General information
Course type | AMUPIE |
Module title | European values in times of crisis: a comparison of Polish and Swiss perspectives |
Language | English |
Module lecturer | prof. UAM dr hab. Jarosław Jańczak |
Lecturer's email | jjanczak@amu.edu.pl |
Lecturer position | Associate Professor |
Faculty | Faculty of Political Science and Journalism |
Semester | 2024/2025 (winter) |
Duration | 30 |
ECTS | 6 |
USOS code | 000 |
Timetable
Module aim (aims)
- Analyzing theoretical aspects of norms and values in EUropean political, economic and social debate
- Exploring empirical aspects of European politics and policies from the normative perspective
- Investigating current challenges framed by the concept of polycrisis in Europe
- Identifying similarities and differences between Polish and Swiss approaches to European values
Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)
Background in social sciences, fluent English language
Syllabus
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 European values – conceptual approach
Week 3 European values – historical approach
Week 4 European Union as a normative power
Week 5 (Poly)crisis in EUrope – conceptual debate
Week 6 (Poly)crisis in EUrope – empirical examples and manifestations
Week 7 Normative systems in Swiss politics
Week 8 Normative systems in Polish politics
Week 9 Normative systems in Poland and Switzerland compared
Week 10 Case studies: migration
Week 11 Case studies: climate
Week 12 Case studies: neutrality and alignment
Week 13 Case studies: changing international order
Week 14 Case studies: European integration
Week 15 Conclusions
Reading list
Calligaro, O., Coman, R., Foret, F., Heinderyckx, F., Kudria, T. & Perez-Seoane, A. (2016). Values in the EU policies and discourse. A first assessment. Les Cahiers du Cevipol, 3, 5-52. https://www.cairn.info/revue--2016-3-page-5.htm.
Patel KK. Values and Norms. In: Project Europe: A History. Cambridge University Press; 2020:146-175.
Haukkala H. (2007) The Role of Norms and Values in the European Union’s Russia Policy. In: Gower J, Timmins G, eds. Russia and Europe in the Twenty-First Century: An Uneasy Partnership. Anthem Press; 2007:133-148.
Brigitte Suter, Ingrid Jerve Ramsøy, Franziska Böhm, Contributor(s): Elżbieta M. Goździak, Izabella Main, Izabela Kujawa (2020) Valuing Gender Equality: Ideas, Practices and Actors in Everyday Integration Work — Integration and the Value of Gender Equality in Germany, Hungary, Poland and Sweden. NoVaMigra Briefing Paper September.
Plamen Akaliyski, Christian Welzel & Josef Hien (2022) A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union, Journal of European Integration, 44:4, 569-590, DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2021.1956915
Elżbieta M. Goździak, and Izabella Main (2020), European norms and values and the refugee crisis Issues and challenges, Imprint Routledge
Weymans, W. (2023). A Critical History of the Use of ‘European Values’. In: Polak, R., Rohs, P. (eds) Values – Politics – Religion: The European Values Study. Philosophy and Politics - Critical Explorations, vol 26. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31364-6_3