Course: Social and Economic Aspects of Development

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Course title Social and Economic Aspects of Development
Course code MRS/PGSSE
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Nováček Pavel, doc. RNDr. CSc.
  • Pánek Jiří, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The course gives an overview of major contemporary economic, social and political problems caused by or associated with globalization processes. Attention will be paid to the issue of global governance (both opportunities and threats associated with it), with an emphasis on developing regions.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course introduces students to the key issues of social and economic aspects of development (with a focus on sustainable development) in global context.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • Bauman, Z. (1999). Globalizace. Důsledky pro člověka. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Beck, U. (2011). Riziková společnost. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.
  • Collier, P. (2007). The bottom billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Easterly, W. (2006). The white man´s burden: why the West´s efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good. New York: Penguin.
  • Chari, S., Corbridge, S., eds. (2008). The development reader. London: Routledge.
  • Keller, J. (1997). Sociologie a ekologie. Praha: SLON.
  • Moss, T. J. (2007). African development: making sense of the issues and actors. London: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
  • Sen, A. (2001). Development as Freedom. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • The World Bank. World development report. Různá vydání. Washington: The World Bank.


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