UZHIA218 European Federalism in the Forties and Fifties

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Vladimír Goněc, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 B21
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Specializace magisterského studia: Mezinárodní vztahy a evropská studia
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course looks at the history of European integration, historical experiences and the legal-theoretical issues facing a supranationally organised Europe, as well as the prinicple of subsidiarity for the stated period.
Syllabus
  • The journey from the resistance programme after the Second World War to the establishment of the Common Market. Plan for a Franco-British union in 1940. Plans for European integration amongst the French and Italian resistance. Churchill’s speech in Zurich in September 1946. Federalist trends in Western Europe in the first five years after the war. The founding and blocking of the Council of Europe. The creation and operation of the European Coal and Steel Community.Federalism and functionalism.The attempt at a European defence community and its Eurofederalist dimension. The Messina Conference. The treaty structure for the European Economic Community. The establishment of the European Free Trade Association. The phenomenon of a Europeanist culture. Integration trends in Northern Europe. The Brussels Pact and West European Union. The first phase in the operation of the European Economic Community. The diplomatic background to the first years of the EEC (the conflict with de Gaulle’s messianic vision for France. The efforts of the Federal Republic of Germany in the intensification of the integration process. The completion of Franco-German settlement and postwar reconcilliation. The Luxembourg Compromise. The other superpowers and the EEC.) “Europe for Europeans!”
Literature
  • Gerbet, P.: Budování Evropy. Praha: Karolinum 2004 ISBN 80-246-0111-7
Teaching methods
homeworks on project, its presentation; class discussion over the projects of colleagues
Assessment methods
final project; credit
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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