EVS103 EC/EU Enlargement

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeněk Sychra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Johana Galušková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alžběta Karolyiová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Mavrogiannopoulou Lapšanská (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
Tue 9:45–11:15 P52
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
EVS103/01: Tue 27. 10. to Sun 20. 12. Tue 10:30–11:15 P52, Z. Sychra
EVS103/02: Tue 27. 10. to Sun 20. 12. Tue 18:45–19:30 U36, A. Karolyiová
EVS103/03: Tue 27. 10. to Sun 20. 12. Tue 18:45–19:30 U44, V. Mavrogiannopoulou Lapšanská
EVS103/04: Tue 27. 10. to Sun 20. 12. Tue 18:45–19:30 U53, J. Galušková
Prerequisites
EVS104 European Integration
The course is meant to be a follow up course within the field of european studies. It further develops previous courses - European integration and Institutions of the EU – works with information and knowledge acquired in courses mentioned above.
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
Course objectives
The objective of this course is to analyze enlargement process and compare single rounds of the EC/EU enlargement in the context of deepening of the European integration process. Students will understand to individual phases of EC/EU enlargement: Western Enlargement (1973), first Southern Enlargement (1981), second Southern Enlargement (1986), Northern Enlargement (1995), first Eastern Enlargement (2004), second Eastern Enlargement (2007) and southeastern enlargement (2013). The intention is understand their logic, affected political factors, specifics of accessing countries, relations between candidates and EU institution, to identify strategies and instrumets of the enlargement process. Attention is primarily payed to relevant events of single enlargement rounds. Students will be able apply previous knowledges about European integraton to intergovermental agenda of accessing negotiations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the study. Principles and methods of an enlargement process.
  • 2. The Western Enlargement: Great Britain, Ireland, Denmark, (Norway).
  • 3. The Southern Enlargement: Greece.
  • 4. The Southern Enlargement: Spain, Portugal.
  • 5. Changes after 1993, the Northern Enlargement: Austria, Finland, Sweden, (Norway).
  • 6. Strategies and instruments of the Eastern Enlargement.
  • 9. The Eastern Enlargement I: the Luxembourg group.
  • 10. The Eastern Enlargement I: the Helsinki group.
  • 7. Video presentation: accession negotiations of the Eastern Enlargement.
  • 11. The Eastern Enlargement II: Bulgaria, Romania.
  • 12. Revaluation of the enlargement policy, conditionality, the Croatian enlargement.
  • 13. The EU strategy and a current situation in the enlargement process.
Literature
  • Treaty of Lisbon
  • Schimmelfenning, F., Sedelmeier, U. (2005): The Politics of EU Enlargement: Theoretical And Comparative Perspectives, in: Schimmelfenning, F., Sedelmeier, U., The Politics of the European Union Enlargement, s. 3-29.
  • European Union enlargement : a comparative history. Edited by Wolfram Kaiser - Jürgen Elvert. London: Routledge, 2004, xiii, 245. ISBN 041542965X. info
  • Fiala, Petr - Pitrová, Markéta (eds.) (2003): Rozšiřování ES/EU. Brno : Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2003, třetí vydání.
  • Sedelmeier, U. (2010): Enlargement – From Rules for Accession to a Policy Towards Europe, in: Wallace, H., Pollack, M. A., Young, A. R., Policy-Making in the European Union, Oxford, Oxford University Press, s. 401-429.
  • KUCHYŇKOVÁ, Petra and Zdeněk SYCHRA. EU jako regionální aktér: za hranice rozšiřování Unie. In Pitrová Markéta a kol. Postlisabonské procesy v Evropské unii. Vydání první. Brno: Munipress, 2014, p. 257-300. Monografie, svazek č. 59. ISBN 978-80-210-7777-5. info
  • Odborné texty dostupné elektronicky prostřednictvím IS MU.
Teaching methods
Regular reading, working-out of position papers, discussion in seminar groups, presentation of videomaterials, lectures, an essay writing.
Assessment methods
The course terminates with an exam. Exam is composed of three parts under evaluation in points – final written exam (40 points), essay (26 points), seminar preparation (24 points) and two in-term written exams (10 points). Student may acquire up to 100 points. Essay within 16 000 signs minimum is to be submitted in electronical form through the university information system. The seminar preparation includes obligatory reading of texts assigned (available in the information system) and working out a basic position for the discussion (position paper). Each position paper rates 4 points maximum. Including the own activity of each student as well. To pass the course successfully it is necessary to obtain at least 65 point altogether = 65% of points granted within the course. For the detailed information about evaluation of an exam, the organisation and the evaluation see the study materials folder in the universtiy information system.
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 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, Autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022.
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