Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bc. Daniela Lenčéš Chalániová, Ph.D. (17.02.2024)
To say that the European Union – with its multi-national, multi-level, hybrid governance structure – is a complex political entity… sounds almost like an understatement. Approaching individual EU integration problems can thus become a daunting task, as EU problems do not exist in a vacuum, but are enmeshed in a thick layer of formal procedures, informal norms and often national and inter-institutional tug-of-war, all of which obscure clear view.
In this course I want to untangle that “mess” of EU governance and show how things “hang together” rather than how they disappear into the procedural jungle. The goals of this course are thus easy/complicated enough: FIRST, the course will briefly cover European integration milestones and institutional framework, SECOND, it will introduce the main policy areas and THIRD, deal with dilemmas of European Union politics! Since this is a course on understanding the EU, the aim is to cover European politics in a way that makes it “closer” to the people – through real-life examples.
To this end, I want to connect textbook chapters with real life examples (via student presentations), institutional legacy with present-day political head-scratchers.
Cíl předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bc. Daniela Lenčéš Chalániová, Ph.D. (17.02.2024)
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
Name and briefly describe main policy areas of European Union
Name the main institutional actors and their competences in given policy areas
Identify dilemmas of multi-level, multi-national governance and lead an educated discussion about them
Navigate European Union’s websites, Official Journal of the European Union …make heads and tails of EU’s network of portals, agencies and representatives
Skills: conduct online teamwork and presentation; policy analysis and recommendations
Deskriptory - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bc. Daniela Lenčéš Chalániová, Ph.D. (31.01.2022)
European Union, EU Policy-Making, History of EU Integration, EU Institutions, Single Market, Economic and Monetary Union, Common Foreign and Security Policy, Area of Freedom Security and Justice, Democratic Legitimacy, European Identity, Brexit
Podmínky zakončení předmětu - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bc. Daniela Lenčéš Chalániová, Ph.D. (17.02.2024)
Team presentation - 30%
Policy Paper - 70%
Grading scale
A: 91-100
B: 81-90
C: 71-80
D: 61-70
E: 51-60
Fail: <50
Literatura - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bc. Daniela Lenčéš Chalániová, Ph.D. (17.02.2024)
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bc. Daniela Lenčéš Chalániová, Ph.D. (17.02.2024)
To cover the main integration areas and dilemmas, the course material is divided into three logical parts:
· Historical and institutional framework, its actors and processes (sessions 1-2)
· Main EU policy areas (sessions 3-9)
· Dilemmas arising out of EU integration (sessions 10-12)
· A session to accommodate more students’ presentations if needed (session 13)
To do it in a way that makes it “closer” to the people, the sessions 3-12 will be conducted in a lecture/seminar format.
Lecture part will focus on evolution, actors, rules and aims of a given policy area (or the gist of a dilemma that often lies in the nexus of multiple policies and institutions). I will do my best to illustrate with clear examples.
The seminar part will be introduced with a team presentation by three students of a policy-relevant real-life situation.
Sylabus - angličtina
Poslední úprava: Mgr. Bc. Daniela Lenčéš Chalániová, Ph.D. (17.02.2024)
1.
Feb 22nd
Intro + Integration Milestones
Student Team Presentation Suggestions
2.
Feb 29th
Institutions and Policy-Making
3.
Mar 7th
The Single Market
Commission vs. Big Tech
4.
Mar 14th
Agriculture and Cohesion
Food Quality and Safety
5.
Mar 21st
Economic and Monetary Union
Germany in the Eurozone
~ ~ March 28th - Dean’s Day - No class ~ ~
6.
Apr 4th
AFSJ
Migration Crisis
7.
Apr 11th
Foreign Policy, Security, Defence
EU relations with superpowers
8.
Apr 18th
Trade, Development, Enlargement
EU Enlargement
9.
Apr 25th
Energy and Environment
The Green Deal
10.
May 2nd
Dem. Legitimacy and EU Citizens
Euroscepticism
11.
May 9th
European Identity
“Idea(s) of Europe”
12.
May 16th
EU and the Member States, Brexit
Blame It on Brussels
13.
May 23rd
If needed - 3 more student presentations: EU and Russia’s War on Ukraine; Citizens and the EU; EU Reform?
