USESEN023 Demography of Central-European Area

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. Krystian Heffner
Institute of Central European Studies – 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
Course objectives
The students will be presented the principal issues of populations of central Europe. They will acquire knowledge of the importance of demographical structures for economic and social development of states and regions. The characteristics of demographic situation of countries of central Europe will enable them to understand the fundamentals of policy towards inhabitants in these countries and conditions of its development. The lectures will help them to understand the structural policy of European Union in relation to countries of central Europe, conditioned by population potential. The students will also learn the situation of inhabitants in countries of central Europe on background of whole European Union.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to demographical issue, demographical models
    2. Characteristics of countries of central Europe on background of European Union - population potential of states and its development
    3. Genesis of current demographical situation in countries of central Europe
    4. Structure of population in countries of central Europe and its economic and social consequences
    5. Population growth, conditions of its change and prognoses
    6. Demographical processes and situation on labour market
    7. Migration processes - principal conditions, internal and external migration
    8. Migration processes - comparative analysis of countries of central Europe
    9. Ageing of population
    10. Urban population - urbanization processes and its consequences
    11. Country population - elementary problems
    12. Demographical perspectives of central Europe in European Union
Literature
    required literature
  • NIESSEN, Jan - SCHIBEL, Yongmi - THOMPSON, Cressida Thompson (ed. Current immigration debates in Europe: a publication of the European Migration Dialogue. Brussels, 2005. info
  • OKÓLSKI, M. Demografia. Podstawowe pojęcia, procesy i teorie w encyklopedycznym zarysie, PWE. Warszawa, 2004. info
  • BLOOM, D. E. - CANNING, D. - SEVILLA, J. Economic Growth and the Demographic Transition, Working Paper 8685, NBER Working Paper Series, National Bureau of Economic Research. Cambridge, 2001. info
  • Recent demographic developments in Europe. 2000. ISBN 92-871-4464-8. info
  • International migration and regional population dynamics in Europe: a synthesis. 1999. ISBN 92-871-3923-7. 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
Participation of students on lectures, written test verifying knowledge of principal demographical problems and fundamental issue of population in countries of central Europe.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2014.
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