MVZn5067 Europe in Interantional Economy

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vladan Hodulák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Oldřich Krpec, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Oldřich Krpec, 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
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HMV423 Europe in Interantional Econom
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 59 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/59, only registered: 0/59
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course introduces students to the key theoretical concepts of International Political Economy (IPE). At the end of the course the students shall understand the European economic position and its perspectives in global economy. They shall also become familiar with the approach of IPE and its analysis of the most actual problems including the European Union economy competitiveness, the position of EU in WTO trade negotiations, the agricultural trade reform or benefits of common market. At the end of the course students should be able to: understand the position of EU in global economy and explain it consequences for the economic policies and competitiveness of EU; work with the sum of information and be able to interprete them with regard to dynamic nature of global econome, to make well informed recomendations to political authority (national and supranational) concerning the isuues of EU economy / economies of member states.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to reflect professionally on the subject matter in the context of the theory of the discipline and will have a solid factual basis to formulate professional conclusions on the given issue.
Syllabus
  • 1) Europe and the Islamic world, pax mongolica, Italian cities, reconquista; The position of the European economy in the world economy at the beginning of the second millennium; the strategy of the Italian city states; 2) Estado da India, Dutch empire in Asia, Spanish America, Ming China; Portuguese Empire in Asia, Dutch Empire in Asia and their comparisons; Spanish Empire in America; 3) Anglo-Dutch wars, Anglo-French wars, British Empire in Asia, Manchu China, Baltic and Eastern trade; Netherlands as the first modern economy and confrontation with England; clash for hegemony (economic dimension) of England with France; 4) Technology, invention, factory production, transport technology, Malthusian equilibrium, idea of free trade; Technological innovation in the industrial revolution; escape from the Malthusian trap, the idea of free trade - practical application; 5) Napoleonic wars, developments in France, Germany, United States, Atlantic system, imperialism in Asia (opening up of China and Japan) and Africa; Transformation of the world economy as a result of the Napoleonic Wars; opening up of Asia (imperialism); 6) World War I, Treaty of Versailles, economic policy after the war, Great Depression, nationalism and militarization; Transformation of the world economy as a result of World War I; problems of management of the world economy that led to the Second War; 7) Reconstruction, the European miracle, decolonisation and development, European integration; General characteristics of the catch-up European development model; 8) Structural problems, oil shocks, Asian miracle, deepening European integration; Causes of the end of rapid European economic growth; European response - neoliberal reforms and deepening integration; 9) The position of the European economy in the world economy - competition from emerging markets, contribution of new member states; Assessing the performance of the European economy during the Chinese shock; 10) Europe in world trade, competitiveness of the European economy; The competitiveness of the current European economy
Literature
    required literature
  • EICHENGREEN, Barry J. The European economy since 1945 : coordinated capitalism and beyond. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007, xx, 495. ISBN 9780691138480. info
  • The European Union : economics and policies. Edited by A. M. El-Agraa. 8th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007, xxvii, 603. ISBN 9780521874434. info
  • Europe in the international economy 1500 to 2000. Edited by Derek Howard Aldcroft - Anthony Sutcliffe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 1999, xi, 289. ISBN 184376332X. info
  • LANDES, David S. The Wealth and powerty of nations : why some are so rich and some so poor. New York: W.W. Norton, 1998, xxi, 650. ISBN 0393040178. info
    not specified
  • Acemoglu, D., & Robinson, J. A. (2012). Why nations fail: the origins of power, prosperity, and poverty.
  • Tracy, J. D. (Ed.). (1990). The Rise of merchant empires: long distance trade in the Early Modern World 1350-1750. Cambridge University Press.
  • Kasahara, S. (2013). The Asian developmental state and the flying geese paradigm.
  • Curtin, Philip D. Cross-cultural trade in world history. Cambridge University Press, 1984.
  • Clark, G. (2007). A farewell to alms: a brief economic history of the world. Princeton University Press.
  • Eckes, A. E. (1999). Opening America's market: US foreign trade policy since 1776. Chapell Hill: University of North Carolina Press.
  • Tilly, C. (1990). Coercion, Capital, and European States 990-1990. London: Blackwell.
  • Bértola, L., & Ocampo, J. A. (2012). The economic development of Latin America since independence. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • KRPEC, Oldřich and Vladan HODULÁK. Evropa ve světové ekonomice - historická perspektiva (Europe in World Economy - historical perspective). 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012, 414 pp. Monografie, svazek č.48. ISBN 978-80-210-6146-0. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, study of assigned literature, discussion of topics in class.
Assessment methods
The course concludes with an exam test, which contains four broadly set questions. These questions focus on the application of complex problems that have been discussed in lectures and in the literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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