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Instructors: Associate Professor Dr. Alexander Bürgin
Event type:
Seminar
Org-unit: Politics, Administration & International Relations
Displayed in timetable as:
Politik der EU
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Note: In your exam regulations, differing credits may have been specified.
Location:
Campus der Zeppelin Universität
Language of instruction:
Englisch
Min. | Max. participants:
10 | 36
Priority scheme: Standard-Priorisierung
Course content:
This course serves as a foundational seminar by providing a basic overview on the polity, politics, and policies of the EU. We will examine the history of European integration, discuss EU institutions and decision-making processes, and analyse the major EU policy fields.
Textbook
Simon Bulmer, Owen Parker, Ian Bache, Stephen George, and Charlotte Burns (2020) Politics in the European Union, Oxford University Press (fifth edition)
Course Structure
Part 1 History of EU Integration
1. Introduction/European Integration Theories (chapter 1, 2)
2. History of EU I (ch. 5 – 8)
3. History of EU II (ch. 9 – 11)
Part 2 Institutions
4. European Commission and Court of Justice, (ch. 13, 16)
5. Council (ch. 14)
6. European Parliament (ch. 15)
Part 3 Policies
7. Single Market, EMU (ch. 19, 20)
8. Agriculture and Cohesion Policy (ch. 21)
9. Environment and Climate Policy (ch. 22) – 18.11.
10. Trade Policy/Common Foreign and Security Policy/Enlargement Policy (ch 24, 25, 26)
11. Exam and review of semester
Educational objective:
The students who succeeded in this course, will be able to
• to describe the different integration steps and enlargements
• to explain the functioning of the institutional architecture of the EU.
• to identify the developments of EU institutions in a historical perspective.
• to discuss the basic features, achievements and challenges of selected EU policies
Further information about the exams:
Proposal for Teaching Agreement
Presentation (30%). You will prepare a power point presentation on a news which is related to the topic of the week (starting from session 4). In the presentation you have to explain your selection of the topic, summarize the main arguments of the selected article(s) and comment on them. You have to upload your presentation slides and short summary of around 5 pages on Ilias eight days before your presentation is scheduled. In addition, you have to be ready to present in class (around 5 minutes).
Exam (70%). There will be an exam in the last session of our course (60 minutes).
Mandatory literature:
Textbook
Simon Bulmer, Owen Parker, Ian Bache, Stephen George, and Charlotte Burns (2020) Politics in the European Union, Oxford University Press (fifth edition)
I recommend to buy the book or ebook in advance. Alternatively, you find it also at ZU library.
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