EGO430 Europeanisation: EU impact on national, regional and local governance

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Vratislav Havlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Vratislav Havlík, 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
Timetable
Thu 10:00–11:40 AVC
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! EUP434 Europeanisation of governance && !NOW( EUP434 Europeanisation of governance )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is focused 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, explain the reasons of these processes and analyze the national systems´actors bahaviour.
Syllabus
  • 1) Opening session – brief intro into the course, Lecture 1 (October 8) 2) Introduction to governance concepts – Governance as a concept, Europeanisation and MLG, Paradiplomacy, Partnership principle, Lecture 2 (October 15) 3) Europeanisation as a concept (bottom-up and top-down, misfit, adaptational pressure, multiple veto points, mediating actors etc.), Lecture 3 (October 22) 4) Practical functioning of MLG (Regional policy case study), Lecture 8, (October 29) 5) HOW can we study the processes of Europeanisation? Short introduction to methodological issues, Lecture 5 (November 5) 6) Europeanisation of Politics (Parties and interest groups), Lecture 6 (November 12) 7) Seminar 1 – Introduction to writing of literature reviews (November 19) 8) Europeanisation of Executives and Legislatives, Lecture 7 (November 26) 9) Europeanisation of substate actors, Lecture 8 (December 3) 10) Europeanisation of territoriality and establishment of "soft spaces" of European integration (December 10), Lecture 9 11) Outlook for next Europeanisation processes – discussion (December 17) 12) Seminar 2 – Presentations of literature reviews and research proposals (January 7) 13) Seminar 3 – Presentations of literature reviews and research proposals + evaluation of the course (January 14)
Literature
    required literature
  • Havlík, Vratislav. Europeanization as the Reterritorialization of the State: Towards Conceptual Clarification. Journal of Common Market Studies, University Association for Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2020.
  • 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, 2018, roč. 26, č. 10, s. 1999-2014.
  • Research design in European studies : establishing causality in Europeanization. Edited by Theofanis Exadaktylos - Claudio M. Radaelli. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, xx, 273. ISBN 9780230285316. info
    not specified
  • KASSIM, H. and FEATHERSTONE, K. - RADAELLI, C. M. The Europeanization of Member State Institutions. In The Member States of the European Union. Oxford: OUP, 2005, p. 285-316. info
  • The politics of europeanization. Edited by Kevin Featherstone - Claudio M. Radaelli. 1st pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, xii, 351. ISBN 0199252092. 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
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2019.
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