Il corso offre una riflessione critica sulle politiche interne ed esterne della UE, facendo riferimento agli strumenti metodologici e concettuali sviluppati nell'ambito delle teorie del policy making europeo.
The list of required readings will be uploaded on Moodle along with the course syllabus. Please contact professor Fargion for the password
Obiettivi Formativi
The general aim of the course is to provide students with a critical understanding of policy making at the EU level. By the end of the course students should be able to appreciate what is at stake in the most important internal and external EU policies and what are the main factors influencing the relevant decision making process.
Prerequisiti
Basic knowledge of: a) the history of European integration; b) the main EU institutions with particular reference to their role and functions.
Metodi Didattici
Students are expected to participate actively in the course; hence, they should complete the assigned reading before class. In addition, students will have to make a short presentation and a written essay ( no longer than 3,000 words) on a policy issue of their choice.
Modalità di verifica apprendimento
The oral presentation and the short paper will be taken into account for the final grading ( 25 percent). The final exam consists of four short written essays on the topics covered by the course. Students will have three and a half hours to complete the assignment.Required readings will be reduced by 25 percent for students participating in the EU Simulation with James Madison University.
Programma del corso
The first part of the course provides the conceptual tools for grasping the essential features of the European integration process and its policy outcomes. Considering the importance and pervasiveness of EU policies, the key aim of the first module is to understand how such policies are made,and to shed light on the decisions (or non-decisions)by EU public authorities. The discussion of supra-national governance will be based on a selection of the main scholarly contributions on actors, timing, agenda setting, decision making rationales, policy types and the domestic impact of EU policy making. By taking stock of the theoretical perspectives reviewed, the second and the third part of the course are devoted to a critical understanding of a selection of EU internal and external policies. The case studies are selected to illustrate the variety of policy-making patterns, from extesive delegation to supranational institutions - as in trade policy and the common agricultural policy - to relatively loose coordination among member states, as in social policy and development cooperation.