Terminated in academic year 2009/2010

European Union A

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	120-0400/01
Abbreviation	EU A
Course title	European Union A
Credits	4
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.

Literature

1.BALDWIN, R.; WYPLOSZ, Ch. The Economics of European Integration. 3rd. Revised edition. McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2009. ISBN- 13: 978-0077121631
2.EL-AGRAA, A.; ARDY, B. The European Union: Economics and Policies. 9th ed. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 518 p. ISBN 978-1107007963.
3.STAAB, A. The European Union Explained: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact. 2nd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011. 210 p. ISBN 978-0-253-22303-6
4.About European Union
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

Advised literature

1.EL-AGRAA, A.; ARDY, B. The European Union: Economics and Policies. 9th ed. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 518 p. ISBN 978-1107007963.
2.STAAB, A. The European Union Explained: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact. 2nd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2011. 210 p. ISBN 978-0-253-22303-6
3.JOVANOVIC, M. International economic integration: critical perspectives on
the world economy. Vol. 3: General issues. 1st edition. London: Routledge,
1998.
4.About European Union
http://europa.eu/index_en.htm

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