HIB028b EU on the Way to the Community of Foreign Policy and Security and Defence Policy (1948-2010)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Vladimír Goněc, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Kristýna Klouzalová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Vladimír Goněc, DrSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 B2.34
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! HIB0131 EU 1948-2010
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students should acquire the ability to absorb and apply informations and interpret events and trends on the problems: Enlargement as the second key dimension in the development of European integration as opposed to the process of deepening. The question of territorial enlargement of the economic space faced with the readiness or otherwise of individual candidate countries and the consequences of their entry.
Learning outcomes
Students will understand the processes of European integration and its expansion and deepening and will be able to interpret the meaning and consequences of these processes.
Syllabus
  • Possibilities and conditions for accession, their changes and the rise in requirements. Forms and procedures in negotiations. Changes following the Single European Act, the Maastricht Treaty and the Amsterdam Treaty. The Brussels treaties from January 22nd 1972 and subsequent accession treaties. Transitional measures and the actual process of incorporation. A. Specific accession models for advanced countries: Britain as a country which was expected to play a fundamental role, but lacked the will. Britain as a “guest member” of the EU. Britain’s relationship with the EU from the economic crisis of the 1970s to the present day. The Austrian path to the EU as the model of a country which has the will and the proper background for accession. Austria and “the Six” in the 1950s and 1960s. Austrian efforts at joining the EU from 1961 to the European Economic Area. The actual process of integration. Swiss attempts at a specific model. The concept of “liberalisation without integration”, the concept of “passive integration”. Swiss neutrality and the limit to its applicability. Closer ties to the EU without joining. Switzerland “encirlcled”. Attempts at “bilateral treaties” and their unsuitability. The accession of the northern countries. B. “Southern expansion” as a model of accession by lesser developed and lesser prepared countries. C. “Eastern expansion” primarily as an expansion of a safety zone for a united Europe and for the “re-education” of postcommunist countries.
Literature
  • GONĚC, Vladimír. Od "malé Evropy" k "velké Evropě". Dějiny rozšiřování Evropských společenství/Evropské unie, 1950-2002, sv. 2 (From the "Small Europe" to the "Great Europe". A History of the Enlargement Process of the European Communities/European Union, 1950-1952, vol. 2). první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2003, 237 pp. Dějiny evropské integrace, 4. ISBN 80-210-3255-3. info
  • GONĚC, Vladimír. Od "malé Evropy" k "velké Evropě". Dějiny rozšiřování Evropských společenství/Evropské unie, 1950-2002, sv. 1 (From the "Small Europe" to the "Great Europe". A History of the Enlargement Process of the European Communities/European Union, 1950-2002, vol. 1). první. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2002, 260 pp. Dějiny evropské integrace, 3. ISBN 80-210-3016-X. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Colloquium. It is evaluated the ability to present the critical mastery of entered literature and lectures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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