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Lecturer(s)
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Filipec Ondřej, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Topics of lectures 1. Theoretical approaches within EU institutional research I 2. Theoretical approaches within EU institutional research II 3. Institutional balance principle within EU institutional framework 4. The concept of supranationality within EU governance 5. Theory and practise of the national interests promotion in the EU 6. Democratic deficit as the framework for analysis 7. Representation of local and group interests within EU 8. The dilemma of regulation and delegation within the system of EU governance 9. Financial and economic interests within EU institutions 10. Selected issues of the Ordinary Legislative Procedure 11. External dimension of the EU institutions 12 Actual issues of the EU institutions
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
- Homework for Teaching
- 140 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The main objective of the one semester long course is to provide detailed information on the development of EU political institutions from their establishment to current times, with their structure, goals and duties and their position in the overall hierarchy of the EU. Emphasis will be given to the practical understanding of the issues, namely in the sense of the whole dynamics of the institutional framework and its concrete outputs. Students will get detailed knowledge about EU institutions, their interactions and impact on the national and sub-national level. They will be familiar with theories of the European integration and its application on actual institutional developments and issues.
Students completing the course will gain knowledge and skills necessary to understanding functioning of the EU institutional framework in both practical and theoretical way. They will be able to apply theories of the European Integration on actual developments of the European Institutions.
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Prerequisites
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Acceptance to the course is not conditioned on completing any other courses.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Mark
Successful completion of the course is conditioned on active participation in seminars (also based on prior readings and media monitoring). Students have to submit a paper dealing with contemporary institutional issue. The final requirement is to pass the final test.
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Recommended literature
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Foret, F. and Yann-Sven, R. (2017). The European Council and European Governance: The Commanding Heights of the EU. New York: Routledge.
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Hayes-Renshaw, F. and Wallace, H. (2017). The Council of Ministers. Second Edition.. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
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Hodson, D. and Peterson, J. (2017). The Institutions of the European Union. Fourth Edition.. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Chamon, M. (2016). EU Agencies: Legal and Political Limits to the Transformation of the EU Administration. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Kenealy, D. Peterson J. and Corbett, R. (2015). The European Union: How does it work? Fourh Edition.. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Nugent, N. and Rhinard, M. (2015). The European Commission. Second Edition.. London: Palgrave.
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Piattoni, S. and Schönlau, J. (2015). Shaping EU Policy from Below: EU Democracy and the Committee of the Regions. London: Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Servant Ripoll, A. (2018). The European Parliament. London: Palgrave.
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Shotton, P.A. and Nixon, P. G. (2015). Lobbying the European Union: Changing Minds, Changing Times. Surrey: Ashgate Publishing.
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