EGOn5002 Europeanisation: EU impact on national, regional and local governance

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
doc. Vratislav Havlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Supplier department: Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(! EGO430 Europeanisation of Systems )&&(! EUP434 Europeanisation of Systems )&&! NOWANY ( EGO430 Europeanisation of Systems , EUP434 Europeanisation of Systems )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course focuses on the Europeanisation concept in the area of European studies. The course provides the students with understanding of Europeanisation processes in the spheres of polity, politics and polity. It shows in details the impact of European integration on governance in EU member states.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the students should be able to interpret the influence of the EU policy making on national states, regional and local actors, explain the reasons of these processes and analyse the behaviour of the main domestic actors in the process of European integration.
Syllabus
  • 1) Opening session – brief intro into the course 2) Introduction to governance concepts – Governance as a concept, Europeanisation and MLG, Paradiplomacy, Partnership principle, 3) Europeanisation as a concept (bottom-up and top-down, misfit, adaptation pressure, multiple veto points, mediating actors etc.) 4) Practical functioning of MLG (Regional policy case study), 5) How can we study the processes of Europeanisation? Short introduction to methodological issues 6) Europeanisation of Politics. What is the impact of EU integration on national political parties? 7) Seminar 1 – Introduction to writing of literature reviews 8) Europeanisation of Executives and Legislatives 9) Europeanisation of substate governance 10) Europeanisation of territoriality and establishment of "soft spaces" of governance 11) Seminar 2 – Presentations of literature reviews and research proposals 12) Seminar 3 – Presentations of literature reviews and research proposals
Literature
    required literature
  • HAVLÍK, Vratislav. The power of ideas : the territorial dimension of EU Cohesion Policy and its impact on EU multi-level governance. European Journal of Spatial Development. Politecnico di Torino, vol. 20, No 2, p. 1-21. ISSN 1650-9544. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7716056. 2023. article - open access info
  • HAVLÍK, Vratislav. Europeanization as the Reterritorialization of the State : Towards Conceptual Clarification. Journal of Common Market Studies. Hoboken, NJ USA: Wiley, vol. 58, No 5, p. 1288-1306. ISSN 0021-9886. doi:10.1111/jcms.13031. 2020. URL info
  • HAVLÍK, Vratislav. Competing discourses of territorial development : tensions between cities and regions as a result of the new regionalism. European Planning Studies. Abingdon: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, vol. 26, No 10, p. 1999-2014. ISSN 0965-4313. doi:10.1080/09654313.2018.1504894. 2018. článek v databázi Taylor & Francis info
  • Research design in European studies : establishing causality in Europeanization. Edited by Theofanis Exadaktylos - Claudio M. Radaelli. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. xx, 273. ISBN 9780230285316. 2012. info
    recommended literature
  • The politics of europeanization. Edited by Kevin Featherstone - Claudio M. Radaelli. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xii, 351. ISBN 0199252092. 2003. info
Teaching methods
The course consists of lectures (including class discussions) and seminars. Homework position papers (3 position papers) related to assigned readings and 1 final presentation (literature review) are part of the workload as well.
Assessment methods
The course is finished with a written test (5 open questions, 5x10 points). Part of the evaluation are 3 position papers (3x10 points), literature review (20 points).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2024, recent)
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