1. Introduction 3/10

PART I EUROPEAN PUBLIC SPHERE

2. European Public Sphere – concepts, definitions and approaches 10/10

Fossum, J.E. - Schlessinger, P. (2007) The European Union and the Public Sphere: A Communicative Space in the Making? (Introduction). In: Fossum, J.E. - Schlessinger, P. (2007)

3. EPS – relevance, emergence 17/10

Follesdal, A. and Hix, S. (2006) 'Why There Is a Democratic Deficit in the EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik', Journal of Common Market Studies 44 (3): 533–562
Greenwood, J. – Tuokko, K. (2017) 'The European Citizens' Initiative: the territorial extension of a European political public sphere?', European Politics and Society 18(2):166-181

4. Language, 24/10

Blichner, L.C. (2007) 'Political Integration in Europe and the need for a common European language' In Fossum, J.E. - Schlessinger, P. (2007)
Oleart, A., and Theuns, T. (2023) 'Democracy without Politics' in the European Commission's Response to Democratic Backsliding: From Technocratic Legalism to Democratic Pluralism. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 61: 882–899. https://doi-org.ezproxy.is.cuni.cz/10.1111/jcms.13411.

5. Media and public opinion, 31.10.

Lynggaard, K. (2021) The Roles of Images in EU Politics. Journal of Common Market Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13176
de la Porte, C. – van Dalen, A. (2016) 'Europeanization of national public spheres? Cross-national media debates about the European Union's socio-economic strategy', European Politics and Society 17(3): 279-293

NO CLASS ON 07/11

6. European identity: concept and emergence 14/11

Steiner, N. D., Berlinschi, R., Farvaque, E., Fidrmuc, J., Harms, P., Mihailov, A., Neugart, M., and Stanek, P. (2023) Rallying around the EU flag: Russia's invasion of Ukraine and attitudes toward European integration. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 61: 283–301. https://doi-org.ezproxy.is.cuni.cz/10.1111/jcms.13449.
Luhman, S. (2017) 'A Multi-Level Approach to European Identity: Does Integration Foster Identity?', Journal of Common Market Studies 55(6):1360-1379

PART II INTEREST REPRESENTATION AND LOBBYING

7. Interest Representation and Lobbying in the EU – introduction 21/11

Eising, R. (2017) 'Studying interest groups: methodological challenges and tools', European Political Science, 16(3):291-305
Bouwen, P. (2004a) 'Exchanging access goods for access: A comparative study of business lobbying in the European Union institutions' European Journal of Political Research 43:337-369

8. Lobbying the European Commission – process and institutional conditions 28/11

Boräng, F. – Naurin, D. (2015) 'Try to see it my way!' Frame congruence between lobbyists and European Commission officials' Journal of European Public Policy 22(4): 499-515
van Ballaert, B. (2017) 'The European Commission's use of consultation during policy formulation: The effects of policy characteristics', European Union Politics 18(3): 406-423

9. Lobbying the European Parliament – process and institutional conditions 5/12

Marshall, D. (2012) Do rapporteurs receive independent expert policy advice? Indirect lobbying via the European Parliament's committee secretariat, Journal of European Public Policy, 19(9):1377-1395
Walter, S., Kinski, L., & Boda, Z. (2023). Who talks to whom? Using social network models to understand debate networks in the European Parliament. European Union Politics, 24(2), 410–423. https://doi-org.ezproxy.is.cuni.cz/10.1177/14651165221137994

10. Strategies and success – business and civil society groups 12/12

readings:

Dür, A. - Bernhagen, P. – Marshall, D. (2015) 'Interest Group Success in the European Union When (and Why) Does Business Lose?' Comparative Political Studies 22(4): 570-587
DE BRUYCKER, I. and HANEGRAAFF, M. (2023), The people versus the money: What drives interest group influence in the European Union?. European Journal of Political Research. https://doi-org.ezproxy.is.cuni.cz/10.1111/1475-6765.12582

11. Regulating lobbying 19/12

readings

Bunea, A. (2017) 'Legitimacy through targeted transparency? Regulatory effectiveness and sustainability of lobbying regulation in the European Union', European Journal of Political Research 57(2):378-403
Font, N., and Pérez-Durán, I. (2023) Legislative Transparency in the European Parliament: Disclosing Legislators' Meetings with Interest Groups. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 61: 379–396. https://doi-org.ezproxy.is.cuni.cz/10.1111/jcms.13371.
Documents on the Transparency register: http://ec.europa.eu/transparencyregister/info/homePage.do?locale=en#en

PART III IMPLICATIONS FOR EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY

12. European Public Space in the Making and its implications for democratic decision-making – 02/01

de Swaan, A. (2010) 'The European Void. The democratic deficit as a cultural deficiency.' In: Koopmans, R. – Statham, P. (2010)
Statham, P. (2010) 'What Kind of Europeanized Public Politics?' In: Koopmans, R. – Statham, P. (2010)
Saurugger, S. (2011) 'Interest Groups and Democracy in the European Union', In Beyers, J. – Eising, R. – Maloney, W.A. (eds) (2011)