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USSV / ETRD
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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USSV
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ETRD
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Theories of Regional Development
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Form of course completion
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Examination
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
6
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
3
[HRS/WEEK]
Seminar
1
[HRS/WEEK]
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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English
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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No
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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3 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Semester taught
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Winter semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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not determined
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Optional course |
No
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Optional course
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No
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Language of instruction
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English
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
A|B|C|D|E|F |
Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Substituted course
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URBV/ETRD
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
Graphic PNG
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XLS
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Course objectives:
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The aim of the course is to acquire knowledge of the development of theoretical approaches of regional development and to present the impact of the implementation of individual approaches to regional development on the life of the regions.
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Requirements on student
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Credit: seminar work - analysis of a selected region, proposal of regional policy instruments methodologically included in the lectured material; final colloquium - presentation of the results of the analysis.
Exam: written test, oral exam
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Content
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Historical framework of regional development theories
Main trends in the methodology of science (positivism, postpositivism, relativism...)
Neoclassical and neoliberal theories, localization theory, one-sector model, two-sector model, New economic geography and new growth theory.
Theories based on Keynesian approaches, core-periphery group theory, export base theory, Harrod-Domar growth model, growth pole theory, theory of cumulative causes, theory of uneven development.
Structuralist approaches, neo-Maxist theories, theory of unequal exchange, structuralist Marxism, theory of mesoeconomics, theory of production districts, theory of production cycles, regulatory theory.
Critical-realist approaches, theory of territorial divisions of labor, discussion of localities.
Institutional approaches, theory of flexible specialization, theory of learning regions, clusters, triple helix, local buzz-global pipelines.
Tools of contemporary regional policy
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Competition, competitive advantage, and clusters the ideas of Michael Porter
(HUGGINS, R. IZUSHI, H.)
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Basic:
Constructing Regional Advantage, principles - perspectives - policies, Final Report,
(ASHEIM, B, COOKE, P. et al.)
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Basic:
BLAŽEK, J., UHLÍŘ, D. Teorie regionálního rozvoje. Karolinum, Praha, 2002.
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Basic:
COOKE, P. Theories of Planning and Spatial Development. London, UK, 1983.
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Recommended:
PERROUX, F. A New Concept of Development. Paris, FR, 1983.
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Recommended:
OECD. Cities and Regions in the New Learning Economy. Paris, FR. 2001.
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Recommended:
HOLLINGSWORTH, R. J., BOYER, R. Contemporary Capitalism. Cambridge, UK, 2012.
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Recommended:
LOSCH, A. Die Raumliche Ordnung der Wirtschaft. Jena. 1944.
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Recommended:
ALLEN, J., MASSEY, D. Geographical Worlds. Oxford, UK, 1995.
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Recommended:
AMIN, A., THRIFT, N. Globalization, Institutions and Regional Development in Europe. Oxford, UK, 1994.
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Recommended:
CAPELLO, R., NIJKAMP, P. Handbook of Regional Growth and Development Theories.. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978 1 84720 206 3.
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Recommended:
Method in Social Science: A Realist Approach.
(SAYER, A.)
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Recommended:
Higgins, Benjamin Howard. Regional development theories & their application. New Jersey, 1997. ISBN 978-0-7658-0420-4.
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Recommended:
Blažek, J. Regionální vývoj a regionální politika: hlavní přístupy v zemích západní Evropy. 1993.
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Recommended:
STORPER, M. The Regional World: Territorial Development in a Global Economy. New York, USA, 1997.
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Recommended:
Rowe, James E. Theories of local economic development. New York, USA, 2016. ISBN 978-1-138-27003-9.
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Příprava na zkoušku
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24
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Praktická výuka
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12
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Semestrální práce
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24
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Příprava na zápočet
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16
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Individual project
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24
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Kontaktní výuka
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36
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Příprava prezentace (referátu)
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16
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Domácí příprava na výuku
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12
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Total
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164
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Prerequisites - other information about course preconditions |
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Competences acquired |
A student who has successfully completed the course can:
- explain the reasons for the application of regional policy;
- explain the differences in approaches to regional development in individual decades of the 20th and early 21st centuries;
- characterize and evaluate regional policy tools used in individual periods and describe the impact of their implementation on the life of the regions;
- describe and evaluate the tools, tendencies and consequences of applied regional policies;
- characterize and compare current instruments of regional policy, trends in regional development and explain their links to EU regional policy.
A student who has successfully completed the course will be able to:
- interpret the reasons for the use of regional policy instruments in the context of regional sciences and historical contexts;
- identify the main theories of regional development and place them in a geopolitical and historical framework;
- identify the theoretical starting points of the current EU regional policy. |
Teaching methods |
- Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
- Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
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Assessment methods |
- Oral examination
- Written examination
- Home assignment evaluation
- Student performance assessment
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