EVS418 Relations US-Europe and EU Enlargement

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Břetislav Dančák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Lukáš Hoder (seminar tutor)
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
Tue 10:00–11:40 U42
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MVZ412 The USA and New Europe
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to analyze mutual relations between the European Union countries and the United States of America in the context of the EU enlargement process; students will be able to assess position of the new EU member states in Euro-American relations; students will have ability to account the main motivations for foreign policy of countries within Euro-American area.
Syllabus
  • I. Introduction. Course and evaluation description.
  • II. Traditions of American unilateralism – early stage.
  • III. Current American unilateralism – implications for transatlantic realtions.
  • IV. Multilateralism – the term and political practice.
  • V. Transatlantic relations in the inter-war period.
  • VI. The emergence of the solid transatlantic linkage after World War II.
  • VII. Reading week.
  • VIII. The end of the Cold War: USA, the only superpower and Europe in the process of integration. Mid-semester test.
  • IX. NATO enlargement and EU: USA-EU interests.
  • X. EU as a superpower and a global actor.
  • XI. Economic interests of the USA and EU: partnership or rivalry?
  • XII. European mass culture and the competitive American life-style.
  • XIII. Perspectives of the transatlantic relations at the beginning of 21st century.
Literature
  • FIALA, Petr. Evropský mezičas. Nové otázky evropské integrace. (European mean time. New questions of European Integration.). První vydání. Brno: Brno: Společnost pro odbornou literaturu, Barrister a Principal, 2007, 174 pp. Barrister a Principal. ISBN 80-87029-04-6. info
  • The United states and Europe : beyond the neo-conservative divide? Edited by John Baylis - Jon Roper. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2006, xvi, 236. ISBN 0415368294. info
  • Old Europe, new Europe and the transatlantic security agenda. Edited by Kerry Longhurst - Marcin Zaborowski. London: Routledge, 2005, vii, 213. ISBN 041534820X. info
  • With us or against us : studies in global anti-Americanism. Edited by Tony Judt - Denis Lacorne. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, xi, 242. ISBN 1403969515. URL info
  • Beyond paradise and power : Europe, America, and the future of a troubled partnership. Edited by Tod Lindberg. New York: Routledge, 2004, vi, 245. ISBN 0415950511. URL info
  • Wars on terrorism and Iraq : human rights, unilateralism, and U.S. foreign policy. Edited by Thomas George Weiss - Margaret E. Crahan - John Goering. New York: Routledge, 2004, xxi, 247. ISBN 0415700639. URL info
  • KAGAN, Robert. Of paradise and power :America and Europe in the new world order. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003, 103 s. ISBN 1-4000-4093-0. info
  • LUNDESTAD, Geir. The United States and Western Europe since 1945 : from "empire" by invitation to transatlantic drift. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003, xi, 331. ISBN 0199266689. URL info
  • Multilateralism and U.S. foreign policy : ambivalent engagement. Edited by Stewart Patrick - Shepard Forman. Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2002, viii, 509. ISBN 1588260186. info
  • MCDOUGALL, Walter A. Promised land, crusader state :the american encounter with the world since 1776. Boston: Mariner book, 1997, xiii, 286. ISBN 0-395-90132-4. info
Teaching methods
The teaching is based on lectures and seminars. Students should take active part in debates in seminars and classes.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an writing exam. It requires fulfilling of semester tasks. The final grade will be calculated as a composite evaluation consisting of seminar presence and activity, mid-semester test and final test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Nezapisují studenti, kteří již absolvovali kurz MVZ412.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010.
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