EVS806 EC/EU Enlargement

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeněk Sychra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Michal Vít (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.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Sat 8. 12. 10:00–11:40 exP24
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 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The main aim of the course is to analyse methodics of the process of enlargement and comparison of single waves of EC/EU enlargement, i.e. The Western enlargement (Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark), the first (Greece) and the second (Spain, Portugal) Southern enlargement, Northern enlargement (Sweden, Finland, Austria) and both Eastern enlargements. One component of the course is evaluation of the impact and the strategy shift during the Eastern enlargement of the EU. Attention is paid to relevant events of single enlargements and to their impacts on both Community and accessing countries' level.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction. Principals and methods of enlargement process
  • 2. Western enlargement: Great Britain
  • 3. Western enlargement: Ireland, Denmark, (Norway)
  • 4. Southern enlargement: Greece
  • 5. Southern enlargement: Spain, Portugal
  • 6. Changes after the year 1992, Northern enlargement: Austria
  • 7. Northern enlargement: Finland, Sweden (Norway)
  • 8. Strategies and instruments of Eastern enlargement, theories of enlargement
  • 9. Eastern enlargement I: Luxembourg group
  • 10. Eastern enlargement I: Helsinki group
  • 11. Eastern enlargement II: Romania, Bulgaria
  • 12. Candidate states and potencial candidates states, next strategy of the EU's enlargement
  • 13. Tutorial, test
Literature
  • Fiala, Petr - Pitrová, Markéta (eds.) (2003): Rozšiřování ES/EU. Brno : Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2003, třetí vydání.
  • European Union enlargement : a comparative history. Edited by Wolfram Kaiser - Jürgen Elvert. London: Routledge, 2004, xiii, 245. ISBN 041542965X. info
  • NUGENT, Neill. European Union enlargement. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, xvi, 312. ISBN 1403913536. info
  • PITROVÁ, Markéta. Pátá vlna rozšiřování EU - standardní postup, či nová metodika? (TThe fifth EU enlargement wave - standard step or new methodology?). Středoevropské politické studie. Brno, 2003, V, No 4, p. on line, 10 pp. ISSN 1212-7817. info
  • Smlouva o EU ve znění Lisabonské smlouvy
  • Studijní materiály umístěné v IS MU
Teaching methods
Regular reading, class discussion, presentation of videomaterials, mid-term testing, teacher's feedback.
Assessment methods
The course is finished by an exam. It requires fulfilling of semester tasks. The final grade will be calculated as a composite evaluation consisting of essay, mid-semester test and final test. Each part is evaluated in points. Detailed criteria and conditions can be found in the extended course programme in “Study Materials” IS MU.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015.
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