| Course title | Current Issues in European Integration |
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| Course code | KPF/N023 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Master |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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I. Theory of European Integration 1) Introduction to the theory of European integration 2) Federalism 3) Neofunctionalism 4) Intergovernmentalism 5) Liberal Intergovernmentalism II. Current issues of European integration 6) Intergovernmental, Union and "Community" method of integration 7) The issue of the democratic and legitimacy deficit in the EU 8) The enlargement process and the question of "absorption capacity" of the EU 9) Changes in the method of governance in the EU as a consequence of economic crisis 10) Current call of European law and judicature of the Court of Justice of the European Union 11) The prospects of EU foreign policy
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The course will get students acquainted with the main theoretical awareness of European integration. Simultaneously, the course will be focused on linking of theoretical awareness of integration process and factual governance and functioning of international institutions. Subsequently, some of current issues related to the future of the integration process, discussed in contemporary theory, will be discussed in depth. The issue of democratic legitimacy in the context of transnational governance will be thematized, as well as theoretical concepts of postnational order.
Students will acquire the following academic knowledge: - is able to work with the basic concepts of supranational governance - is able to understand the basic principles of supranational institutions and their reflections - is able to understand the differences in the functioning of democratic institutions in different contexts - gain general knowledge of the main existing theoretical approaches to transnational integration process |
| Prerequisites |
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None.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
To obtain an exam: students will defense their written work orally and answer the question in presented topics. Written work must have a minimum of 8 pages (15,000 characters, including spaces). It has to be based on the presented topics and at least on two texts (primary and secondary foreign language text). The topic will have to be approved by an examiner in advance. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Education | Study plan (Version): Teaching Social Sciences for Secondary Schools (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Science | Study plan (Version): Teaching Social Sciences for Secondary Schools (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Political Philosophy (A14) | Category: Social sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Social Sciences (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Teaching Social Sciences for Middle School (Two-Subject Combination) (A14) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |