USESED023 Demography of Central-European area

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Krystian Heffner (lecturer)
prof. Krystian Heffner (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Krystian Heffner
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Lubomír Hlavienka, Ph.D.
Prerequisites
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(N) && FORMA(P)
Expert knowledge:
Students know the fundamental texts dealing with the problematics. They will get the knowledge of demograpic terms, basic problems and they will understand the basic demographic models. Students understand the phenomenas, connected to demography. Besides all they will be able to understand the migration processes, it´s influence on the society, especially it´s influence on the EU member states.

Expert skills:
Students are able to interpetate demographic trends in the EU member states and besides all in the Central-European countries. They are able to indetify the key demographic factors and to make a critical analysis.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students learn why regional and transborder cooperation in EU countries is important and how regional structures in Central Europe are functioning, with special attention to the transborder regions in Central European Countries. They are also acquaint with basics and rules of regional policy in EU and practical examples of their performance will be given. During lectures an international cooperation models as a component of political, social and economic integration in Central European regions will be presented with special attention to INTERreg Program.
Syllabus
  • 1. 1. General information on regional structures. Definitions of regions. Types and forms of regions. How to define a region.
    1. How do regions grow? Why do some regions grow more rapidly than others?
    2. Why are differences in levels of social welfare across regions so persistent?
    3. Typical problems of regional development and cooperation in EU and in Central European Countries.
    4. Causes and consequences of regional disparities in EU. Patterns of regional disparities in the Central Europe.
    5. Regional development theories and its utilisation in EU regional cooperation programs.
    6. Regional policy in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, its evolution, goals and main directions.
    7. Institutions and forms of regional cooperation in Europe.
    8. Economic and social effects of regional cooperation in Central Europe Countries
    9. Transborder co-operation genesis with special attention to Central Europe. Concepts of Euro-regions, Euro-regions in Central and Eastern Europe.
    10. The Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme
Literature
    required literature
  • Grzegorz Gorzelak, John Bachtler, Maciej Smetkowski. Regional Development in Central and Eastern Europe Development Processes and Policy Challenges. info
  • Gábor Lux, Gyula Horváth. The Routledge Handbook to Regional Development in Central and Eastern Europe. info
  • NIESSEN, J., SCHIBEL, Y. a THOMPSON, C. (eds.). Current immigration debates in Europe: a publication of the European Migration Dialogue. Brussels, 2005. info
  • BLOOM, D. E., CANNING, D. a SEVILLA, J. Economic Growth and the Demographic Transition, Working Paper 8685, NBER Working Paper Series, National Bureau of Economic Research. Cambridge, 2001. info
  • BLOOM, D. E., CANNING, D. a SEVILLA, J. International migration and regional population dynamics in Europe: a synthesis. 1999. ISBN 92-871-3923-7. info
    recommended literature
  • Francesco Palermo, Sara Parolari. Regional Dynamics in Central and Eastern Europe. New Approaches to Decentralisation. info
  • VYSTOUPIL, J., TARABOVÁ, Z. Základy demografie. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2004. ISBN 80-210-3617-6. info
  • KALIBOVÁ, K. Úvod do demografie. Praha: Karolinum - nakladatelství Univerzity Ka, 1997. ISBN 8071844284. info
  • NEWELL, C. Methods and models in demography. New York: Guilford Press, 1988. ISBN 0898624517. info
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 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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