BPV_EUPP European Union Public Policy

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
podzim 2023
Rozsah
2/2/0. 6 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (přednášející)
John Frederick Wilton, B.A. (Hons), M. Soc Sc, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D.
Katedra veřejné ekonomie – Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
Kontaktní osoba: Jana Biskupová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra veřejné ekonomie – Ekonomicko-správní fakulta
Rozvrh
Pá 3. 11. 14:00–17:50 P106, Po 6. 11. 14:00–17:50 P106, Pá 10. 11. 14:00–17:50 P106, Po 13. 11. 14:00–17:50 P106, Po 20. 11. 14:00–17:50 P106, Pá 24. 11. 14:00–17:50 P106, Po 27. 11. 14:00–17:50 P106
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Předmět si smí zapsat nejvýše 30 stud.
Momentální stav registrace a zápisu: zapsáno: 12/30, pouze zareg.: 0/30, pouze zareg. s předností (mateřské obory): 0/30
Mateřské obory/plány
předmět má 6 mateřských oborů, zobrazit
Cíle předmětu
Despite definitive debates about whether the European Union (EU) can be equated with the characteristics of a fully fledged state, it is certainly beyond the dispute that the EU has acquired for itself at least the policy making attributes of a modern state across an increasingly wide range of policy sectors. As a result it has also gained a considerable degree of power in order to set policy agendas, and formulate, implement and enforce policy decisions.

After a brief introduction to the EU institutions and the EU public policy process this course will conceptualise the EU public policy process into four sections – agenda setting, policy formulation, policy decision-making and policy implementation. In examining these four parts of the policy process different models of analysis will be employed at different levels within the EU and at different stages of the policy process.

The final section of the course will examine two EU public policy areas, utilising them as case studies within the conceptual frameworks identified in the first part of the course.
Výstupy z učení
Identification and analysis of the powers and parameters of the E.U. in setting Public Policy agendas, and formulating, implementing and enforcing policy decisions; Identification and analysis of the four key parts of the E.U. Public Policy process - agenda setting (including the role of NGOs), policy formulation (including the role of NGOs), policy decision-making and policy implementation; An understanding of various models of analysis employed at different levels within the E.U. Public Policy process, as well as at different stages of that process; An understanding of the key E.U. institutions involved in the E.U. Public Policy process and the power relationships between them, as well as between them and the E.U. Member States’ governments and Parliaments/Assemblies; Practical understanding of the wide-ranging EU Public Policy process, and the institutions involved, through application within a case study of the conceptual frameworks identified in the course; An examination, analysis, and understanding of the concepts of ‘harmonisation’, ‘mutual recognition’, ‘convergence’, and ‘europeanisation’ within the E.U. Public Policy process.
Osnova
  • Structure of the course:
  • The course will be taught through a series of lectures and workshops. There will be 12 lectures and 2 workshops.
  • Lecture programme:
  • PLEASE NOTE: 80% attendance at lectures (i.e. at least 10) is a requirement to pass this course (see Course Assessment below)
  • The powerpoint presentations for each lecture will be placed on the Masaryk University Information System prior to each lecture
  • Lecture 1. The development of the European Union and the development of E.U. public policy
  • Lecture 2. The basis of, and principles underpinning, E.U. public policy: harmonisation, mutual recognition and convergence?
  • Lecture 3. Agenda-setting 1: role and purpose, E.U. political process, and the nature of agendas
  • Lecture 4. Agenda-setting 2: fragmentation and the absence of effective policy co-ordination
  • Lecture 5. Policy formulation 1: the policy communities and policy networks model
  • Lecture 6. Policy formulation 2: policy-making uncertainty, expertise and epistemic communities, multiple policy-making ‘venues’
  • Lecture 7. Policy decision-making: institutional analysis
  • Lecture 8. Policy implementation: implementation as a complex and multifaceted process, inter-organisational behaviour and implementation analysis, characterising implementation in the E.U.
  • Lecture 9. A case study of the E.U. policy process: Education policy
  • Lecture 10. A further case study of the E.U. policy process: Environmental policy
  • Lecture 11. The ‘Europeanisation’ or ‘Regionalisation’ of public policy
  • Workshop programme:
  • PLEASE NOTE:
  • a) 100% attendance at the 2 workshops is a requirement to pass this course (see Course Assessment below)
  • b) Students will be expected to have read for each workshop and participate. Indicative readings are given below for each workshop
  • Workshop 1: This will consist of student participation and discussion groups
  • Question: Is harmonisation, mutual recognition or convergence the best principle upon which European Union Public Policy should be based? Provide reasons and evidence for your preference.
  • Readings:
  • Borros, S. and Greve, B. (2004) The Open Method of Co-ordination in the European Union, special issue of Journal of European Public Policy, 11:2 (various articles of interest)
  • Jepsen, M. and Pascual, A.S. (2005) ‘The European Social Model: an exercise in deconstruction’, Journal of European Social Policy, 15(3), pp.231-245.
  • Roberts, I. and Springer, B. Social Policy in the European Union: Between Harmonisation and National Autonomy, Boulder, Lynne Reiner, 2001.
  • Room, G. (2007) ‘Challenges facing the E.U.: Scope for a coherent response’, European Societies, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp.229-244.
  • Sinn, H-W and Ochel, W (2003) ‘Social Union, convergence and migration’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 41, pp.869-96.
  • Threlfall, M. (2003) ‘European social integration: harmonization, convergence and the single social area’, Journal of European Social Policy, 13, pp.121-140.
  • Wallace, H. Wallace, W. and Pollack, M. A. Policy Making in the European Union (5th edition), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005.
  • Workshop 2: This will consist of student participation and discussion groups around discussion, and direction in respect of the assessment essay.
  • Readings:
  • Beland, D. (2009) ‘Ideas, institutions, and policy change’, Journal of European Public Policy, Vol.16, no.5, pp.701-718
  • Hix, S. The Political System of the European Union, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 2005.
  • Jepsen, M. and Pascual, A.S. (2005) ‘The European Social Model: an exercise in deconstruction’, Journal of European Social Policy, 15(3), pp.231-245.
  • Room, G. (2007) ‘Challenges facing the E.U.: Scope for a coherent response’, European Societies, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp.229-244.
  • Rosamond, B. Theories Of European Integration, Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2000.
  • Sinn, H-W and Ochel, W (2003) ‘Social Union, convergence and migration’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 41, pp.869-96.
  • Threlfall, M. (2003) ‘European social integration: harmonization, convergence and the single social area’, Journal of European Social Policy, 13, pp.121-140.
  • Wallace, H. Wallace, W. and Pollack, M. A. Policy Making in the European Union (5th edition), Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • Students are referred to a range of journal, book and internet texts. Some of the books and journals are held in the Faculty of Social Studies library.
  • European Economic and Social Committee (2018). Best practices in public policies regarding the European Social Economcy post the conomic crisis. Available at: https://www.eesc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/files/qe-04-18-002-en-n.pdf (selected sections,
  • Additional texts will be given within the lectures, and included in the power point presentations for lectures that will be placed on the University Information System prior to each lecture.

    doporučená literatura
  • Featherstone, K. and Radaelli, C. (eds.) The Politics of Europeanization, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2003. (especially the Introduction and the chapter by D. Wincott).
  • Gallie, D. (ed.) Resisting marginalisation: Unemployment experience and social policy in the EU, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004.
    neurčeno
  • Hantrais, L. Social Policy in the EU, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 2000 (second edition) or 2007 (third edition).
  • Hix, S. The Political System of the European Union, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 2005.
  • McCormick, J. Understanding the European Union (Third edition), Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2005.
Výukové metody
The course takes the form of both lectures and seminars. First lecture and seminar will take place on Monday 12 October 2015! Lectures explain basic topics. During the seminars the basic topics are discussed. They are also elaborated by students in their essays. Student develop knowledges through homeworks and its public presentation as well as active participation during seminars. In the case a student is attending an internship abroad, he/she should contact a course guarantor in order to find out about requirements for passing the course.
Metody hodnocení
a) Attendance: 80% attendance at lectures (at least 10) and 100% attendance at the 2 workshops is a requirement to pass this course.
b) Essay (maximum 2000 words/6 sides of A4 paper):
To be submitted by email to jitaly25@hotmail.com or through the Masaryk University Information System

Students will be required to submit an essay in answer to one of the questions shown below. The essay must be of a maximum of 2,000 words/6 sides of A4 paper, be typewritten, fully properly referenced, and include a full bibliography.

PLEASE NOTE: Essays that are more than 10 per cent above or below the word limit will be penalised through the deduction of marks

(i) What are the benefits and problems that arise from the processes of agenda-setting and policy implementation at the beginning and end of the European Union public policy cycle?
(ii) Can European Union public policy making be described as ‘Europeanised’ or ‘regionalised’?
(iii) Identify benefits and problems in one public policy area within the E.U. public policy process. Is harmonisation, mutual recognition or convergence the best principle upon which the E.U. should base its policy in your chosen public policy area? (PLEASE NOTE: The Common Agricultural Policy, Security and Defence Policy, and Economic policy concerning the EU budget are not public policy areas. You should check carefully that your chosen policy area constitutes ‘public policy’, as if it does not you will not receive the required grade to pass the course.)
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Informace učitele
Journals (These Journals, and the articles within them above, are also held in the FSS library)
Environmental Politics
European Union Politics
European Political Science
Journal of Common Market Studies
Journal of European Social Policy (the ‘European Briefing’ section of this journal is very useful for up-to-date EU developments)
Journal of European Public Policy
Internet
http://www.cec.org.uk
http://www.ecsa.org
http://europa.eu.int
http://ibeurope.eu.int
http://www.ieep.org.uk
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Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
The course is instructed from 10/2023 until 11/2023.
Nachází se v prerekvizitách jiných předmětů
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích podzim 2009, podzim 2010, podzim 2011, podzim 2012, podzim 2013, podzim 2014, podzim 2015, podzim 2016, podzim 2017, podzim 2018, podzim 2019, podzim 2020, podzim 2021, podzim 2022, podzim 2024.