EVSBPIPM International Integration Processes

School of Business Administration in Karvina
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová
Departament of Economics and Public Administration – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Dr. Ing. Ingrid Majerová
Timetable
Mon 10:35–12:10 A111
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
EVSBPIPM/01: Mon 12:15–13:00 A111, I. Majerová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA ( OPF ) && TYP_STUDIA ( B ) && FORMA ( P )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 6/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course creates basic knowledge prerequisites for understanding the nature of contemporary integration processes and the degrees of their development in the world economy, respectively on individual continents. It introduces students to the motives and theoretical models of integration, as well as to globalization and regional integration processes. Last but not least, it deals with integration tendencies in the history of the Czech state.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will be familiar with the development of integrations in all parts of the world and identify their basic differences. She/he will be able to identify the most important integration trends in the world, including specific integration groupings.
Syllabus
  • 1. The concept of integration, theoretical models of integration processes and degrees of economic integration
    2. Globalization and regionalization in integration processes
    3. Integration processes in Central and Eastern Europe
    4. Integration processes in Western Europe
    5. Integration processes on the American continent
    6. Integration processes on the African continent
    7. Arab integration processes and pan-African integration
    8. Integration processes in Asia and the Pacific
Literature
    required literature
  • MAJEROVÁ, I. Mezinárodní integrační procesy. Karviná: SU OPF, 2014. info
    recommended literature
  • MUKHERJEE, D., 2019. Economic Integration in Asia: Key Prospects and Challenges with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1138480957
  • SANNWALD, R., STOHLER, J., 2015. Economic Integration. Princeston: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691625591
  • BALASSA, B., 1961. The Theory of Economic Integration. Homewood, Ill.: Richard D. Irwin.
  • TINBERGEN, J., 1965. International Economic Integration. 2nd Ed. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0444405739.
Teaching methods
lectures, presentation of current topics, discussion
Assessment methods
participation in seminars min. 60% (10% rating), presentation (30% rating), combined exam (60% rating)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2023.
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