FVP:UVSRPVN103 International Political and Ad - Course Information

UVSRPVN103 International Political and Administrative Regions

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Vladimír Baar, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Vladimír Baar, CSc.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – 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

• Public Administration and Social Policy (programme FVP, N6731-SPSP)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the study of international regions and relations from a geopolitical point of view, especially to issues of political and administrative regions in Central and Eastern Europe. In the first part the course deepens and extends knowledge that students gained in subject Regionalism and Regional Development and Political Geography. It is focused on the general theory of regions, the concept of regions in political geography and geopolitics and global processes thatdeterminate formation and relationships of regions. Another part of the course is focused on various kinds of political regions with emphasis on Europe, respectively the Central European area. Attention will be paid to the transnational regions in Central and Eastern Europe as areas where significant historical traditions mingle with the dynamic processes of political, economic and social transformation. Following the historical subjects of the study program the course will try to find out how the Western influences (Western European countries, Germany) and eastern influences ( Balkan countries, Russia / the Soviet Union) mutually affected the Central European region. We wil try to describe how these factors determinated the development and understanding of own identity in this area. From this perspective, the emphasis will be focused on the period following disintegration of the Soviet bloc and the fall of communism when there rose possibility of full cooperation of sovereign democratic countries of Central and Eastern Europe in order to secure their political and economic interests without the direct influence of neighboring aggressive power. We will analyze organizations such as the Visegrad Four, CEFTA, BSEC, CBSS, and others. Final modules include issues of international administrative regions and Euroregions again looking at the specific situation of Central Europe. Graduates should be able to take into account the consequences of the current development of the region and the specific characteristics of particular countries in assessing of opportunities and overcoming of problems to the further development of cross-border cooperation at the regional and local governments, private subjects and non-profit organizations working in post-communist countries. They will understand the basic terminology and concepts of the various regions and they will be able to use this theoretical knowledge to evaluate possibilities and overcome bariers of the development of international and cross-border cooperation in the frame of Central European region between the lower parts of public administration, microregions, private entities or non-profit organizations.

Syllabus

• 1st Political regions and their hierarchy
  2nd Processes of globalization and their impact on the regionalization of the modern world
  3rd Transnational and panregions in the world and in Europe
  4th Different concepts and definition of European macro-regions
  5th The principal political and cultural changes of Central Europe
  6th The principal economic and social changes of Central Europe
  7th International integration structures in Central Europe after 1990
  8th International integration structure of Eastern Europe after 1990
  9th Cross-border regions in the world and in Europe
  10th Inter-regional and cross-border forms of cooperation between European regions
  11th Euroregions as a specific kind of cross-border administrative regions
  12th Euroregions in Central Europe and in the Czech Republic (legal environment, the frame and their activities)
  

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

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Learnings of topics of course and passing a written exam.

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