Předmět Introduction to Governance and Multilevel Politics (VIS401)

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Cíl

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the issues of governance and especially multilevel governance in the contemporary European Union. The course is composed of two parts. The first part deals with general concepts of governance, multilevel politics and multilevel governance, regionalism, and Europeanization of domestic politics. The changing nature of the state in the post-Westphalia era is discussed as well. In the second part of the course, these general concepts and notions are demonstrated in the example of the European Union. The EU will be presented as a specific political system combining features of both a traditional state and an international organization and increasingly as a polity, in which processes of traditional government are complemented by networks and processes of governance working in specific multilevel settings. The students will become familiar with all three dimension of the EU political system – polity, politics, and policy.At the end of the course, the student should acquire a solid command of relevant theories of governance and a comprehensive understanding of the notion of multilevel governance as a theoretical concept, and especially as a model describing the reality of contemporary European Union political processes. The student should understand the role of different political institutions of the EU as well as role of important actors operating at different levels of the EU multilayered political system. Students should possess basic skills and competences to analyze contemporary European politics.

Osnova

1. Introductory session – The changing role and nature of the state in Europe2. Changing perspective from government to governance3. Multilevel governance – a concept4. Multilevel governance inside the state – European federalism and regionalism5. Modes of governance in contemporary EU6. Europeanization as an impact of multilevel politics7. The EU as a political system – a theoretical perspective8. The EU as a political system – how to analyze the EU (system theory, policy networks, policy arenas etc.)9. The EU as a political system – the making of EU policies10. The EU as a political system – pressure groups and political parties as vital actors of EU politics11. Democratic deficit issue12. Modes of governance in contemporary European countries (Dutch-Czech comparative seminar)

Garant

Mgr. Petra Kuchyňková, Ph.D.

Vyučující

prof. PhDr. Vít Hloušek, Ph.D.PhDr. Petr Kaniok, Ph.D.