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Political Geography JMMZ108, JMMZ175 Mondays, 11:00, J2083 PhDr. et. Mgr. Kryštof Kozák, PhD. Consultation hours during summer semester 2011/2012: Mondays, 17:00-17:30, Fridays, 15:3016:00 Room J3080 email: [email protected] Course Requirements: • Active participation (15%) • Students are required do read the mandatory texts for each class and be prepared to answer questions related to it in the class. Repeated failures to answer questions in class will lower student’s score. Course Requirements: • “View from the capital” presentation (15%) - dominant view of governing policymakers in that particular capital about the outside world. - first part: domestic (regional) - second part: foreign countries (geopolitics) - 10-15 ppt slides, max. 15 minutes Course Requirements: • “View from the capital” presentation (15%) - use maps, images, political cartoons - attractive for the class - sources - last slide: 5-10 key terms or concepts for the final exam Course Requirements: • “Paper based on the presentation (20%) “Views from the capital - geography as the determinant factor?” • Minimum length: 6400 characters with spaces. Course Requirements: • Final exam (50%): Topics from classes, mandatory readings as well as student presentations. Mandatory texts Text for every class according to syllabus Files are uploaded in the SIS system If you have any problems accessing the file, let me know at [email protected] Recommended magazines: • • • • • Antipodes Geopolitics Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy The Economist What is geography? from Greek: Ge (γη) or Gaea (γαια), Earth + γράφειν grafein write, describe working definiton: Geography is a science focusing on spatial distribution of various phenomena on Earth, their interaction and development over time. 3 fundamental approaches in studying the outside world: • I. Geographical • II. Historical • III. Political science: influence of instituional and power structures on observed phenomena (Harm de Blij: Why Geography Matters, Oxford University Press, 2005) Combination of I. and III. - Political geography Co je geografie? Oldest maps • Ptolemy Map, cca 150 AD, reprint from 1877 Legacy of Ptolemy, 1545 Tabula Peutingeriana (4 century A.D.) Medieval worldview in Europe • T-O maps Medieval worldview • Symbolism Antipodes Arab cartography • Muhammad alIdrisi • Ordered by Roger of Sicily, 1154 Chinese cartography • Zheng He, 1418? Korean cartography– 1402 AD View from Czech Republic • 78 000 km2 Population: 10 235 000 Hustota osídlení: 128 ob./km2 Nationalities: 90,4% Czech, 3,7% Moravian, 1,9% Slovak • Religions: Without any affliation: 59%, Catholic 26,8%, Protestant 2,1% Czech Republic GDP (PPP): 265 mld. USD GDP per capita (PPP): 25900 USD State budget (income): 93 mld. USD Government debt: 26,8% HDP Czech lands 1668, 1518 1747, 1847 Czechoslovakia Czech-Polish tensions 1942 1972 (CIA) 2004 2004 Czech-Slovak tensions Population density Urbanization: 73% Unemployment Wages Support for ODS (right) Support for ČSSD (left) ODS vs. ČSSD Natality Divorces Religion Rape Tourism Visitors and beds