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Lecturer(s)
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Popelka Miroslav, prof. PhDr. Dr.
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Course content
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- transition to socialism and transition(s) to capitalism: brief history and theoretical considerations - social and economic inequality: objective data and their perception/legitimacy - social mobility: gaining and maintaining privilege in the pre-socialist, socialist, and post-socialist societies - education: can inequality in access to education be reduced? How do people react? - Marriage and the family before, during and after socialism: spontaneous and forced changes - Fertility transformation - Population ageing - Morbidity and mortality: the health crisis in post-soviet republics and development other countries
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Interactive lecture, Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Textual studies, Lecture, Seminar
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 40 hours per semester
- Presentation preparation (report in a foreign language) (10-15)
- 11 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 40 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe and explain basic theories in the social sciences |
| to characterise the basic findings from empirical research |
| to describe the formation of sociological perspectives on the study of society |
| to explain the differences between the key concepts of each research area |
| to characterise at a basic level the concepts that characterise each of the basic theories |
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| to produce a formally acceptable professional output |
| to actively use foreign databases of professional journals |
| to independently interpret knowledge from different subfields of sociology |
| to use adequate terms corresponding to the terminology of the field in Czech and English |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to orientate in the subject of international migration. |
| to list the basic theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the sociology of migration. |
| to memorize the sociological terminology in English |
| to describe key dimensions of social structure in modern Czech society |
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| to analyze the academic texts in foreign language |
| to identify social, economic, political and historical factors which influence the migration process in the context of concrete territory - The Czech Republic. |
| to analyze the actual discussions about the urban sociology from the sociological point of view |
| to interpret the society effect of migration |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Interactive lecture |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Skills |
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| Lecture |
| Interactive lecture |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| Competences |
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| Seminar |
| Textual studies |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Continuous assessment |
| Skills |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Seminar work |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Recommended literature
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Benáček, Vladimír. "The Rise of the 'Grand Entrepreneurs' in the Czech Republic and Their Contest for Capitalism. " Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 42: 1151-1170, 2006.
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Cockerham, William C. "The Social Determinants of the Decline of Life Expectancy in Russia and Eastern Europe: a Lifestyle Explanation. " Journal of Health and Social Behavior 38: 117- 130, 1997.
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Gerber, Theodore P. a Michael Hout. "Tightening Up: Declining Class Mobility during Russia's Market Transition. " American Sociological Review 69: 677- 703, 2004.
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Gerber, Theodore P. "Membership Benefits or Selection Effects? Why Former Communist Party Members Do Better in Post-soviet Russia. " Social Science Research 29: 25-50, 2000.
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Hamplová, Dana a Martin Kreidl. "Globalization and men's occupational mobility in the Czech republic in the 1990's"Pp. 275- 302 in: Globalization, Uncertainty and Men's Careers. " Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Press, 2006.
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Katrňák, Tomáš; Fónadová, Laura; Kreidl, Martin. Trends in educational assortative mating in post-socialist central Europe: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary between 1988 and 2000. Los Angeles : California center for population research, 2005.
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Koupilová, Ilona, Martin Bobák, Jan Holčík, Hynek Pikhart a David A. Leon. "Increasing Social Variation in Birth Outcomes in the Czech Republic After 1989. " American Journal of Public Health 88: 1343- 1347, 1998.
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Kreidl, Martin. Education communist cadres: school re-entry and sponsored educational mobility in state socialism. Los Angeles : California center for population research, 2005.
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Kreidl, Martin. Socialist egalitarian policies and inequality in access to secondary and post-secondary education: new evidence using information on detailed educational careers and their timing. Los Angeles : California center for population research, 2005.
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Meslé France. "Mortality in Central and Eastern Europe: Long-term trends and recent up-turns. " Demographic Research Special Collection 2: 45-70, 2004.
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Možný, Ivo - Rabušic, Ladislav. "The Czech family, the marriage market, and the reproductive climate." In Večerník, Jiří - Matějů, Petr. Ten years of rebuilding capitalism: Czech society after 1989. " Praha : Academia, 94-112, 1999.
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Rabušic, Ladislav. "Value Change and Demographic Behaviour in the Czech Republic. " Czech Sociological Review vol. IX, no. 1, 99-122, 2001.
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Rabušic, Ladislav. "Why are they all so eager to retire (on transition to retirement in the Czech republic). " Czech Sociological Review vol. 40, no. 3, 319-342, 2004.
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Rabušic, Ladislav. "Will Tomorow's Czechs Have the Fewest Children in Europe?." In Mareš, P. et al.: Society, Reproduction, and Contemporary Challenges. " Brno : Barrister & Principal, 41-60, 2004.
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Rychtaříková, Jitka. "Determinants of the Recent Favorable Trend in Mortality. " Demographic Research Special Collection 2: 106-138, 2004.
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Sobotka, Tomáš, Kryštof Zeman a Vladimíra Kantorová. "Demographic Shifts in the Czech Republic after 1989: A Second Demographic Transition View. " European Journal of Population 19: 249- 277, 2003.
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Szelenyi, Szonja, Ivan Szelenyi a Imre Kovach. "The Making of the Hungarian Postcommunist Elite: Circulation in Politics and Reproduction in the Economy. " Theory and Society 24: 697-722, 1995.
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Večerník Jiří. "Earnings Disparities in the Czech Republic: The history of Equalization. " Czech Sociological Review 4: 211- 222, 1996.
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Večerník, Jiří. "Emerging labor market and job prospects in the Czech Republic." In: S. Ringen and C. Wallace eds. Social Reform in East-Central Europe: New Trends in Transition. " Prague Papers on Social Responses to Transformation, Vol. III., 1996.
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Večerník, Jiří. "The emergence of the labor market and earnings distribution. The case of the Czech republic". Pp. 370-388 in: P. Gottschalk, B. Gustafsson, E. Palmer eds. Changing Patterns in the Distribution of Economic Welfare. An International Perspective. " Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
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