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Lecturer(s)
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Marošková Tereza, Mgr.
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Spurná Karolína, Mgr.
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Course content
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Week 1 - Introduction Week 2 - EU and the Western Balkans. (Marošková) Week 3 - EU and Croatia. (Spurná) Week 4 - EU and Serbia. (Marošková) Week 5- Case Study: The impact of Europeization on the Party System of Croatia. (Spurná) Week 6 - Case Study: The impact of the European Union on the Serbia-Kosovo Conflict. (Marošková) Week 7 - EU and Montenegro. (Spurná) Week 8- EU and Kosovo. (Marošková) Week 9 - EU and Albania. (Spurná) Week 10 - EU and Macedonia. (Marošková) Week 11 - EU and Bosnia & Hercegovina. (Spurná)
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The objective of this course is to introduce students the current state and the potential of EU integration of the Western Balkans. This area consists of all former Yugoslav states (except Slovenia) and Albania, which will be subjects of individual lectures. The course will present the evolution of efforts of individual states to pursue EU integration, the conditionality of the EU, the most serious obstacles in the way towards the EU and future prognosis. The seminars will in detail consider some of the main aspects and obstacles that do not yet permit the accession of these states into the EU structures.
Students should be able to critically evaluate policy of the EU towards the Western Balkans region, the current state of integration and its prospects. Ability to work with academic texts. Critical analysis of the EU enlargement.
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Prerequisites
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English language (active) Following current situation in the region
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Oral exam
Seminars as well as seminar readings for each individual lecture are obligatory for all attending students. Only two absences are permitted during the semester. Each student prepares a PowerPoint presentation that is a prerequisite for obtaining a credit before the final oral exam.
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Recommended literature
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Bieber, Florian. EU Conditionality in the Western Balkans. Oxford: Routledge. 2013.
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Elbasani, Arolda (ed). European Integration and Transformation in the Western Balkans. Oxford: Routledge. 2013..
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Maldini, Pero, Davor Paukovi (eds.). Croatia and the European Union. Oxford: Routledge. 2015..
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O'Brennan, John. The EU and the Western Balkans: Stabilization and Europeanization through Enlargement (Europe and the Nation State). Oxford: Routledge. 2008..
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Rupnik, Jacques (ed). The Western Balkans and the EU: "The Hour of Europe". Chaillot Papers. 2011..
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Soeren, Keil (ed.). State - building in the Western Balkans. Oxford: Routledge. 2014..
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Stojarová, Věra, Peter Emerson. Party Politics in the Western Balkans. Oxford: Routledge. 2010..
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