OPF:SVBADCH History of the European and Cz - Course Information

SVBADCH History of the European and the Czechoslovakian Economy

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Lubomír Nenička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lubomír Nenička, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Lubomír Nenička, Ph.D.
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina

Prerequisites

None.

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

• Banking (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to acquain students with economic development in European countries. The course will analyze integrational trends, common features and specifics of economic development in Europe and Czechoslovakia from beginnings of industrial society to fall of communistic regimes.

Syllabus

• 1. Birth of the modern industrial society
  2. Economic aspects of First World War
  3. Czechoslovak economy after the establishment of independent state
  4. Russian economy after 1917
  5. Great Depression and efforts of overcoming the crisis
  6. Rise of nacism in Germany and its consequences
  7. War economy of European countries during Second World War
  8. Economic recovery of postwar Europe and Czechoslovakia
  9. West after 1950 and beginning of the European integration
  10. Formation of the Soviet bloc
  11. Reforms of centrally planned economies and its results in Czechoslovakia
  12. Changes of economic development in the 1970s and 1980s
  13. Fall of communistic regimes and completion of European integration
  

Literature

required literature
• VITTORIO, A. An Economic History of Europe: from expansion to development. London, 2006. ISBN 978-0-415-35625-1. info

recommended literature
• HOWARD, M., L. R. WILLIAM. The Oxford history of the twentieth century. 1st edition, Oxford, 1998. ISBN 0-19-820428-0. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration
Seminar classes

Assessment methods

Credit

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

attendance at seminar 70 %, seminar paper, course credit test

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	47
Přednáška	26
Seminář	13
Zápočet	30
Summary	116

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