Summer School on European Politics:Interests versus Culture?

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label Diverse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Maria Dumitru
The processes of European integration bring about new practices as well as concepts. The co-operation, mutual adjustment and merging of political institutions such as legal regulations or tax and fiscal policies are concomitant with the cultural processes of Europeanization - the process of cultural intertwining, if not homogenization, of European societies. The statement "Culture matters!" is very true in the context of the European policy making. This statement can be taken as an underlying idea of our summer school.

Period
29-06-2013 - 06-07-2013 (1 weeks)

Target group
Young academic professionals who are currently students of either undergraduate or graduate degrees in any relevant academic programmes.

Course aim
The first part of the program will focus on the symbolic aspects of promoting one's interests in European Union. The main topics will analyze how culture/symbols cross with interests using such examples as competing in symbolic dimension which vary from EuroVision contests or competitions to become the European capital of the year to the fights over European constitutions that foster one or the other state's position. Other example is media, where symbolic politics and economic interests are cross-cutting.

The EU media policies are protecting European media markets and time support European media producers by instruments such as EuroSport or EuroNews Channel, Nice Film Festival or MEDIA programme. All these measures are contributing to creation of a specific European media culturernrnThe second part will discuss the role of the separate EU actors in the decision making process and lobbying mechanisms deployed. The role of various negotiation and communication strategies will be addressed.

In addition the attention will be drawn to the successful communication strategies in lobbying, which apart other skills include an ability to tell convincing stories. The discussions here will be also examine how European symbolism, cultural and symbolic politics, and history influence the formulation of lobbying strategies and tactics.



Credits
0.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
EUR 680: Early bid applications until the 30 of April 2013.

EUR 750: Final deadline applications until the 15 of May 2013 who applicants who submit their applications after the 30 of April 2013.

Course leader
Anna Horolets

Scholarships
There are currently no scholarships offered by the Center for Public Policy.

Center for Public Policy (CPVP)
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Postal code: 190 11
City: Prague
Country: Czech Republic
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