HIB0132 EU on the Way to the Community of Foreign Policy and Security and Defence Policy (1948-2010)

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Vladimír Goněc, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 C42
Prerequisites
Specialization Master of study: International Relations and European Studies.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 13 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Students should acquire the ability to absorb and apply informations and interpret events and trends on dthe imensions: The newly formed idea of a united Europe as a result of Nazi aggression and occupation. Structured programmes formed during the war. The postwar vacuum in the theme of European co-operation. The new pragmatism and its intensification towards the end of the 1940s. The breakthrough of functionalism in 1950. The European idea face to face with the process of European integration
Syllabus
  • The enforced unification of Europe by the Nazis, the Nazi ideology of a “New Europe” and its consequences. Federalism and Euro-federalism in Britain at the turn of the 1940s. The development of the European idea of co-operation and European integration in the West European resistance; trends, personalities. The Czechoslovak contribution during the Second World War (Beneš, Hodža, plans for a Czechoslovakian-Polish Federation). From the end of the war to the Schumann Declaration – continuity and discontinuity in the ideas and organistion of the resistance plans. International organisation for the unification of Europe. From federalism to sectorial organisation. The year 1950 as a culmination of events – the Schumann Declaration, the Stikker Plan, the Beyen Plan, the Pflimlin Plan, Green Pool, Transport Pool. The European idea face to face with the development of European integration. The new ordering of Franco-German relations and the European idea. The main personalities and themes connected with the expansion of European integration from the ‘50s to the ‘90s. The idea of a united Europe following the collapse of the Iron Curtain.
Literature
  • GONĚC, Vladimír. Evropská idea. Idea mírové, kooperující a sjednocující se Evropy, II., 1938-1950 (European Idea. Idea of the peacefull, cooperating and integrating Europe, II., 1938-1950). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2001, 272 pp. ISBN 80-210-2750-9. info
  • BENEŠ, Edvard. Demokracie dnes a zítra. 6. vyd. Praha: Čin, 1948, 311 s. info
  • Łastowski, K.: Od idei do integracji europejskiej. Warszawa 2003
  • Brunn, G.: Die europäische Einigung. Stuttgart 2002
  • Význační Evropané : [osobnosti, které utvářely současnou Evropu]. Edited by Martyn Bond - Julie Smith - William Wallace, Translated by Jana Pavlí. 1. čes. vyd. Praha: Evropský literární klub, 1998, 461 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
Oral exam. It is evaluated the ability to present the critical mastery of entered literature and lectures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
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