Terminated in academic year 2020/2021
Theory of Integration Processes
| Type of study | Follow-up Master |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Code | 120-0303/02 |
| Abbreviation | TIP |
| Course title | Theory of Integration Processes |
| Credits | 4 |
| Coordinating department | Department of International Economic Relations |
| Course coordinator | Ing. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D. |
Subject syllabus
1. Basic concepts and aspects of the regional and global integration in the existing international economy. Motive forces and character of the contemporaneous integration processes.
2. Forms and stages of the international economic integration. Application of the theoretical knowledge on real integration processes in the world economy.
3. Main theoretical conceptions and trends in the theory of economic integration – selected theoretical approaches.
4. Hypothetical models of the integration – paradigm of the process of European integration.
5. Barriers to the integration processes. Anti-integration forces with economic and non-economic character in the world economy. Disintegration tendencies.
6. Specific aspects of integration processes under conditions of developing economies. Impetus of the integration, objective and subjective distortions for the effectiveness of the integration.
7. Small economies – their position in the world economy and international economic integration. Advantages and handicaps of the small economies in comparison with large ones. Small economies in the European Union.
8. Customs union theory – aspects connected to the conditions of creation the customs union.
9. Customs union – static and dynamic model. Basic premises, trade creation and trade diversion effects. Economies of scale.
10. Theory of the economic union – basic aspects. Integration effects of the capital and labour market
11. Basic theory of the monetary union. Integration in the monetary area, aspects of the optimum currency area, European Union and the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
12. Globalization of the world economy - its dynamic changes and influence on the present and the future of regional integration in the world.
2. Forms and stages of the international economic integration. Application of the theoretical knowledge on real integration processes in the world economy.
3. Main theoretical conceptions and trends in the theory of economic integration – selected theoretical approaches.
4. Hypothetical models of the integration – paradigm of the process of European integration.
5. Barriers to the integration processes. Anti-integration forces with economic and non-economic character in the world economy. Disintegration tendencies.
6. Specific aspects of integration processes under conditions of developing economies. Impetus of the integration, objective and subjective distortions for the effectiveness of the integration.
7. Small economies – their position in the world economy and international economic integration. Advantages and handicaps of the small economies in comparison with large ones. Small economies in the European Union.
8. Customs union theory – aspects connected to the conditions of creation the customs union.
9. Customs union – static and dynamic model. Basic premises, trade creation and trade diversion effects. Economies of scale.
10. Theory of the economic union – basic aspects. Integration effects of the capital and labour market
11. Basic theory of the monetary union. Integration in the monetary area, aspects of the optimum currency area, European Union and the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU).
12. Globalization of the world economy - its dynamic changes and influence on the present and the future of regional integration in the world.
E-learning
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Literature
BALDWIN, Robert a Charles WYPLOSZ. The Economics of European Integration. 6th edition. McGraw-Hill Education, 2021. 400 s. ISBN 978-1526847218 .
BRADFORD, Anu. The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 424 s. ISBN 9780190088583.
WIENER, Antje. European Integration Theory. 3rd edition. New York: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 360 s. ISBN 978-0-19-108591-8 .
BRADFORD, Anu. The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 424 s. ISBN 9780190088583.
WIENER, Antje. European Integration Theory. 3rd edition. New York: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 360 s. ISBN 978-0-19-108591-8 .
Advised literature
GILBERT, Mark. European Integration: A Political History. London: Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 358 s. ISBN 9781538106822 .
HAZAKIS, Konstantinos. European Union Political Economy: Theory and Policy. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 366 s. ISBN 978-1498560054.
MOSER, Carolyn. Accountability in EU Security and Defence: The Law and Practice of Peacebuilding. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 336 s. ISBN 978-0-19-884481-5 .
HAZAKIS, Konstantinos. European Union Political Economy: Theory and Policy. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 366 s. ISBN 978-1498560054.
MOSER, Carolyn. Accountability in EU Security and Defence: The Law and Practice of Peacebuilding. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 336 s. ISBN 978-0-19-884481-5 .