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Week 1: Introductory session (20. 2.)
Introduction of the course, course requirements,
assignments and grading
Introduction to EU institutions, overview of
historical development, overview of neo-institutional theories.
Assigned reading (26 pages):
Pollack, M.
(2008): The New Institutionalisms and European Integration. Constitutionalism
Web-Papers, ConWEB No. 1/2008.
Week 2: Introduction in the EU institutions (27. 2.) - no contact meeting this week!
Introduction of the course, course requirements, assignments and grading
Introduction to EU institutions, an overview of historical development, an overview of neo-institutional theories.
Assigned reading (26 pages):
Pollack, M. (2008): The New Institutionalisms and European Integration. Constitutionalism Web-Papers, ConWEB No. 1/2008.
Week 3: The European Council (5. 3.)
Roles, functions and composition of the European
Council.
Assigned reading (37 pages):
Kajnč, S. (2011):
The Council of the EU and the European Council. In: How the EU Institutions
Work and..How to Work with the EU Institutions (ed. Hardacre, A.). London: John
Harper Publishing, 47-84.
Week 4: The Council of the EU (12. 3.)
Roles, functions and composition of the EU Council.
The Presidency of the EU Council.
Assigned readings (37 pages):
Kajnč, S.
(2011): The Council of the EU and the European Council. In: How the EU
Institutions Work and..How to Work with the EU Institutions (ed. Hardacre, A.).
London: John Harper Publishing, 47-84.
Week 5: The European Commission (19. 3.)
Roles, functions and composition of the European
Commission.
Assigned readings (35 pages):
Hardacre, A.
(2011): The European Commission. In: How the EU Institutions Work and…How to
Work with the EU Institutions (ed. Hardacre, A.). London: John Harper
Publishing, 11-46.
Week 6: The European Parliament (26. 3.)
Roles, functions and composition of the European
Parliament. The European elections.
Assigned readings (40 pages):
Hardacre, A.
(2011): The European Parliament. In: How the EU Institutions Work and…How to
Work with the EU Institutions (ed. Hardacre, A.). London: John Harper
Publishing, 85-124.
Week 7: Advisory bodies (2. 4.)
Roles, functions and composition of the advisory
bodies (Committee of the Regions, European Economic and Social Committee) and
EU agencies.
Assigned readings (20 pages):
Hardacre, A. –
Andrien, N. (2011): Other EU Institutions and Bodies. In: How the EU
Institutions Work and…How to Work with the EU Institutions (ed. Hardacre, A.).
London: John Harper Publishing, 125-144.
Week 8: Supervisory power (9. 4.)
Roles, functions and composition of the advisory
bodies (European Court of Justice, European Court of Auditors).
Assigned readings (13 pages):
Costa, O. –
Brack, N. (2014): How the EU Really Works. Farnham: Ashgate, 131-144.
The Faculty Day (16. 4. - no class)
Week 9: Domestic level of EU institutions (23. 4.)
Coordination of EU policy at national level. Roles and functions of national parliaments.
Assigned readings (38 pages):
Costa, O. –
Brack, N. (2014): How the EU Really Works. Farnham: Ashgate, 156-166.
Kassim, H.
(2003): Meeting the Demands of EU Membership: The Europeanization of National
Administrative Systems. In: The Politics of Europeanization (ed. Featherstone,
K. – Radaelli, C. M.), 83-111.
Week 10: EU legislative and budgetary procedures (30. 4.)
Procedures for adoption of EU secondary law, budgetary
procedure. Types of EU legislative acts.
Assigned readings (32 pages):
Hardacre, A. –
Andrien, N. (2011): The Ordinary Legislative Procedure: New Codecision. In: How
the EU Institutions Work and…How to Work with the EU Institutions (ed.
Hardacre, A.). London: John Harper Publishing, 147-179.
Week 11: Seminar I: Problems of EU institutions (7. 5.)
The seminar focuses on the main problems of the EU political
system. Students are expected to identify key problems of the current set-up of EU
institutions and explain their choice by relevant arguments.
The student´s task is to - depart from the institution he/she has monitored during weeks 3-10 - identify one or two problems that he/she believes are worth worrying about. Name the problem(s) and explain its substance using around 1000 words. The assigned reading is just a source of inspiration.
Assigned readings
:
Costa, O. et all. (2023):
Week 12: Seminar II: EU institutional reform (14. 5.)
The seminar focuses on solutions to the EU political system´s
problems. There is no assigned reading for this seminar.
The second seminar is a follow-up to the first one, dealing with the problems of EU institutions. The student´s task is to depart from the problem(s) he/she identified in the first paper and offer a realistic solution. Briefly name the problem(s) again, put the solution(s) on the table and explain it(them) using around 1000 words again.