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Seminar on Economics of Poverty

Seminar on Economics of Poverty
114-0445/01
čeština

Summary

Course is focused on poverty, deprivation, income inequality and social exclusion and their solution. Introduced and applied are selected concepts of poverty and social exclusion (in its dimensions). Topics are introduced in the context of economic theory. Topics are discussed in developed as well as developing countries. Poverty is emphasized in the context of actual challenges – migration or sustainable development. Selected concepts of poverty and social exclusion are used for the solution of practical cases with the use of international statistical databases.

Literature

BLUNT, G. D. Global Poverty, Injustice, and Resistance. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-108-48012-3 .
JEFFERSON, P. N. Poverty: a very short introduction. 1st ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-0-19-871647-1 .
RAVALLION, M. The Economics of Poverty. History, Measurement, Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 978019022773.

Advised literature

MYSÍKOVÁ, Martina. Measuring income poverty in the EU: Visegrád countries and European empirical data. Prague: Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7330-384-6.
SOUDIEN, Crain, ed., REDDY, Vasu, ed. a WOOLARD, Ingrid, ed. Poverty & inequality: diagnosis, prognosis, responses: state of the nation. First published. Cape Town: HSRC Press, 2019. x, 326 stran. ISBN 978-0-7969-2442-1 .


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Language of instruction čeština
Code 114-0445
Abbreviation SECH
Course title Seminar on Economics of Poverty
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator Ing. Eva Kovářová, Ph.D.