EVSb2096 Britain and the European Union

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Monika Brusenbauch Meislová, 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
Thu 10:00–11:40 U23
Prerequisites
! EVS196 UK and EU && !NOW( EVS196 UK and EU )
None
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 10/30, only registered: 0/30
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with a general overview of the basic themes and issues in the relations between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU). Having placed it in the appropriate historical context, the module helps students understand the United Kingdom’s uneasy engagement and entanglement with the European Union. It also sets out the key fundamentals for understanding the issues, events and development, both short-term and long-term, that led to the 2016 in/out referendum (and its result).
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to:
- identify and summarize key features and milestones in the UK-EU relations;
- describe the factors that contributed to British voters’ decision of 2016 to leave the European Union;
- identify and describe current trends in negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU
- to put British attitudes towards the European integration process into a wider context of British foreign policy-making
Syllabus
  • British approach to the beginnings of the European integration and the accession process to the EC
  • Referendum on the EC membership in 1975
  • British EU policy under Margaret Thatcher and John Major
  • British EU policy under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown
  • British EU policy under David Cameron
  • Eurosceptic Mobilization of the Conservative Party
  • In/Out Referendum in 2016
  • Brexit: negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU
  • Brexit implications on UK-Czech relations
  • The UK as a awkward partner? Final evaluation of UK-EU relations
Literature
    required literature
  • Goodwin, Matthew and Milazzo, Caitlin (2017) Taking back control? Investigating the role of immigration in the 2016 vote for Brexit. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 450–464.
  • Spiering, Menno (2015) A Cultural History of British Euroscepticism. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Tournier-Sol, Karine (2015) The UKIP Challenge. In: Tournier-Sol, Karine – Gifford, Chris (eds.) The UK Challenge to Europeanization. The Persistence of British Euroscepticism. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 134-147.
  • McGowan, Lee (2018) Preparing for Brexit: Actors, Negotiations and Consequences. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Smith, Julie (2018). Gambling on Europe: David Cameron and the 2016 referendum. British Politics, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1–16.
  • Glencross, Andrew (2016) Why the UK Voted for Brexit. David Cameron’s Great Miscalculation. Basingstoke: Palgrace Macmillan
  • Kathryn Simpson and Nick Startin. 2023. Tabloid Tales: How the British Tabloid Press Shaped the Brexit Vote. Journal of Common Market Studies, 61(2): 302-32.
  • Mullen, Tom (2019) Brexit and the territorial governance of the United Kingdom. Contemporary Social Science, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 276-293.
  • Smith, Julie (2016). David Cameron’s EU renegotiation and referendum pledge: A case of déjà vu? British Politics, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 324-346
  • Todd, John (2016) The UK’s Relationship with Europe: Struggling over Sovereignty. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Martill, Benjamin a Staiger, Uta (eds) Brexit and Beyond: Rethinking the Futures of Europe. London: UCL Press.
  • Brusenbauch Meislová, Monika. 2023. In Quest for Discursive Legitimation of Ongoing Policy Processes: Constructing Brexit as a Success Story. Journal of Common Market Studies 61(3), 815-833.
  • Brusenbauch Meislová, Monika (2018) All things to all people? Discursive patterns on UK–EU relationship in David Cameron’s speeches. British Politics (online first; published online 23 April 2018).
  • Bailey, David and Budd, Leslie (2019) Brexit and beyond: a Pandora’s Box? Contemporary Social Science, Vol. 14, No. 2, p. 157-173.
  • Allen, N. (2018). “Brexit means Brexit”: Theresa May and post-referendum British politics. British Politics, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 105–120
  • Brusenbauch Meislová, Monika (2018) Issue capture a požadavek na uspořádání referenda o setrvání VB v EU v kontextu euroskeptické mobilizace Konzervativní strany. Acta Politologica, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 36–56.
  • Tonge, Jonathan (2016) The Impact of Withdrawal from the European Union upon Northern Ireland. Political Quarterly. Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 338-342.
  • GEDDES, Andrew. The European union and british politics. 1st pub. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2004, xv, 252 s. ISBN 0-333-98121-9. info
Teaching methods
The course combines lectures and seminars, with the seminars thematically related to the lectures. Apart from traditional teaching methods, also various activating teaching methods (such as, for instance, discussions, heuristic or situational methods and didactic games) will be regularly included.
Assessment methods
Requirements for successful completion of the course:
- a presentation given either individually, or in groups (depending on the number of students in the course)
- up-to-date overviews of the current developments in the UK-EU relations
- participation in seminars
- active participation in seminar discussions
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
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