FVP:UVSRPCP039 Economic and Social Aspects of - Course Information

UVSRPCP039 Economic and Social Aspects of the European Union

Extent and Intensity

1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Anna Václavíková, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Anna Václavíková, CSc. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Anna Václavíková, CSc.
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Krčmaříková

Prerequisites (in Czech)

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.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Environmental Monitoring (programme FPF, B1702 AplF)
• Public Administration and Social Politics (programme FVP, B6731-SPSP)

Course objectives

The aim of the Course builds on the previous course of Integration processes in Europe. Its aim is therefore to describe the emergence, the progressive formation and phasing EU until such form as we know it today - (ECSC, EEC, Euratom. Single European Act, the Schengen Agreement, so called. 4 freedoms, the Maastricht Treaty, the Amsterdam agreement in Copenhagen). The course is to shortly underpin legislative area (with EU law), analyze common EU policies, genesis and impact of EU structural policy with special reference to regional and social policy, tackling unemployment), as well as issues of monetary policy and the functioning of the so-called. Other policies, processes reconstruction of the EU institutions and the problems of the education system and educational institutions. The task of the seminar is a factual analysis of the problems, the preparation of seminar papers and presentations, followed by discussion on the topic. Study Outcomes: Professional Knowledge: Student acquire knowledge about the efforts to integrate Europe already in the distant past, the knowledge about the history and shaping of integration groupings after World War II in Europe and beyond, up to the present, including theoretical apparatus. Professional Skills: Students are able to navigate the issue of developing and shaping EC and Europe after World War II. General Qualification: With their theoretical knowledge, the students meet the prerequisites of middle management level workers and the possibility of continuation at a higher level. Competences: Students are well informed on the issue of economic and political events in Europe, and also able to give a qualified interpretation of these issues.

Syllabus

• 1. Integration processes in Europe after World War II (the war-divided Europe)
  2. The genesis of integration processes, theory, integration after World War II (terminology), the degrees of integration
  3. EU institutions and bodies and their activities, the legislative foundations of the EC/EU, the binding principle
  4. The common policy of the EC / EU - general characteristics, definition (trade, transport, agriculture) 5. Monetary policy (Economic and Monetary Union), the emergence of the Euro zone, 6. Structural policy of the EU Structural Funds
  7. Community policies of the EU - EU Social Policy
  8. Other policies (instruments) of the EU (industrial, medical, schooling - education, environmental protection, consumer protection, etc.), sectoral policies - ECSC, Euratom
  9. Free movement of workforce
  10. The Accession Treaty, current issues, Nice, Laeken, the Convention entry of 10 new members (May 2004) the EU Constitution, prospects for further enlargement of the EU
  11. EU crisis, labour markets, Lisbon Strategy, Europe 2020
  12. EU in the 21st century, road to building a political union.
  13. Summary
  

Literature

required literature
• VÁCLAVÍKOVÁ, A. Hospodářský vývoj evropských regionů (Evropská unie II.). Opava: SU, 2012. info
• VÁCLAVÍKOVÁ, A. Integrační procesy v Evropě. (Evropská unie I). Opava Slezská univerzita, 2011. URL info
• ŠLOSARČÍK, I. Politický a právní rámec evropské integrace. Praha:Wolters Kluwer, 2010. info
• FIALA, P., PITROVÁ, M. Evropská unie. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2009. ISBN 978-80-7325-180-2. info
• HAD, M., STACH, S., URBAN, L. Česká republika v Evropské unii členství, přínosy, výzvy. Praha: Linde, 2006. ISBN 80-7201-611-3. info
• BAAR, V. Vnější vztahy Evropské unie. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2006. ISBN 80-7368-142-0. info

recommended literature
• GOLA, P. Evropská unie v otázkách a odpovědích. Praha: Nakl. Radek Veselý, 2003. info
• CIHELKOVÁ, E. A KOL. Světová ekonomika, regiony a integrace. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-247-0193-6. info
• EU- Bílá kniha. Růst, konkurenceschopnost, zaměstnanost. Výzvy a cesty vpřed do 21. stol. Praha: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů, řada Evropská integrace v dokumentech. 1994. 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

Recommended participation in lectures, active participation in the seminar, submission of a specialised seminary paper in the range of 7 pages and its presentation. The term paper is a prerequisite to the exam.
Examination - written exam

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