USESEC173 European Union

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Tvrdá, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Tvrdá, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Anna Václavíková, CSc.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course European Union follows foundation, gradual formation and phasing of EU till the nowadays form connected with so called Treaty of Lisbon. The focus is on introduction of institutions of EU, their functions and workloads. The course briefly describes legislative area (law of EU), analysis of common policies of EU, genesis and incidence of structural policy of EU with special attention to regions, regional and social policy, solving unemployment issue, and also questions of monetary policy, building monetary union as well as functioning of so called other policies. The attention is paid also to phase of active integration policy in relation to states of central and eastern Europe, process of restructuralization of EU institutions as well as issue of educational system and school institutions. The aim of the tutorial is analysis of issues, preparation of seminar papers and further discussion on given topics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to issue - integration processes in Europe
    2. Main millstones of European integration, theory of integration
    3. Conventional and institutional frame of EU
    4. EU institutions
    5. Political processes in EU, legislation forming
    6. EU policies, common policies (trade, transport and agricultural policy)
    7. Monetary EU policy (Economic and monetary union)
    8. Coordinated policies of EU (social, energetic, developmental)
    9. Regional policy of EU, structural funds
    10. External relations of EU (foreign, policy, neighbour policy, security and defence policy)
    11. EU and central and eastern Europe (expansion in 2004/2007)
    12. Perspectives of further deepening and expansion of EU, current issue of European integration
Literature
    required literature
  • FIALA, P. a PITROVÁ, M. Evropská unie. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2009. info
  • KÖNIG, P. a kol. Učebnice evropské integrace. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2007. info
  • PLECHANOVOVÁ, B. Evropská unie na počátku 21. století reformní procesy a institucionální změna. Praha, 2006. ISBN 80-246-1154-6. info
  • KÖNIG, P. A LACINA, L. Rozpočet a politik Evropské unie. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2004. info
  • ZLÝ, B. Evropská unie a integrační proces od A až do Z. Výkladový slovník. II. doplněné a aktualizované vydání. Ostrava, 2001. ISBN 80-7225-045-0. info
    recommended literature
  • Časopisy: Mezinárodní politika, Ekonom, Politická ekonomie, Euro, Sociální politika, Střední Evropa. info
  • http://presseurop.eu. URL info
  • http://www.euobserver.com. URL info
  • http://www.euractiv.cz. URL info
  • http://www.europa.eu. URL info
  • http://www.euroskop.cz. URL info
  • KANIOK, P. Předsednictví Rady EU: příběh půlstoletí. Brno: MU, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2008. info
  • FIALA, V. a kol. Teoretické a metodologické problémy evropské integrace. Olomouc: Periplum, 2007. info
  • DOČKAL, V. a kol. Česká politika v Evropské unii: evropský integrační proces a zájmy České republiky. Brno: MU, Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2006. info
  • KUČEROVÁ, I. Evropská unie: hospodářské politiky. Praha: Karolinum, 2006. info
  • HAKENBERG, W. Základy evropského práva. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2005. info
  • PITROVÁ, M. Rozšířená Evropa: předpoklady, důsledky, problémy. Brno: MU, Fakulta sociálních věd, 2004. info
  • ŠARADÍN, P. a kol. Volby do Evropského parlamentu v České republice. Olomouc: Periplum, 2004. info
  • GOLA, P. Evropská unie v otázkách a odpovědích. Praha: Nakl. Radek Veselý, 2003. info
  • Pitrová, M. Institucionální struktura Evropské unie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, Mezinárodní politol, 2000. info
  • ZLÝ, B. Evropská unie. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 1996. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
The students elaborate seminar paper on given topic in the extent of 7 pages. In tutorials, the regular active participation in discussion is required. During the semester, the students will be tested once from the knowledge of obligatory literature.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2017, Summer 2019, Summer 2020.
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