EVS402 Europeanisation of Political Systems

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 12 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Vratislav Havlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Magda Komínková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, 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
Wed 8:00–9:40 U42
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 course focuses on the issue of Europeanization of domestic/national political systems in the context of expansion and deepening of European integration. Besides theoretical framework and different concepts of Europeanization, the attention will be devoted to questions of changes of member countries political systems based on Europeanization processes as well. The course will deal with polity as well as politics and policies. The course will be concluded with seminal work aimed at evaluation of Czech political system.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, student will be able to employ concept of Europeanization for analysis of domestic polity, politics, and policy changes. Student will be able to evaluate mutual changes in multilevel politics of the EU and member countries as well.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction: basic concepts (globalization, internationalization, Europeanization)
  • 2) Concepts of governance
  • 3) Europeanization and Multi-level governance (MLG)
  • 4) MLG - using the example of EU Regional Policy
  • 5) Europeanization of party systems
  • 6) Europeanization of national executive and legislative institutions
  • 7) Europeanization of subnational actors
  • 8) Methodological issues in Europeanization research
  • 9) Europeanization in the Czech and Slovak Republic
  • 10) Europeanization of identities
  • 11) Writing of summaries and presentation skills in political science
  • 12) - 13) Seminars - presentation of research proposals
Literature
  • HAVLÍK, Vratislav. Competing discourses of territorial development : tensions between cities and regions as a result of the new regionalism. European Planning Studies. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018, vol. 26, No 10, p. 1999-2014. ISSN 0965-4313. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2018.1504894. článek v databázi Taylor & Francis info
  • HAVLÍK, Vlastimil and Vratislav HAVLÍK. From the Return to Europe to Easy Money : Europeanization of Party Manifestoes in the Czech Republic. Acta Politologica. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2018, vol. 10, No 1, p. 17-35. ISSN 1804-1302. článek info
  • Europeanization and european integration : from incremental to structural change. Edited by Ramona Coman - Luca Tomini - Thomas Kostera. First published. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, xvi, 185. ISBN 9781137325495. info
  • From Europeanisation to diffusion. Edited by Tanja Anita Börzel - Thomas Risse-Kappen. First published. London: Routledge, 2014, xii, 214. ISBN 9780415738729. info
  • A community of Europeans? : transnational identities and public spheres. Edited by Thomas Risse-Kappen. Ithaca [N.Y.]: Cornell University Press, 2010, xiii, 287. ISBN 9780801476488. info
  • LADRECH, Robert. Europeanization and national politics. 1st pub. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, x, 238. ISBN 9781403918758. info
  • Europeanization : new research agendas. Edited by Paolo Graziano - Maarten Vink. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, xii, 419. ISBN 9780230204317. info
  • The member states of the European Union. Edited by Simon Bulmer - Christian Lequesne. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, xviii, 399. ISBN 0199252815. URL info
Teaching methods
The course combines lectures with seminars. In the framework of seminar sessions, students are preparing research proposals which apply concept of Europeanization to various fields. In the same time, they make oral presentation of the proposals. Part of the learning process is also written position papers aimed at active mastering of assigned readings and their interpretation.
Assessment methods
The course is successfully completed by oral exam. The total evaluation includes an exam (50 points), position papers (12 points), multiple choices test (16 points), seminar task (6 points) and research proposal (16 points). It is necessary to get at least 60 points.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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