UVSRPVK086 Economic Development of Regions

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Anna Václavíková, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Anna Václavíková, 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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide the characteristics of foundation, development and formation of regions based on traditional industrial branches not only in the territory of Austria-Hungary, The Czechoslovak republic but also in wider European context. The attention will be paid also to entrepreneur activities (personalities) which participate in (foundation) formation of regions. Another part of the course will follow the development phases of regions till present days. The aim is to present the complexity of economic legacy which our society faced after 1989 and which was forced to follow.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction - general characteristics, beginnings of formation of regional system (concepts, definitions, development of opinions, theories)
    2. Regional economics, localization theories, localization factors
    3. Factors and phenomena effecting formation of regional system, European regions in the 60´s -the 70´s of the 19th century, colonization of America
    4. Economic characteristics of Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, prerequisites of formation of their regions
    5. Economic development till World War First, process of formation of regional system (on example of some European countries and United States)
    6. Situation in regions during World War First - selected European regions, Austria-Hungary, Czech lands, decline of economic map (Europe, world)
    7. Economic development of Czechoslovakia 1918-1929, Great Depression and its impact on state and development of regions in Czechoslovakia
    8. Czechoslovakia after crisis 1934-1938, economic development in Czech lands and state of regions before and also in years 1938-1945, consequences of germanization
    9. Economic (political, social) transformations in Czechoslovakia after World War Second, foreign assistance (1945-1948)
    10. Post-war renewal, construction and transformation of Czechoslovakia 1948 (1947) -1960, rise of central system of management and planning
    11. Czechoslovakia after 1960, development of industrial regions the 70´s -the 90´s of the 20th century
    12. The Czech republic in the context of economic transformation of central and eastern Europe, integration efforts
Literature
    required literature
  • Cuhra, J., Ellinger, J., Gjuričová, A., Smetana, V. České země v evropských dějinách. Díl čtvrtý od roku 1918. Praha, Litomyšl: Paseka, 2006. info
  • Průcha, V. a kol . Hospodářské a sociální dějiny Československa 1918 - 1992. 1. díl Období 1918-1945. Brno: Doplněk, 2004. info
  • Kárník, Z. České země v éře První republiky. Díl třetí O přežití a o život (1936-1938). Praha: Libri, 2003. info
  • Kolektiv autorů. Ed. Kadeřábková, J. Mates,P. Wokoun, R. Úvod do regionálních věd a veřejné správy. Plzeň:Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk,, 2003. info
  • Kárník, Z. České země v éře První republiky. Díl druhý Československo a České země v krizi a v ohrožení (1930-1935). Praha: Libri, 2002. info
  • KÁRNÍK, Z. České země v éře první republiky (1918-1938). Díl I. Vznik, budování a zlatá léta republiky (1918-1929). Praha: Libri, 2000. ISBN 80-7277-027-. info
    recommended literature
  • Aron, Raymond. Historie XX. Století. Praha: Academia, 1999. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Assessment methods
Written exam
Oral exam
The analysis of student 's performance
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 9 HOD/SEM.
Teacher's information
Written exam, the course will comprise also seminars which deal with further and deeper analysis of the issue and supplement the lectures.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2009, Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2017, Winter 2018.
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