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The Discussion about the Future of Europe, the Convention, the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), the Constitution for Europe, Ratification Processes and the Reflection, Reform Treaty, Lisbon Treaty and after.
Constitutionalization and Federalization of Europe. Students will be divided into groups representing different member states of the EU and will follow the topics connected with the discussion about the constitutionalization of Europe [finalité]. The main focus is given to the relationship between the member states and the EU as such in the process of Europeanization and creation of European politics. Poslední úprava: Váška Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (17.02.2013)
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Required readings: Ed.by Paul Heywood, Erik Jones and Martin Rhodes, Developments in West European Politics, 2, Palgrave 2002 Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne, The Member States of the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2013 John Peterson and Michael Shackleton, The Institutions of the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2002 http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=10769
Daily press and governmental and parliamentarian web pages Etc. materials recommended by the lecturer Poslední úprava: Váška Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (17.02.2014)
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(6 pp. with footnotes and the list of materials used) 1/3 The paper will examine the position of the selected member state (!) towards a vision of the EU Poslední úprava: Váška Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (17.02.2014)
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The EU and the Member States after 2000 MA course JMM 531
Prof. PhDr. Lenka A. Rovná, CS.c Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam
Office: Charles University Prague, Ovocný trh 5, Praha 1, room 307 Office Hours: Wednesday 9:00 - 10:15
The Discussion about the Future of Europe, the Convention, the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), the Constitution for Europe, Ratification Processes and the Reflection, Reform Treaty, Lisbon Treaty and further Constitutionalization and Federalization of Europe
Students will be divided into groups representing different member states of the EU and will follow the topics connected with the discussion about the constitutionalization of Europe [finalité] from the point of view of different actors in their selected state. The main focus is given to the relationship between the member states and the EU as such in the process of Europeanization and creation of European politics.
Feb 18 Introduction
February 25 Do the member states matter? The role of member states in the EU The European Union and its member states, in:Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne , The Member States of the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 1-15 Politics in the European Union from the member state point of view, in: Gabriel A.Almond, Russel J.Dalton, G.Bingham Powell, Jr., Kaare Strom, European Politics Today, Pearson Longman, New York, 3rd edition, 2006, pp.457 - 509
March 4 How the EU works? http://ec.europa.eu/publications/booklets/eu_glance/68/en.pdf
March 11 Home Work - no class!!! Europe United in historical perspective David M.McCourt, International Relations and the Post-War World: Notes Toward a Reflexive History of the European Project
March 18 Europeanization and Multilevel governance, case studies of individual member states From Government to governance, in: Edited by Paul Heywood, Erik Jones and Martin Rhodes, Developments in West European Politics 2, Palgrave, Basingstoke, 2002, pp. 151 - 183 Etc.http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/standinggroups/yen/paper_archive/2nd_yen_rm_papers/vink2002.pdf
March 25 The discussion about the future of Europe, the establishment of the Convention Speech by Joschka Fischer etc.
April 1 Different attitudes of MSs to the Convention, Working methods of the Convention, The Presidium versus the members of the Convention PAUL MAGNETTE and KALYPSO NICOLAÏDIS, The European Convention: Bargaining in the shadow of Rhetoric, West European Politics, April 2004 http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0041/magnettenicolaidis.pdf
April 8 European identity and values, Turkey as a new member state of the EU? A Constitution for Europe, Preambule http://europa.eu/scadplus/constitution/index_en.htm The Treaty of Lisbon http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/full_text/index_en.htm
April 15 Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Joachim Jens Hesse, Freie Universität Berlin Towards a Workable EU
April 22 Ratification process, Referenda, Reflection period http://europa.eu/institutional_reform/chronology/index_en.htm Lisbon Treaty and its ratification http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1015501.shtml
April 29 Graham Avery, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, European Policy Centre, Brussels Enlargement of the European Union - Lessons of the Past and Prospects for the Future
May 6 The EU after Lisbon, New Challenges for Europe, Economic crisis Krugman, Paul (2012) "European Crisis Realities" http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/25/european-crisis-realities Krugman Paul (2012), Austerity is so Wrong!, May 6, 2012 http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/05/06/paul-krugman-austerity-is-so-wrong.print.html
May 13 Europe - a federation? Europe - a vision? Comparison of different approaches towards the federation, forms of federation Are there still any visions? Poslední úprava: Váška Jan, Mgr., Ph.D. (17.02.2014)
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