USESEA021 Global Economy

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Vladimír Baar, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Vladimír Baar, CSc.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Prerequisites
Expert Knowledge:
Students demonstrate the knowledge of facts, phenomena and processes in global economics, take into account macroregional disproportions in the economic sphere and compare the level of economic integration processes on each continent with the level of European integration.
Expert Skills:
Subject graduates are able to explain mutual conditioning and changeability of economic phenomena on a global level, the cause of disproportionate economic development, the positives and negatives of the integration processes in the world and the relations between political and economic systems in the world.
General Competency:
The acquired general knowledge and expert skills contribute to growing a broad outlook of the economic structure of the contemporary world, of the position of individual states and macroregions in the complex global system.
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 subject is to familiarize students with the historical context and other political, economic and cultural factors that contributed to the global network of mutually linked economic relationships, especially during the 19th and 20th century. The emphasis is put on the trends and transformations of the economic division of the world and on the political and other conditions that are active in these processes. Students will also be familiar with the process of economic integration on both regional and global levels, and with the effect of international economic organizations.
Syllabus
  • 1.-2. The Economic differentiation of the world according to the economic systems, the absolute and relative gross domestic product indicators. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) converted data.
    3.-4. World economic centres and their main spheres of interest. Historical, political and cultural causes of different levels. Trends of economic development.
    5.-6. The consequences of economic and political isolation for states. The differences between the most developed states in the OECD and the least developed states registered in the UN.
    7.-8. Integration processes in the world, their classification and reflection in the macroregional differentiation of the world. The list of the most significant integration groupings on individual continents.
    9.-10. Dominant economic powers and their political influence. New forms of transcontinental integration and transborder integration systems.
    11.-12. Mutual bonds and relations between the integration systems. The position of the Czech Republic in the world economics.
Literature
    required literature
  • CIHELKOVÁ, E. Světová ekonomika. Obecné trendy rozvoje. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7400-155-0. info
  • KUNEŠOVÁ, H. a CIHELKOVÁ, E. Světová ekonomika: nové jevy a perspektivy. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2006. ISBN 80-7179-455-4. info
  • WHEELER, J. O. Economic Geography. New York, 1999. info
  • WHEELER, J. O., MULLER, P. O., THRALL, G. I. a FIK, T. J. Economic Geography. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1998. ISBN 0471536202. info
  • BAAR, V. Světová ekonomická centra a periferie na prahu 21. století. Geographia-Geologia, Acta Facultatis Rerum Natur, 1995. ISBN 80-7042-786-2. info
    recommended literature
  • KRUGMAN, P. Návrat ekonomické krize. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7021-984-3. info
  • KUNEŠOVÁ, H., CIHELKOVÁ, E. A KOL. Světová ekonomika, nové jevy a perspektivy. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2009. ISBN 80-7179-455-4. info
  • ŽÍDEK, L. Dějiny světového hospodářství. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7380-035-2. info
  • CZESANÝ, S. Hospodářský cyklus. Praha: Linde, 2005. ISBN 80-7290-272-5. 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 to verify the knowledge of theory (includes terminology, schools of economic thought, etc.) and concrete demonstrations of geoeconomic and integration processes in the world.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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