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Lecturer(s)
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Švarcová Andrea, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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(1) Urbanization, modernization (2) (Pre)history of urban social theory (3) Classical approaches of the City (4) Contemporary approaches to the City (5) Globalization and socio-spatial structures (6) Race, ethnicity and migration in the City (7) Social relations and social inequalities on the face of the City I. (8) Social inequalities on the face of the City II. (9) Urbanization under capitalism (10) Urbanization under socialism and postsocialism (11) Urban space and urban society in contemporary Eastern Europe (12) From urban sociology to the sociology of space
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Students' portfolio, Task-based study method, Individual study, Self-study of literature, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 24 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 10 hours per semester
- Individual project (40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to be able to read texts in English. |
| to describe and explain basic sociological theorie. |
| Skills |
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| to produce a formally acceptable professional output. |
| to actively use foreign databases of professional journals. |
| to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English. |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to orientate the himsef in the problems of urban sociology |
| to critically evaluate and compare the existing theories of urban sociology |
| to memorize the sociological terminology in English |
| Skills |
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| to analyze the academic texts in foreign language |
| to analyze the actual discussions about the urban sociology from the sociological point of view |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Task-based study method |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Skills |
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| Lecture |
| Seminar |
| Task-based study method |
| Self-study of literature |
| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| Competences |
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| Individual study |
| Students' portfolio |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
| Competences |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Project |
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Recommended literature
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Anderson, Elijah. Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004. ISBN 0-226-01959-4.
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Andrusz, Gregory D.; Harloe, Michael; Szelényi, Ivan. Cities after socialism : urban and regional change and conflict in post-socialist societies. Oxford : Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 1-55786-165-X.
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Caldeira, Teresa. City of Walls: Crime, Segregation, and Citizenship in Sao Paulo. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2001..
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Castells, Manuel; Hall, Peter. Technopoles of the world : the making of twenty-first-century industrial complexes. London : Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0-415-10015-1.
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Castells, Manuel. The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory. (Edited by Ida Susser). Oxford: Blackwell. 2002..
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Fischer, Claude. The Urban Experience. Harcourt. 1984..
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Gans, Herbert. The Urban Villagers. New York: The Free Press of Glencoe. 1962..
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Harvey, David. Spaces of global capitalism. London : Verso, 2006. ISBN 1-84467-550-5.
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Lin, Jan, Mele, Christopher. The Urban Sociology Reader. New York: Routledge, 2012. ISBN 978-0415665315.
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Logan, John, Harvey Molotch. Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1997..
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Musil, Jiří. Urbanization in socialist countries. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe. 1981..
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Park, R., Burgess, E., McKenzie, R. The City. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press. 1968 (1925)..
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Sassen, Saskia. The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1991..
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Saunders, Peter. Social Theory and the Urban Question. New York: Holmes and Meier Publishers. 1981..
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Sennett, Richard (ed.). Classic Essays on the Culture of Cities. New York: Meredith corporation. 1969..
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Szelenyi, Ivan. Urban Inequalities under State Socialism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1983..
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Wacquant, Loic. Urban outcasts : towards a sociology of advanced marginality. Cambridge : Polity, 2008. ISBN 978-07456-3125-7.
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Wirth, Louis. Urbanism as a Way of Life. 1938. The American Journal of Sociology 44 (1): 1-24..
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