USESED023 Demography of Central-European Area

Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě
zima 2018
Rozsah
1/1/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
prof. Krystian Heffner (přednášející)
prof. Krystian Heffner (cvičící)
Garance
prof. Krystian Heffner
Ústav středoevropských studií – Fakulta veřejných politik v Opavě
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Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
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.
Osnova
  • 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
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • 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
    doporučená literatura
  • 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
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