Course: Contemporary Czech Society

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Course title Contemporary Czech Society
Course code KZU/SCSB
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
1.-4.Startification of the Czech society, social mobility. 5.-8. Population developement, demographic behaviour of the Czech population. 9.-12.Value formation and shifts, election bahaviour.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Course is focused on the development of the Czech society after the Velvet revolution in 1989. The strativication, demography and stabilization of different sociel institutions are discussed.
Students gain knowledge of the social and demographic developement of the Czech society after the year 1989.
Prerequisites
Pass the course Introduction to Sociology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Requirements for the colloquium: Active participation in seminars, assigned reading texts and preparing for seminars, successful verification of knowledge of topics discussed in the debate over the week before the colloquium seminar handed works (at least 5 standard pages previously consulted on the subject).
Recommended literature
  • Keller, J. 2000: Vzestup a pád středních vrstev. Praha: Slon.
  • Mareš, P. - Potočný, T. 2003: Modernizace a česká rodina. Brno: Barrister&Principal..
  • Morávková, Š. 2001. "Předběžné výsledky sčítání lidí, domů a bytů 2001." Demografie..
  • Možný, I. Rodina a společnost. Praha: Slon. (kapitola 4).
  • MOŽNÝ, I. (2008). Rodina a společnost. Praha.
  • Rabušic, L. (2001). Kde ty všechny děti jsou? Porodnost v sociologické perspektivě. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.
  • Tuček, M. a kol. 2003: Dynamika české společnosti a osudy lidí na přelomu tisíciletí. Praha, Slon. (str. 309-315).
  • Večerník, J. Matějů, P. 1998. Zpráva o vývoji české společnosti, 1989-1998. Praha: Academia. (kapitola 5, 7, 9).


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