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The aim of the course is to reveal contemporary currents of thought and modern research in the field of political geography. In terms of content, the course is designed as a presentation of current research conducted by Czech political geography and their inclusion in the research of world geography. Thematically, the course is structured into three basic thematic units: local politics and its various manifestations, nationalism and electoral geography, geopolitics and critical approaches to the study of political geography.
Last update: Jelen Libor, RNDr., Ph.D. (08.09.2021)
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The obligatory articles: Block I.
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Recommended reading: Agnew, J., & Shin, M. (2017): Spatializing populism: Taking politics to the people in Italy. Annals of the Association of Americal Geographers, 107(4), 915-933. Conversi, D. (2014): Between the hammer of globalization and the anvil of nationalism: Is Europe's complex diversity under threat? Ethnicities, 14(1), 25-49. Dostál, P., Jelen, L. (2015): De-Russianisation of the Western Post-Soviet Space: Between the Thick and Thin Nationalising Processes. Geopolitics, 20, 757–792. Flint, C. (2011): Introduction to Geopolitics. Routledge, New York. Flint, C., Taylor, P. (2014): Political Geography: World-economy, Nation-state and Locality. 6th Edition. Routledge. Hána, D., Hellebrandová, L. (2018): Spatial and sectoral differentiation of support to innovative companies from EU funds in Czechia. European Planning Studies, 26, 1598-1615. Harvey, D. (2009): Social Justice and the City. Revised edition. University of Georgia Press, Athens (Georgia). Harvey, D. (2012): Rebel Cities. From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. Verso, London, New York. Hesse, J.J., Sharpe, L.J. (1991): Local government in international perspective: some comparative observations. In: Hesse, J.J. (ed.): Local government and urban affairs in an international perspective. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Bade-Baden, 603–621. Hobolt, S. (2016): The Brexit vote: A divided nation, a divided continent. Journal of European Public Policy, 23(9), 1259-1277. Lefebvre, H. (1991): The Production of Space. Blackwell, Oxford, Cambridge, MA. Lefebvre, H. (1996): Writings on Cities. Blackwell, Oxford. Lepič, M. (2017): Limits to territorial nationalization in election support for an independence-aimed regional nationalism in Catalonia. Political Geography, 60, 190-202. Lipset, S. M., Rokkan, S. (1967): Cleavage structures, party systems, and voter alignments. In: S. M. Lipset, & S. Rokkan (Eds.), Party systems and voter alignments: Cross-national perspectives. New York: Free Press. Mansvelt Beck, J. (2005): Territory and terror: Conflicting nationalisms in the Basque Country. London: Routledge. McAuliffe, C., Iveson, K. (2011): Art and Crime (and Other Things Besides...): Conceptualising Graffiti in the City. Geography Compass, 5, 3, 128–143. Mudde, C. (2019): The far-right today. Cambridge: Polity Press. Ó Tuathail, G., Dalby, S., Routledge, P. (Eds.) (2008): Geopolitics Reader. Routledge, New York. Page, E.C., Goldsmith, M. (eds.) (1987): Central-local government relations: a comparative analysis of West European unitary states. Sage, London. Parkinson, J. R. (2012): Democracy and Public Space. The Physical Sites of Democratic Performance. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York. Last update: Jelen Libor, RNDr., Ph.D. (08.09.2021)
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The course requirements Compulsory attendance at the lectures, max. 2 excused absences Obligatory reading of articles for the lectures (see bibliography) and an elaborated summary of each article in the extent of 1 page A4 Essay on a given topic in the extent of 3000 words and its defence with presentation. The topic will be approved by a tutor. The topic list is provided below. List of the essay topics: Block I.: Under construction... will be added soon Block II.:
Block III: Last update: Jelen Libor, RNDr., Ph.D. (08.09.2021)
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Block I.
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Block III. Last update: Jelen Libor, RNDr., Ph.D. (08.09.2021)
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