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Poslední úprava: Bc. Aneta Csikósová, DiS. (24.08.2020)
Course title: The European Union: Integration and democratization Study program: MSc Programs Public and Social Policy (VSP) (Voluntary course of MSc Programs PSP/ optional for all students, including bachelor degree (Erasmus students), Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Scope of instruction: 1/1 (lectures/seminars) Credits available: 6 credits Course number: JSM733, Fall Term 2020/2021 Time and place: Fridays, 09:30-10:50 a.m.(Lectures/Seminars): Room: JP212 The web page of the course available in Moodle: xx
Lectures and Seminars: Head of Lectures and Seminar classes: Mgr. Emilija Tudzarovska Gjorgjievska: emilija.tudjarovska@soc.cas.cz emilija.tudzarovska@fsv.cuni.cz https://www.soc.cas.cz/en/lide/emilija-tudzarovska-gjorgjievska Consultations to be booked beforehand via e-mail. Seminar class language of instruction is English.
Goals of instruction: The aim of this course is to improve the knowledge of students of the functioning of the European Union, as a Union of member states. The main perspective will be put on understanding the following concepts a) EU integration process (representative democracies, the role of the political parties, national parliaments, the rising risks of populism/technocratic populism); b) the process of democratization/key challenges. These concepts will be analysed in the context of the European Union as a polity of member states and their duties towards the citizens of the EU and the citizens of its nation-states (legitimacy, legitimation, and democratization).
Main Objectives: The course will introduce students to the functioning of the European Union and its institutions. Preparatory readings will include contributions from EU integration theories, political science/political sociology and foreign policy. This course is designed to help students acquire knowledge about the EU key challenges in internal framework (EU nation-states/member states; representative democracies; democratic backsliding) and external framework (answer to crisis in global context, i.e. financial crisis, migration crisis, Brexit, Covid-19 pandemic). After completion of this course, students should be able to: - Know about the functioning of the European Union: the key challenges of its functioning/ EU Institutions; EU decision-making and its challenges (post-financial crisis, Brexit, management during/of COVID-19 pandemic etc.) - Know about the key challenges to liberal democracy and democratization process, including backsliding in the quality of democracy; (cases of CEE countries) - Engage in critical thinking and studying about the contemporary EU affairs, i.e. engagement with contemporary scholarly discussion on the EU/global affairs. Registration prerequisites: This voluntary course is offered to students of the Masters programmes of Public and Social Policy (Veřejná a sociální politika) and and for international visiting students (e.g., Erasmus students) enrolled in Bachelor at Charles University. Conditions for passing: Students shall be admitted to the written examination for this course (in English) if they have been sufficiently graded for their performance in lectures and seminars, and if they have elaborated and submitted a final written assignment (in English) on an agreed topic. The topic shall be based on prior consultations with head of the course. Student’s performance in lectures will be evaluated as follows: Students should submit written papers/assignment on questions associated with the topics of the lectures prior taking the final written examination. Questions will be available two weeks in advance. The submission deadline for final written assignments is 10th of December. Answers should be e-mailed to the Head of Lectures/Seminars classes: Mgr. Emilija Tudzarovska Gjorgjievska (emilija.tudjarovska@soc.cas.cz). Answers to written papers/assignment (up to 3,000 characters, spaces included) will be evaluated as per the given Table 1. The final written examination will take form of a (critical review) essay (up to 5,000 characters) on a question(s) as per the given lectures.
For student’s performance in seminars consult seminar syllabus. Table 1: Points can be earned in the following ways:
Table 2: Final grading shall be based on the following formula (provided the student earns at least the minimum number of points for each particular item – consult Table 1):
N. B.: - Sources shall be credited in line with the latest version of the ISO 690 standard. No form of plagiarism is tolerated at the Charles University. Any instances of plagiarism shall be discussed by the Disciplinary Board and, eventually, the Dean. - The final written assignment shall be submitted to the mentor in a sufficient quality and approved by him/her (via e-mail or hand written) as a condition of enrolment for the written examination.
Time: Fridays: 09.30-10.50 a.m. (Lectures) and (Seminars): Fridays: 09:30-10.50 a.m. Time can be subject to change. *tbc: To be confirmed.
Basic sources in English Bickerton, C. (2012). EU Integration: from Nation States to Member States. (217 pp)/chapters Lindseth, P. (2010). Power and Legitimacy: Reconciling Europe and the Nation State, Oxford: Oxford University Press (364 pp)/selected chapters Schmidt, A. V. (2020). Europe's Crisis of Legitimacy, Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone (384 pp)/selected chapters Jones E., Menon, A., Weatherill, S., (2014). The Oxford Handbook of the European Union (924pp). selected chapters
Additional literature/chapters: Guasti, P., Mansfeldová, Z. (eds.). 2018. Democracy under stress. Changing Perspectives on Democracy, Governance and Their Measurement. Prague: Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. 186 s./selected chapters Buštíková, L. and Guasti. P. 2019. The State as a Firm: Understanding the Autocratic Roots of Technocratic Populism. East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures, 33:2, 302-330. Auer, S. (2019). Merkel's Germany and the European Union: Between Emergency and the Rule of Rules. Government and opposition. Jones, E., Kelemen, R.D., and Meunier, S. (2016).’Failing Forward? The Euro Crisis and the Incomplete Nature of European Integration.’ Comparative Political Studies, 49 (7): 1010-1034 (24pp).
Notes on reading · Students are expected to follow the media covering policy problems on an ongoing basis. · Further reading list/selection can be submitted during the course.
Internet sources European Union: http://www.europa.eu/ European Council: https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european-council_en European Commission: https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/institutions-bodies/european-commission_en European Parliament : https://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en European Parliament Think Tank : https://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en CEPS: https://www.ceps.eu/ Eurostat : https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home Eurobarometer : https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm The European Social Survey : https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/ Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI) : https://www.bti-project.org/en/meta/contact.html The Economist: https://www.economist.com EU Observer: https://euobserver.com/
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