VISn4001 European Governance and Multilevel Politics

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2024
Rozsah
1/1/0. 8 kr. Ukončení: zk.
Vyučující
prof. PhDr. Petr Kaniok, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Velička Zapletalová, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Garance
prof. PhDr. Petr Kaniok, Ph.D.
Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Katedra mezinárodních vztahů a evropských studií – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Po 19. 2. 16:00–17:40 P52, Po 26. 2. 16:00–17:40 P52, Po 4. 3. 16:00–17:40 P52, Po 11. 3. 16:00–17:40 P52, Po 18. 3. 16:00–17:40 U32, Po 25. 3. 16:00–17:40 P52, Po 8. 4. 16:00–17:40 P52, Po 15. 4. 16:00–17:40 P52, Po 22. 4. 16:00–17:40 P52, Po 29. 4. 16:00–17:40 P52, Po 6. 5. 16:00–17:40 P52
Předpoklady
Ability to read and speak English.
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je určen pouze studentům mateřských oborů.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The aim of the course is to introduce students to the issues of governance and especially multilevel governance in the contemporary European Union. The course is composed of two parts. The first part deals with general concepts of governance, multilevel politics and multilevel governance, regionalism, and Europeanization of domestic politics. The changing nature of the state in the post-Westphalia era is discussed as well. In the second part of the course, these general concepts and notions are demonstrated in the example of the European Union. The EU will be presented as a specific political system combining features of both a traditional state and an international organization and increasingly as a polity, in which processes of traditional government are complemented by networks and processes of governance working in specific multilevel settings. The students will become familiar with all three dimensions of the EU political system – polity, politics, and policy.

At the end of the course, the student should acquire a solid command of relevant theories of governance and a comprehensive understanding of the notion of multilevel governance as a theoretical concept, and especially as a model describing the reality of contemporary European Union political processes. The student should understand the role of different political institutions of the EU as well as role of important actors operating at different levels of the EU multilayered political system. Students should possess basic skills and competences to analyze contemporary European politics.
Výstupy z učení
At the end of the course students should acquire solid command of relevant theories of Governance and comprehensive understanding of the notion of multilevel governance as a theoretical concept and especially as a model describing reality of contemporary European Union political processes. They should also understand the role of different political institutions of the EU as well as role of important actors operating at different levels of the EU multilayered political system. Student should possess basic skills and competences to analyze contemporary European politics.
Osnova
  • 1. Introductory session – The changing role and nature of the state in Europe
  • 2. Changing perspective from government to governance
  • 3. Multilevel governance – a concept
  • 4. Multilevel governance inside the state – European federalism and regionalism
  • 5. Modes of governance in contemporary EU
  • 6. Europeanization as an impact of multilevel politics
  • 7. The EU as a political system – a theoretical perspective
  • 8. The EU as a political system – how to analyze the EU (system theory, policy networks, policy arenas etc.)
  • 9. The EU as a political system – the making of EU policies
  • 10. The EU as a political system – pressure groups and political parties as vital actors of EU politics
  • 11. Democratic deficit issue
  • 12. Modes of governance in contemporary European countries (Dutch-Czech comparative seminar)
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • Christiansen, T. 2019. Governance in the European Union. In: European Union Politics. Cini, M.; Borragán Pérez-Solórzano, N. (Ed.). New York: Oxford University Press, 102 – 114.
  • Kelemen, D. R. 2017. Europe’s Other Democratic Deficit: National Authoritarianism in Europe’s Democratic Union. Government and Opposition 52:2, 211-238.
  • Reh, C. 2009. The Lisbon Treaty: De-Constitutionalizing the European Union? Journal of Common Market Studies 47:3, 625-650.
  • Pollack, M. A. 2005. Theorizing the European Union: International Organization, Domestic Polity, or Experiment in New Governance? Annual Review of Political Science 8: 358-397.
  • Börzel, T.A.; Risse, T. 2018. From the euro to the Schengen crises: European integration theories, politicization, and identity politics, Journal of European Public Policy, 25:1, 83-108.
  • Wallace, H.; Pollack, M. A., Roederer-Rynning, C. and Young, A. R. 2020. Policy-Making in the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 68-105.
  • Hooghe, L. and Marks, G. 2009. A Postfunctionalist Theory of European Integration: From Permissive Consensus to Constraining. British Journal of Political Science 39: 1, 1-23.
  • HIX, Simon a Bjørn Kåre HØYLAND. The political system of the European union. Fourth edition. London: Bloomsbury academic, 2022, xiii, 434. ISBN 9781350325470. info
  • SAURUGGER, Sabine. Theoretical approaches to European integration. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, x, 294. ISBN 9780230251434. info
  • Research agendas in EU studies : stalking the elephant. Edited by Michelle P. Egan - Neill Nugent - William E. Paterson. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, xvi, 430. ISBN 9780230555259. info
Výukové metody
The course consists of lectures combines with seminars including class discussion. Homework position papers related to assigned readings are also part of the workload. Students are divided into small groups in which they carry on their position papers during the whole term. The number of groups as well as their composition depends on the overall number of students enrolled in the course. However, the groups will be settled in the first week of the course and their composition will be fixed during the entire term. Students are responsible for distribution of the work within the group; their performance will be evaluated on the groups’ basis, not on their individual approach or contribution! Each lecture is accompanied by compulsory reading whose knowledge is necessary both for active participation in class discussion and for the written exam; moreover, students are encouraged to acquire further relevant academic articles, chapters in books etc. when preparing their position papers.
Metody hodnocení
The final written test will be composed of 4 large open questions.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
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