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Instructors: M.A. Michael Bauer
Event type:
Seminar
Org-unit: Politics, Administration & International Relations
Displayed in timetable as:
Eu Admin
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
5,0
Location:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 35
Priority scheme: Standard-Priorisierung
Course content:
The seminar provides a policy-oriented introduction to the study of decision-making, administrative practices, and political interaction of the EU’s core institutions as well as the EU member states. It will do so based on a conceptual debate on policy making as well as an analysis of case studies from internal as well as external aspect of European affairs.
Educational objective:
The learning objectives of the seminar are (1) to provide insights into policy-making and administrative practices in the European Union; (2) to enable the students to analyse political dynamics, decision-making and policy-implementation in different EU policy fields.
Further information about the exams:
The seminar focuses on reading, presentation and discussion in class. Participants are expected to attend every session and prepare all mandatory readings in advance and to participate actively in class.
Grades will be based on the following deliverables:
1) Presentation on a topic of the seminar; 25% of the grade
2) Written seminar paper (3500 words excl. title, table of contents, literature); 75 % of the grade; outline of the seminar paper has to be presented at the end of the course
Mandatory literature:
General reading
- Bulmer, S. and Lequesne, C. (2012) (eds): The Member States of the European Union, 2nd edition, Oxford: OUP
- Cini, M. and N. Pérez-Solórzano Borragán (eds) (2016): European Union Politics, 5th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Wallace, H., Pollack, M. and Young, A. (eds.) (2015): Policy-Making in the European Union, 7th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Verselius, E. et al (2011): Analyzing the European Union Policy Process, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Additional reading material will be provided before the seminars starts.
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