Contemporary Mediterranean - JTM286

• Anglický název: Contemporary Mediterranean
• Český název: Současné Středomoří
• Zajišťuje: Katedra evropských studií (23-KZS)
• Fakulta: Fakulta sociálních věd
• Platnost: od 2021
• Semestr: letní
• E-Kredity: 6
• Způsob provedení zkoušky: letní s.:
• Rozsah, examinace: letní s.:1/1 [hodiny/týden]
• Počet míst: 14 / neurčen (16)
• Minimální obsazenost: neomezen
• Virtuální mobilita / počet míst: ne
• Stav předmětu: vyučován
• Jazyk výuky: angličtina
• Způsob výuky: prezenční
• Poznámka: předmět je možno zapsat mimo plán; povolen pro zápis po webu; při zápisu přednost, je-li ve stud. plánu
• Garant: PhDr. Martin Mejstřík; doc. PhDr. Kateřina Králová, Ph.D., M.A.
• Vyučující: PhDr. Martin Mejstřík
• Třída: Courses for incoming students
• Neslučitelnost : JMM152

Anotace

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (17.06.2019)

The aim of this course is to closelly follow the recent development of the Mediterranean region. The essence is to analyze the most important and problematic issues in the whole region, including Maghreb countries and Izrael. The course will follow a structure divided according to the specific themes such as imigration, security, Arab Spring, economic crisis, Greek-Turkish relations or populism. The aim of the course is to provide a regional perspective of these issues and to show strong connection between South European countries and their Mediterranean counterparts.

Cíl předmětu

Poslední úprava: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. (17.06.2019)

The main objective of the course is to enable the students to approach the whole Mediterranean region in its complexity and connectivity and to offer them combination of factual approach with theoretical one.

Podmínky zakončení předmětu

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Martin Mejstřík (03.02.2022)

Students will have an opportunity to actively participate in classes as well to develop their writing and presentation skills. For this reason, the assessments have been set as following: 

1)     Presentation of the chosen topic (25%)

PPT presentation of 7 slides, max. 15 minutes

2)     Essay on the presentation topic (40%)

Student will write an essay of up to 10 pages on the presented topic due to 15. 6. 2022

3)     Policy brief (25%)
Students prepare in groups of 3 or 4 a short policy brief (600 words) on the current regional issues in a chosen Mediterranean country. These briefs will be presented and discussed during the last lesson of the semester.

4)     Active participation (10%)

A minimum of 60% is needed to pass (all above-mentioned points have to be accomplished)

Metody výuky

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Martin Mejstřík (03.02.2022)

In person teaching with some classes held on-line.

Požadavky ke zkoušce

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Martin Mejstřík (03.02.2022)

There is no exam. The final assignment of the course is writing an essay on selected topic.

Sylabus

Poslední úprava: PhDr. Martin Mejstřík (07.02.2022)

 1)      Introduction (15. 2.) – Martin Mejstřík

Course description and assessment, introduction to readings and course activities, introduction to Mediterranean region

 

2)      Special Lecture by Erik Davtyan (Yerevan State University) (22. 2.)

Role of small states in the international system: the case of Malta

Reading:

Howard Wriggins. 1976. UP FOR AUCTION: MALTA BARGAINS WITH GREAT BRITAIN, 1971. ANCHOR BOOKS ANCHOR PRESS/DOUBLEDAY GARDEN CITY, New York 1976.

 

3)      Is the Mediterranean “Achilles’ heel” of Europe? (1. 3.) – Martin Mejstřík

“Refugee crisis” in Mediterranean, case of Italy

Reading:

Pietro Castelli Gattinara. 2017. The ‘refugee crisis’ in Italy as a crisis of legitimacy, Contemporary Italian Politics, 9:3, 318–331.

 

4)      Securitization of the region (8. 3.) – Martin Mejstřík

EU response to address migration and securitization narratives

Reading: 

·           Panebianco, Stefania. 2020. The EU and migration in the Mediterranean: EU borders’ control by proxy, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

·           Léonard, Sarah and Christian Kaunert. 2020. The securitisation of migration in the European Union: Frontex and its evolving security practices, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

 

5)      Italy as the heart of the Mediterranean – what is a current role of former power? (15. 3.) – Martin Mejstřík

Development of Italian foreign policy and its impact on current regional issues

Reading:

·      Paoletti, Emmanuela. 2011. „Power Relations and International Migration: The Case of Italy and Libya“. Political Studies 59, 269-289.

·      Matteo Colombo & Arturo Varvelli. 2016. The Regeni case and Italy’s Mediterranean policy: a turning point?, Contemporary Italian Politics, 8:3, 277-288.

 

6)      Are democratic regimes in danger? Threat of populism to liberal democracies (22. 3.) – Martin Mejstřík

Growing populism in the Mediterranean a case of Italy

Reading:

·      Marco Tarchi. 2015. Italy: the promised land of populism?, Contemporary Italian Politics, 7:3, 273-285.

·      Manuela Caiani. 2019. The populist parties and their electoral success: different causes behind different populisms? The case of the Five-star Movement and the League, Contemporary Italian Politics, 11:3, 236-250.

 

7)      Politics of history and Europeanization of the Balkans (29. 3.) – Kateřina Králová

Reading:

 

8)      Refugee crisis in contemporary Greece (5. 4.) – Kateřina Králová

Reading:

 

9)      Catalonia, Spanish or not? (12. 4.) – Martin Mejstřík

Interpretation of recent political development in Catalonia towards the independence

Reading:

·           Guibernau, Montserrat. 2013. “Secessionism in Catalonia: After Democracy”. Ethnopolitics 12 (4), 368-393.

·           Marti, David and Cetra, Daniel. 2016. “The 2015 Catalan election: a de facto referendum on independence?” Regional and Federal Studies 26 (1), 107-119.

 

10)  Israel and it´s role in the Mediterranean (19. 4.) – Irena Kalhousová

Current role of the State of Israel in the Mediterranean region

Reading:

 

11)  Looking towards radical right  (26. 4.)

Growing support of radical right-wing parties (Vox, Chega) in Spain and Portugal

Reading:

·        Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte, José Rama & Andrés Santana. 2020. The Baskerville's dog suddenly started barking: voting for VOX in the 2019 Spanish general elections, Political Research Exchange, 2:1.

·         Lea Heyne & Luca Manucci. 2021. A new Iberian exceptionalism? Comparing the populist radical right electorate in Portugal and Spain, Political Research Exchange, 3:1.

 

12)  Closing seminar (3. 5.) – Martin Mejstřík

 Presentation of group policy papers.

 

13)  Special Lecture by Paolo Graziano (University of Padova) (10. 5.)