114-0908/01 – Political And Social Problems of the European Integration (EU-INT)
| Gurantor department | Department of Economics | Credits | 10 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Václav Jurečka, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Václav Jurečka, CSc. |
| Study level | postgraduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | | Semester | winter + summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2012/2013 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Doctoral |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The pedagogical aim of this course is students´ ability
- to perceive economic dimension of the European integration in close connection to no-economic aspects of this process (political, social, ethnic, psycho-social etc.)
- to identity the main non-economic aspects (consequences) of the economic integration
- to recognize the most important and the most topical problems in the non-economic sphere of European integration
- to combine knowledge in economics and other social sciences (and humanities) to solve topical issues of European integration
- formulate one´s own notion of solving above mentioned problems and to present it
- to discuss non-economic topics related to the economic integration of Europe in the enviroment with strongly differentiated opinions
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Summary
European integration and its political, social and socio-cultural
relationships. Political and social accelerators and decelerators of the
European integration process. Desire to be “European” and associated fears.
Problems of European identity and Europeism, problems of national
identity. “Us” and “them”. Effect of nationalism on European integration.
Theory of nationalism. Nationalism types. Xenofobia and nationalism. Europe as
a cultural space. Problem of the so called small languages.
Compulsory literature:
Gelner, E.: Encounters with Nationalism. Black well Publishers 1994.
Rodrik, D.: Has Globalization Gone Too far? Institute for
International Economics (U.S.) 1997.
Therborn, G.: European Modernity and Beyond. Sage Publications 1995.
Kurzer, P.: Markets and Moral Regulation: Cultural Change in the
European Union (Themes in European Governance). Cambridge University Press
2001.
Spohn, W. – Eder, K. (editors): Collective Memory and European
Identity: The Effects of Integration and Enlargement. Ashgate 2005.
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
no additional requirements on students
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
European economic integration and its political, social and socio-cultural context. Political and social Decelerator Accelerators and the European integration process. The desire for "Europe" and the fear of it. The problem of European identity and Europeanism. The problem of national identity. "We" and "them". The influence of nationalism on European integration. The theory of nationalism. Types of nationalism. Xenophobia and nationalism. Europe as a cultural space. The problem of so-called small languages. Europe as a social space. The social "charter". Defence, Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union. The institutional structure of the European Union. The problem of "democratic deficit" in the Union. The problem (if any) European political union. A citizens' Europe, Europe of the Regions, Europe homeland? European Federation or confederation? Specifics of international integration of small countries (nations). "Small" and "great" in the Union. The asymmetry factor.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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