POL006 Political Science Research on European Integration

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2003
Extent and Intensity
0/0. Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Fiala, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Fiala, Ph.D., LL.M.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
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
compulsory course, for postgraduate Ph.D. students The subject for students of the doctoral study program is focusing on the key issues concerning research on the European integration in the political science. Attention is paid to both, the evolution of political science focusing on European integration, and important problem areas of the European studies, that are being resolved in the frame of the modern political theory and the empirically-analytical approach in the political science, with the special stress on the issue of legitimacy, democracy and representation of European institutional structures.
Syllabus
  • Lectures: 1. Introduction into selected problems of research on EU in political science 2. Evolution of European integration theories in political science I. (1960s and 1970s) 3. Evolution of European integration theories in political science II. (1970s and 1980s) 4. New theoretical approaches to European integration (1990s) 5. Actual questions of research on integration in political science 6. Transformation of international system 7. Transformation of conception of state 8. EU as a political system 9. Multi-level and multi-dimensional politics 10. Integration and democracy 11. Legitimacy of European institutions 12. Political representation in EU 13. European political parties and the issue of legitimacy Literature: Banchoff, T., Smith, M.P.: Legitimacy and the European Union: the contested polity. London, NewYork: Routledge 1999. Schmitt, H., Thomasen, J.: Political Representation and Legitimacy in the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1999. Bankowski, Z., Scott, A.: The European Union and this Order. Oxford: Blackwell 2000. Weale, A., Nentwich, M.: Political Theory and the European Union. Legitimacy, constitutional choice and citizenship. London, New York: Routledge 1998. Weiler, J.: The Community System: The Dual Character of Supranationalism. Yearbook of European Law I, 1981, s. 267-306. Sandholtz, W.: Choosing Union: Monetary Politics and Maastricht. International Organisation 47, 1993, s. 1-39. Moravcsik, A.: Preferences and Power in the European Community. A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach. Journal of Common Market Studies 31, 1993, s. 473-524.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004.
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