The European Union in Times of Crises: Introduction to European Policy-Analysis

6 ECTS

Vorlesung/Übung: GM2: Politik der europäischen Integration Mi, 11 - 13 Uhr Ort: GD 203, Veranstaltungsbeginn: 10.04.2019

This seminar is an introduction to the study of the European Union seen through its polity, policies and politics, as well as through the crises that this political entity has faced. It first looks at polity in a theoretical, historical and interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on theoretical, legal and institutional aspects of the development of the European Communities / European Union (EU) and its successive enlargements. It discusses the issues of EU aims and values, legitimacy, as well as EU exit possibilities (cf. Brexit). It then presents several EU internal and external policies and focuses on the crises some of them have gone through like in the fields of Economy and Finance, Social cohesion, Agriculture, Migration and Foreign Policy (e.g. Ukraine), and the role some EU member states have played or still play in managing them. It finally highlights the role various European, national, societal and also international actors play in the implementation of EU policies, in critical discussions on the EU (cf. Euroscepticism), as well as in elaborating possible solutions for the further developments of the EU in times of crises. One session will take place in Berlin or with an external guest on the topic of European elections.

Literatur: Handbooks: - Cini Michelle and Pérez-Solórzano Borragán Nieves (Eds.) (2017), European Union Politics, 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Wallace Helen, Pollack Marck A., Young Alasdair R. (eds.) (2015), Policy-Making in the European Union, 7th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Hodson Dermot, Peterson John (eds.) (2017), Institutions of the European Union, 4th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Beichelt, T., Chołuj, B., Rowe, G.C., Wagener, H.-J. (Hrsg.) (2013), Europa-Studium. Eine Einführung, 2. Aufl., Springer VS.

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen: Englischkenntnisse

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung/zum Blockseminar: Sehr gute Englischkenntnisse, passive Deutschkenntnisse, Aufgabenbearbeitung auf Moodle

Leistungsnachweise: Essay or written exam

The European Union in Times of Crises. Introduction to European Policy-Analysis
6 ECTS
Vorlesung:
GM2: Politik der europäischen Integration
Mi, 09 - 11 Uhr Ort: LH 101/102, Veranstaltungsbeginn: 17.10.2018

Die Klausur der Vorlesung findet am 6.2.19 im GD Hs7 statt.

This seminar is an introduction to the study of the European Union seen through its polity, policies and politics, as well as through the crises that this political entity has faced. It first looks at polity in a theoretical, historical and interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on theoretical, legal and institutional aspects of the development of the European Communities / European Union (EU) and its successive enlargements. It discusses the issues of EU aims and values, legitimacy, as well as EU exit possibilities (cf. Brexit). It then presents several EU internal and external policies and focuses on the crises some of them have gone through like in the fields of Economy and Finance, Social cohesion, Agriculture, Migration and Foreign Policy (e.g. Ukraine), and the role some EU member states have played or still play in managing them. It finally highlights the role various European, national, societal and also international actors play in the implementation of EU policies, in critical discussions on the EU (cf. Euroscepticism), as well as in elaborating possible solutions for the further developments of the EU in times of crises.

Literatur: Handbooks: - Wallace Helen, Pollack Marck A., Young Alasdair R. (eds.) (2014), Policy-Making in the European Union, 7th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Hodson Dermot, Peterson John (eds.) (2017), Institutions of the European Union, 4th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Beichelt, T., Chołuj, B., Rowe, G.C., Wagener, H.-J. (Hrsg.) (2013), Europa-Studium. Eine Einführung, 2. Aufl., Springer VS. - Jørgensen Erik Knud (et al.) (eds.) (2016), The Sage Handbook of European Foreign Policy, vol. 1 and 2, London: Sage.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung/zum Blockseminar: Sehr gute Englischkenntnisse, passive Deutschkenntnisse, Aufgabenbearbeitung auf Moodle
Leistungsnachweise: Essay or written exam