EVSn5035 Monetary Integration Conceptions in the EU

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2019

The course is not taught in Autumn 2019

Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Zdeněk Sychra, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Kaniok, 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)
! EVS435 Monetary Integration Concept. && !NOW( EVS435 Monetary Integration Concept. )
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
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to analyse main development tendencies, factors and players of monetary integration in the EU, linked to the establishment and functioning of the Economic and Monetary Union. The emphasis is placing on present processes which have led to the step-by-step transformation of the Eurozone (EMU 2.0).
Learning outcomes
Describe the position of relevant players in developing the Economic and Monetary Union.
Interpret factors which have led to the Eurozone crisis and ways of dealing with it.
Evaluate the effects of changes in the Economic and Monetary Union on European integration process.
Propose solutions for dealing with the current problems of the further development of the Eurozone.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the study
  • 2. Monetary integration development in Europe
  • 3. Theoretical approaches to the EMU
  • 4. The system of Eurozone functioning and its arrangements
  • 5. Euro crisis and the new system of economic governance
  • 6. State of play, reforms and Eurozone 2.0 functioning
  • 7. German versus French approach to the Eurozone
  • 8. Southern wing of the Eurozone
  • 9. Member states outside the euro area
  • 10. ECB as a specific actor
  • 11. Euro crisis political implications
  • 12. Czech approach to the Eurozone and the adoption of the euro
  • 13. Strategy of completing the Economic and Monetary Union
Literature
  • Fabbrini, Sergio (2013): Intergovernmentalism and Its Limits: Assessing the European Union’s Answer to the Euro Crisis. Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 46, No. 9, s. 1003-1029.
  • Evropská komise (2015): Dokončení evropské hospodářské a měnové unie (Zpráva pěti předsedů).
  • Verdun, A. (2002) (eds.): The Euro: European integration theory and economic and monetary union. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
  • Chiti, Edoardo–Teixeira, Pedro Gustavo (2013): The Constitutional Implications of the European Responses to the Financial and Public Debt Crisis. Common Market Law Review, Vol. 50, s. 683-708.
  • Evropská komise (2017): Diskusní dokument o prohloubení hospodářské a měnové unie.
  • Eichengreen, Barry (2004): The Political Economy of European Integration. Berkeley: University of California.
  • Crum, Ben (2013): Saving the Euro at the Cost of Democracy? Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 51, No. 4, s. 614-630.
  • Dyson, Kenneth (2000): EMU as Europeanization. Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 38, No. 4., s. 645-666.
  • Sychra, Z. (2014): EMU Revisited: Proměna systému vládnutí v hospodářské a měnové unii., in: Pitrová, M. a kol., Postlisabonské procesy v Evropské unii, s.185-214.
  • Smlouva o stabilitě, koordinaci a správě vhospodářské a měnové unii (2012).
  • Dyson, Kenneth (2000): EMU as Europeanization. Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 38, No. 4., s. 645-666.
  • Epstein, Rachel A.and Rhodes, Martin (2016): The political dynamics behind Europe’s new banking union, West European Politics Vol. 39 , Iss. 3.
  • Moravcsik, Andrew (2013): Europe After Crisis. Foreign Affairs (May/Jun 2012), s. 54-68.
  • Lisabonská smlouva : konsolidované znění Smlouvy o Evropské unii a Smlouvy o fungování Evropské unie. Edited by Jana Francová. 2., přeprac. a dopl. vyd. [Praha]: Úřad vlády České republiky, Odbor informování o evropských záležitostech, 2009, 539 s. ISBN 9788074400179. info
Teaching methods
Group work, presentations, class discussion, readings, homework (opinion essay).
Assessment methods
The course is finished by the exam. The single parts of it are: an active participation in discussions, to give a presentation (group project), submitting an opinion essay and passing an oral examination. For details see the study materials in the MU information system.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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