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- Lectures will be held Thursdays 08:00 - 9:20 at Jinonice campus, room B 316
- course readings/assignments are available on Moodle - consultation hours: Thursdays after class in room C 514 This course is designed for students of political science, international relations and humanities who want to gain deeper knowledge of the European Union and its integration processes. It will offer students a comprehensive overview of European integration history, European Union institutions, policies, personalities, treaties and key historical decisions which continue to shape present day policy-making environment. Throughout the semester, step by step, we will learn about the post-WWII context in which European integration took root, the early European Communities and the reasons behind their inception, enlargement and transformation; we will cover the early years of integration as well as the crises the Communities faced when great political personalities such as Charles de Gaulle or Margaret Thatcher clashed with ideas of supranational governance. We will cover the transformation of economic communities into a political and even a normative union in the post-Cold War era and debate the challenges that await the European Union in the wake of the financial crisis and Brexit today. Since this course is predominantly knowledge-based, lectures will be the preferred format. This of course does not exclude student participation throughout the course, whether in form of in-class discussion or home work with period documents and discussion of their relevance. Poslední úprava: Lenčéš Chalániová Daniela, Mgr. Bc., Ph.D. (02.10.2023)
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Student Learning Outcomes Upon completion of this course, the students should have a strong foundation for future studies of European Union policies. The students should be able to:
All in all, the students should pass the course with a solid knowledge of the fundamental principles and processes of European Union integration, decision-making and integration policy areas. Poslední úprava: Lenčéš Chalániová Daniela, Mgr. Bc., Ph.D. (02.10.2023)
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European Union, European Integration, History of European Integration, Modern European History, European Communities, Rome Treaties, Single European Act, Maastricht Treaty, Amsterdam Treaty, Nice Treaty, European Constitution, Lisbon Treaty, EU Enlargements, European Financial Crisis, European Refugee Crisis, Brexit Poslední úprava: Lenčéš Chalániová Daniela, Mgr. Bc., Ph.D. (03.10.2022)
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Poslední úprava: Lenčéš Chalániová Daniela, Mgr. Bc., Ph.D. (02.10.2023)
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All required reading materials are made available for download on Moodle. The core textbooks for the course are:
You are welcome to seek out other additional materials on European integration such as:
EU News sites:
EU knowledge:
Poslední úprava: Lenčéš Chalániová Daniela, Mgr. Bc., Ph.D. (02.10.2023)
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Since the objective of this course is to provide basic but complex knowledge of what is the European Union, how it came to be, how it works and why, emphasis will be placed on lectures complemented by discussions of period sources, and homework "quick questions" to repeat the main points covered during class. The course will be concluded with a test of EU knowledge. Poslední úprava: Lenčéš Chalániová Daniela, Mgr. Bc., Ph.D. (02.10.2023)
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Poslední úprava: Lenčéš Chalániová Daniela, Mgr. Bc., Ph.D. (02.10.2023)
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