalisation of modern world
    4. Pan-regions in the world and Europe
    5. Transnational influences in the world and Europe
    6. Central Europe as a trans-national region and historical models of its structure: from Mitteleurope to Danube Federation
    7. Current concept of central Europe as a political region
    8. Transnational regions in eastern Europe and in Russia
    9. Trans-border regions in Europe
    10. Interregional, trans-border and foreign cooperation of European regions
    11. Euroregions as specific type of administrative trans-border regions
    12. Euroregions in central Europe and in the Czech republic (law environment, range and content of action)
Literature
    required literature
  • DOČKAL, V. (Ed.). Přeshraniční spolupráce na východních hranicích České republiky: Růžový obláček a hrana reality. Brno: MU MPÚ, 2005. info
  • GURŇÁK, D. - BLAŽÍK, T. - LAUKO. V. Úvod do politickej a regionálnej geografie. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2005. info
  • MEZŘICKÝ, V. (Ed). Globalizace. Praha, 2003. info
  • POMAHAČ, R., WIDEMANOVÁ, M. Veřejná správa a evropská právní integrace. Praha: VŠE, 2003. info
  • ROSŮLEK, P., CABADA, L. Evropa národů, patriotů a integrace. Pelhřimov: Vyd. a nakl. Aleš Čeněk, 2002. info
  • HNÍZDO, B. Mezinárodní perspektivy politických regionů. Praha: ISE, 1995. info
    recommended literature
  • BAAR, V.- KOVÁŘ, M. Geopolitický, geokulturní a geoekonomický vývoj Evropy. Ostrava: OU, 2004. ISBN 80-7042-969-3. info
  • MALARSKI, S. Regiony i euroregiony - zagadnienia organizacyjne, pravne, administrativne. Opole: Wysza Szkola Zarządziania i Administracji, 2003. info
  • HUNTINGTON, S. Střet civilizací. Boj kultur a proměna světového řádu. Praha: Rybka, 2001. info
  • BRZEZINSKI, Z. Velká šachovnice. K čemu Ameriku zavazuje její globální převaha. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1999. info
  • BRZEZINSKI, Z. Bez kontroly. Chaos v předvečer 21. století. Praha: Victoria Publ, 1993. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Assessment methods
Written exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015.
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