Political Geography JMMZ 108 JMMZ 175 Mondays 11

Political Geography JMMZ 108, JMMZ 175 Mondays, 11: 00, J 2083 Ph. Dr. et. Mgr. Kryštof Kozák, Ph. D. Consultation hours during summer semester 2011/2012: Mondays, 17: 00 -17: 30, Fridays, 15: 3016: 00 Room J 3080 email: kozak@fsv. cuni. cz

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 kozak@fsv. cuni. cz

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 al. Idrisi • Ordered by Roger of Sicily, 1154

Chinese cartography • Zheng He, 1418?

Korean cartography– 1402 AD

View from Czech Republic • 78 000 km 2 Population: 10 235 000 Hustota osídlení: 128 ob. /km 2 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