EVS153 Common Argiculture Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Markéta Pitrová, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
each odd Monday 12:00–15:40 exP52
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 9 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main goal of the course is to introduce detail aspects of one of the crucial EU communitarian policies (which is Common Agricultural Policy), to the students. They should obtain knowledge and information not only about the emergence of the CAP in the context of common market formation, but also about its recent development and current issues. Second part of the course will be oriented more on the student discussion on the relevant issues connected to the CAP.
Syllabus
  • 1) Development and the Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy
  • 2) Common Agricultural Policy in the Context of the EU Enlargement
  • 3) Current Issues of the CAP – Further Development from the Perspective of the Financing and External Trade Relations
  • 4) Current Issues of the CAP in the Context of the EU CAP Commodity Structure Transformation
  • 5) The Issues and Problems of the Czech Agriculture and Country-Side and its Existence under the CAP
Literature
  • DOČKAL, Vít, Petr FIALA, Markéta PITROVÁ and Petr KANIOK. Česká politika v Evropské unii - Evropský integrační proces a zájmy České republiky (Czech Politics in the European Union: The European Integration Process and Interests of the Czech republic). 1st ed. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2006, 216 pp. ISBN 80-210-4076-9. info
  • HIX, Simon. The political system of the European Union. 2nd ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, xxii, 490. ISBN 033396182X. URL info
  • PITROVÁ, Markéta and Petr FIALA. Evropská unie (Europen union). Brno: CDK, 2003, 737 pp. mimo edice, svazek 1. ISBN 80-7325-015-2. info
Assessment methods
For the course completion students have to pass the final written examination and elaborate a practical assignment during the course. Written test will be composed of 10 questions with set of possible answers (one point for each question) and five short open questions (3 points each). It will be possible to receive 25 points in total for the test. Practical assignment (10 points max) might be completed either by oral presentation during the course or by equivalent written form. Successful course completion requires receiving at least 20 points together.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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