EVS153 Common Agriculture Policy

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jana Urbanovská, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Velička Zapletalová, Ph.D. (assistant)
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
Wed 13:30–15:00 U33
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 53 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/53, only registered: 0/53
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The main goal of the course is to introduce detail aspects of one of the crucial EU communitarian policies (which is Common Agricultural Policy), to the students. On successful completion of the course, students will understand not only the emergence of the CAP in the context of common market formation, but they will also be able to interpret its recent development and current issues. First part of the course will be composed of lectures and in the second part, students will learn to discuss relevant issues connected to the CAP.
Syllabus
  • 1) Development and the Reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy
  • 2) Common Agricultural Policy in the Context of the EU Enlargement
  • 3) Current Issues of the CAP – Further Development from the Perspective of the Financing and External Trade Relations
  • 4) Current Issues of the CAP in the Context of the EU CAP Commodity Structure Transformation
  • 5) The Issues and Problems of the Czech Agriculture and Country-Side and its Existence under the CAP
Literature
    required literature
  • DOČKAL, Vít, Petr FIALA, Markéta PITROVÁ and Petr KANIOK. Česká politika v Evropské unii - Evropský integrační proces a zájmy České republiky (Czech Politics in the European Union: The European Integration Process and Interests of the Czech republic). 1st ed. Brno: Mezinárodní politologický ústav, 2006, 216 pp. ISBN 80-210-4076-9. info
  • HIX, Simon. The political system of the European Union. 2nd ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005, xxii, 490. ISBN 033396182X. URL info
  • PITROVÁ, Markéta and Petr FIALA. Evropská unie (Europen union). Brno: CDK, 2003, 737 pp. mimo edice, svazek 1. ISBN 80-7325-015-2. info
    not specified
  • KÖNIG, Petr. Rozpočet a politiky Evropské unie : příležitost pro změnu. 2. aktualiz. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2009, xxxiv, 630. ISBN 9788074000119. info
Teaching methods
The basic teaching methods include lectures, class discussion and group projects. The group projects consist in presentations by couples of students of practical assignment in the form of concrete analysis of particular problems concerning the support of EU Common Agriculture Policy. An alternative method for oral presentations is represented by equivalent written analysis of particular problem concerning EU Common Agricultural Policy. The group projects serve to broaden students skills in team work and oral presentation. The composition of an written essay aims to improve the analytical skills of students.
Assessment methods
For the course completion students have to pass the final written examination and elaborate a practical assignment during the course. Written test will be composed of 10 questions with set of possible answers (one point for each question) and five short open questions (3 points each). It will be possible to receive 25 points in total for the test. Practical assignment (10 points max) might be completed either by oral presentation during the course or by equivalent written form. Successful course completion requires receiving at least 20 points together.
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 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015.
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