Eastern Policy of the European Union

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Course ID:	4003-202-K-PWUE
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0312) Political sciences and civics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Eastern Policy of the European Union
Name in Polish:	Polityka wschodnia Unii Europejskiej
Organizational unit:	Centre for Europe
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	elective courses
Mode:	Classroom
Short description:	Main goal of course is to present the Eastern policy of the European Union: its origin, determinants and achievements, as well as specific features of this policy, main challenges, differentiation of partners and forms of cooperation.
Full description:	Relations of the European Union with Eastern Europe are of strategic importance for whole continent, due to fact that they concern cooperation both with Russia and other Eastern countries situated in Russian sphere of influence. Main actors of this policy are very different politically and economically. Eastern policy is a multilevel one, and in analyzing it one must take under considerations various cross-reacting elements. They include: - Historical, political and economical determinants of the EU's Eastern policy - Scope of Eastern policy; notion of "Eastern dimension" of the EU - Strategic partnership with Russia - Stages of Eastern policy (EU's enlargement in 2004-2007, European Neighbourhood Policy 2004, Eastern Partnership 2009) - Eastern Partnership: different partners - Assets and costs of the EU's Eastern policy. Student’s workload: classes in the hall - 15 h preparation for classes (including writing the essay) - 15 h preparing to pass - 30 h total - 60 h
Bibliography:	1. O.Barburska, D.Milczarek, Polityka wschodnia Unii Europejskiej: porażka czy sukces?, Warszawa 2014 2. O.Barburska, Blaski i cienie Partnerstwa Wschodniego Unii Europejskiej „Studia Europejskie” nr 4/2015 3. D.Milczarek, Polska jako kreator polityki wschodniej Unii Europejskiej, „Studia Europejskie” nr 4/2015 4. Eastern Partnership Revisited. Associated Countries in Focus, eds. Grzegorz Gromadzki, Bastian Sendhardt, Warsaw 2015 5.T.Stępniewski, The EU’s Eastern Partnership and the way forward after Riga, „International Issues&Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs”, No. 1-2 (vol.24)/2015 6. E.Kaca, A.Sobják, Recalibrating the Eastern Partnership: Pressure for a More Relevant Policy, „The Polish Quarterly of International Affairs” No. 4/2014 7. A.Cianciara, Partnerstwo Wschodnie 2009-2014, ISP PAN, Warszawa 2014 8. Między sąsiedztwem a integracją. Założenia, funkcjonowanie i perspektywy Partnerstwa Wschodniego Unii Europejskiej, red. Andrzej Szeptycki, Warszawa 2011 9. T.Kapuśniak, Wymiar Wschodni Europejskiej Polityki Sąsiedztwa UE. Inkluzja bez członkostwa?, Warszawa 2010 10. Europejska Polityka Sąsiedztwa Unii Europejskiej, red. M.Pietraś, K.Stachurska-Szczesiak, J.Misiągiewicz, Lublin 2012 11. I.Lyubashenko, Europejska Polityka Sąsiedztwa Unii Europejskiej wobec Europy Wschodniej, Toruń 2012 12. P.Marcinkowska, Europejska Polityka Sąsiedztwa. Unia Europejska i jej sąsiedzi – wzajemne relacje i wyzwania, Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Warszawa 2011 13. K.Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Integracja czy imitacja? - UE wobec wschodnich sąsiadów, „Prace OSW”, kwiecień 2011 14. Partnerstwo Wschodnie. Wymiary realnej demokracji, red. M.Zdanowicz, T.Dubowski, A.Piekutowska, Warszawa 2010 15. Polityka wschodnia Polski. Uwarunkowania - Koncepcje - Realizacja, red. A.Gil, T.Kapuśniak, Lublin-Warszawa 2009
Learning outcomes:	Having completed the course, students are expected: in the field of KNOWLEDGE to know: • origins of the EU's Eastern policy • basic elements of the notion of Eastern dimension of the EU • main stages of Eastern policy (since Eastward enlargement till Eastern Partnership • general knowledge on cooperation and rivalry in Eastern Europe • main factors and mechanisms determinating future shape of the EU's Eastern policy in the field of SKILLS to be able to: • explain origins of the contemporary integration processes in Eastern Europe • describe the main instruments and mechanisms of cooperation within the framework of Eastern policy • identify the differences between partners of Eastern Partnership • analyze publications and media information on the EU's Eastern policy in the field of SOCIAL COMPETENCIES to manage to: • formulate own opinions on functioning and main directions of the EU's Eastern policy • make a critical assessments of different information on undergoings in Europe • to show independence of thought in constant searching of knowledge and information on relations: European Union - Russia and European Union - countries of the Eastern Partnership
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The essay is to be evaluated.

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