Lecturer(s)
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Jíšová Radmila, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1) Theory of migration 2) Directions and patterns of migration 3) Gender and migration 4) Transnationalism 5) Formulas of integration, adaptation and assimilation 6) Migration and ethnicity 7) State, politics, citizenship 8) Family, relationships, roles, generation 9) Development perspective 10) Migration and health 11) Migration and media 12) Forced migration 13) Migration in the context of the Czech Republic
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Students' portfolio, Self-study of literature, Lecture, Seminar
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 30 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 78 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 34 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 40 hours per semester
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prerequisite |
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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 |
Skills |
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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 |
Competences |
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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 |
Skills |
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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 academic texts in foreign language |
to analyze the actual discussions about the migration from the sociological point of view |
to interpret the society effect of migration |
Competences |
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teaching methods |
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Knowledge |
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Lecture |
Seminar |
Self-study of literature |
Students' portfolio |
Skills |
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Lecture |
Seminar |
Self-study of literature |
Students' portfolio |
Competences |
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Lecture |
Seminar |
Self-study of literature |
Students' portfolio |
assessment methods |
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Knowledge |
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Written exam |
Test |
Seminar work |
Group presentation at a seminar |
Skills |
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Written exam |
Seminar work |
Group presentation at a seminar |
Competences |
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Group presentation at a seminar |
Seminar work |
Recommended literature
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Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity at large : cultural dimensions of globalization. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8166-2793-2.
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Barker, Chris. Television, globalization and cultural identities. Maidenhead : Open University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-335-19954-2.
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Brettell, Caroline B.; Hollifield, James Frank. Migration theory : talking across disciplines. New York : Routledge, 2008. ISBN 0-415-95427-4.
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Castles, Stephen; Miller, Mark J. The age of migration. 3rd ed. New York : The Guilford Press, 2003. ISBN 978-1-572-30900-5.
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Ehrenreich, B., A. R. Hochschild. Global Woman. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2003.
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Gupta, Dev Satya. The political economy of globalization ; edited by Satya Dev Gupta. Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. ISBN 0-7923-9903-X.
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Metz-Gockel, Sigrid; Morokvasic, Mirjana; Münst, Senganata A. Migration and mobility in enlarged Europe : a gender perspective. Opladen : Barbara Budrich, 2008. ISBN 978-3-86649-108-3.
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Portes, A., J. DeWind. Rethinking Migrational Perspecives. New Theoretical and Empirical Perspecives. New York: Berghahn Books, 2008.
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Portes, Alejandro; Rumbaut, Rubén G. Immigrant America : a portrait. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1996. ISBN 0-520-20765-3.
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True, Jacqui. Gender, globalization, and postsocialism : the Czech Republic after communism. New York : Columbia University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-231-12715-4.
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