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Lecturer(s)
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Harmáček Jaromír, doc. Ing. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Schlossarek Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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This course provides broad overview of the economic, political and social development of Africa. Certain key development issues such as the role of state, conflicts and economic growth in Africa are explored, on purpose to improve students´ understanding of the possibilities of African development and the existing impediments currently standing on its way.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to critically examine the Africa-specific development opportunities and limits for development from economic, political, social and geographical perspectives.
Students will learn to analyze key development issues and processes that form the opportunities and threats for region´s socio-economic and human developments. The course seeks to combine general theoretical overviews with country case studies to demonstrate the diversity of development experiences in Africa.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam, Student performance
For succesful completion of the course, students are required to do a series of presentations on given topics, as well as to complete a written exam covering the course material.
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Recommended literature
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Askari, H. (2007). Middle East oil exporters: what happened to economic development?. Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Collier, P. (2007). The bottom billion: why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Easterly, W. (2002). The elusive quest for growth: economists' adventures and misadventures in the tropics. Cambridge: The MIT Press.
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Chapra, Umer, M. (2008). Islam and economic development. Adam Publishers & Distributors.
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Iliffe, J. (2017). Africans: the history of a continent. Cambridge University Press.
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Kuran, T. (2005). Islam and Mammon : The Economic Predicaments of Islamism.
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Lewis, T. (1997). The Middle East.
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Mansfield, P. A. (2004). History of the Middle East. Penguin.
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Meredith, M. (2007). State of Africa: a history of fifty years of independance. Jonathan Ball Publishers.
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Moyo, D. (2010). Dead aid: why aid is not working and how there is a better way for Africa. Douglas & Mcintyre Ltd.
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Todd, J. M. (2007). African development. Lynne Rienner Publishers.
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van de Walle, N. (2001). African economies and the politics of permanent crisis 1979-1999. Cambridge University Press.
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