Last update: prof. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D. (08.02.2024)
The course will deal with the formation of Czech positions for the negotiations in the EU. The instruction will be based on seminars with state administration practitioners who will discuss with students their personal experience with Czech EU policy-making in their respective areas.
Last update: prof. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D. (08.02.2024)
Tématem kurzu je vytváření českých pozic pro jednání v Evropské unii. Těžiště výuky bude spočívat v seminářích s představiteli státní správy, kteří studentům přiblíží formování českých evropských politik ve svých sektorech.
Literature -
Last update: prof. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D. (04.02.2024)
Bulmer, Simon, Lequesne, Christian (eds). The Member States of the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2005, chapters 1,2,3,13.
Lorenz, Astrid, Formánková, Hana (eds). Czech Democracy in Crisis, Springer, 2020, chapters by Novotný, Weiss, and Beger.
Šlosarčík, Ivo. Europeanised policy making in the Czech Republic and its limits. In: Veselý, Arnošt, Nekola, Martin, Hejzlarová, Eva (eds). Policy Analysis in the Czech Republic. Policy Press, 2016, pp. 91-105.
Weiss, Tomáš. Promoting National Priorities in EU Foreign Policy, Routledge, 2017.
Last update: prof. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D. (08.02.2024)
Bulmer, S, Lequesne, Ch. (eds.) The Member States of the European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, kapitoly 1,2,3,13
Dočkal, V. a kol. (eds.) Česká politika v Evropské unii. Evropský integrační proces a zájmy České republiky, Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2006.
Šlosarčík, I., Právní a politický rámec EU. 5.vyd., Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2020, kapitoly 2 a 4.
Weiss, T., Promoting National Priorities in EU Foreign Policy. The Czech Republic's Foreign Policy in the EU. London: Routledge, 2017.
Weiss, T., Šlosarčík, I., Česká republika a EU. Zvykání si v nové roli, in: Rovná, L. a kol. (eds.), Evropská unie v členských státech a členské státy v Evropské unii, Praha: VIP Books, 2007, s. 287-309.
Teaching methods -
Last update: prof. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D. (04.02.2024)
Lectures, including lectures by state officials and subsequent discussion. Chatham House rules.
Last update: prof. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D. (08.02.2024)
Prednasky, vcetne prednasek akteru ze statni spravy. Pravidla Chatham House.
Requirements to the exam
Last update: prof. Mgr. Tomáš Weiss, M.A., Ph.D. (05.02.2024)
Seminar paper with the length of 3500 words (70 points). The paper should analyse the behaviour of Czechia in respect to a given file, programme or initiative and should cover all three phases of Czech participation, i.e., the formulation of Czech position, Czech behaviour during the negotiations, and the following implementation in Czechia. The paper should go beyond mere description and should attempt to explain the Czech behaviour with relation to the country's economic interests, political traditions, situation in the EU or coalition with other countries.
Deadlines:
- 19 April 2024 - propose a topic to the lecturers via email
- 14 June 2024 - submission via Moodle (the pdf file must contain student's name)
- 24 June 2024 - late submission (the paper will be accepted but 10 points will be deducted for the late submission)
Papers submitted after 24 June will not be accepted.
Submit papers via Moodle: TBA
Active participation in the seminars (30 points).
Students can miss one class without prior justification and one additional class with relevant justification (illness, serious personal reasons, attendance of extraordinary event related to the study programme). A higher number of missed classes can be the reason for failing the course, lower grade or additional course work.
According to the Dean's provision, the teacher evaluates the student's performance in the percentages assigned to grades A to F:
