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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

European Union B

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 120-0301/10
Abbreviation EU B
Course title European Union B
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator Ing. Boris Navrátil, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1.Introduction to the course - the objectives, syllabus, literature.
2.EU in overcoming the consequences of the economic crisis. Comparison with the economies of the U.S.A. and other global players.
3.Treaty on stability, coordination and governance in the economic and monetary union. The establishment of the banking and fiscal union.
4.Foreign and security cooperation EC countries. Western Union.
5.Evropean Security and Defence Policy. Defense dimension - EU-NATO cooperation.
6.Evropean Union and its enlargement to the East and Southeast Europe.
7.Neighborhood policy of the European Union. The Union for the Mediterranean. EU's Eastern Partnership.
8.EU-U.S.A. relations, EU-Russia relations.
9.Development Policy.
10.Freedom, security and justice area. The fight against terrorism.
11.cooperation of interior affairs and justice, police cooperation. The Schengen area.
12.Social policy of the European Union. Its development and current challenges with a focus on the fight against unemployment. The European Social Agenda.
13.Actual trends in the EU integration process and models of the future development of European integration.
14.Discussion on current topics.

E-learning

yes

Literature

1.CINI, M., PÉREZ-SOLÓRZANO BORRAGÁN, N. European Union Politics. Oxford: University Press. 2010. ISBN 978-0-19-9548637.
2.LELIEVELDT,H.,PRINCEN,S.:The politics of the European Union. Cambridge: University Press, 2011.
3.TEASDALE, A. The Penguin Companion to European Union. 4th ed. Penguin, 2012. ISBN 978-0141021188.

Advised literature

Kubicek, Paul. European Politics. Abingdon: Routledge, 2017, ISBN 978-1-138-67160-1 .
Baldwin, Richard, Wyplosz, Charles. The Economics of European Integration. Mc Graw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 0-077-103947 .
Bomberg, Elizabeth, Peterson, John, Stubb, Alexander: The European Union: How Does it Work? Oxford, 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-920639-1..
McCormick, John.Understanding the European Union. 4th ed. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. ISBN 978-0-230-20102-6.


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