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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

European Union

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 120-0330/04
Abbreviation EU
Course title European Union
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of International Economic Relations
Course coordinator Ing. Radomír Kaňa, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Principles and main characteristics of the international economic integration, stages (levels) of the integration.
2. Development of integration in Europe, historical aspects.
3. European Union, evolution of the European Union, principles and purposes of integration in the EU.
4. Institutions and law, European Union institutions and other bodies, decision-making process in general.
5. Single European Market, mobility of the factors of production, competition policy.
6. EU budget – receipts and expenditures of the common budget.
7. Economic policy areas of the EU, common and coordinated policies.
8. Economic and social cohesion, regional development, social policy, environmental policy.
9. Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) – history, present, institutions, monetary policy of the ECB.
10. Common Foreign and Security policy, police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters.
11. Eastern enlargement of the European Union, political, economic and institutional problems of enlargement, Czech Republic and the EU.
12. Contemporary situation of integration in Europe, future development of the European Union - aspects of the political integration.

E-learning

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Literature

BEREND, Ivan T. The Economics and Politics of European Integration: Populism, Nationalism and the History of the EU. New York: Routledge, 2021. 288 s. ISBN 978-0-367-55842-0 .
MCCORMICK, John. Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction. London: Macmillan Education UK, 2017. 252 s. ISBN 978-1-137-60775-1.
OLSEN, Jonathan a John McCORMICK. The European Union. Politics and Policies.7th edition. New York: Routledge, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-138-34031-2 .

Advised 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.
HAZAKIS, Konstantinos. European Union Political Economy: Theory and Policy. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018. 366 s. ISBN‎ 978-1498560054.
USHERWOOD, Simon a John PINDER. The European Union: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. 152 s. ISBN 978-0-19-880885-5 .
WIENER, Antje. European Integration Theory. 3rd edition. New York: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 360 s. ISBN 978-0-19-108591-8 .


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