Face-to-face , second term, 30 hours of theory.

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At the end of the course, student will have :
- acquired basic knowledge to analyse the European Union as a political system
- acquired the bases of a critical approach of the past and pending developments of the European project.

Good general knowledge of the institutional framework of the European Union

INTRODUCTION - WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN UNION?

• Basic elements: treaties, institutions, identity, values.
• European integration: different stages, changing membership; Europeanisation and its limits.
• The future: rejection of the Constitutional Treaty: what next?; the challenge of euroscepticism and nationalism; globalisation and individualism; rethinking the European Union.

POLICY PROCESS AND INTEREST REPRESENTATION

• Executive Politics
• Legislative Politics
• Judicial Politics
• Public opinion
• Democracy, Parties and Elections
• Interest Representation

THE COMPETENCES

• Regulation of the Individual Market
• Expenditure Policies
• Economic and Monetary Union
• Citizen Freedom and Security Policies
• Foreign Policies

After a general introduction, the various chapters of the reference book as well as complementary articles are presented by the students (groups of 3 at the most). These presentations are supplemented by written summaries. The speakers are invited to identify, for each topic, some questions likely to incite discussion with the audience.

The students receive a description of the indicative contents of the course as well as a bibliography including certain books that are more particularly recommended to read.

The final grade is based partly (50%) on the evaluation of the presentation made within the framework of the course (as well as its written support) and (50%) on the written examination (two questions).

• BARTOLINI (Stefano), Restructuring Europe. Centre formation, system building, and political structuring between the nation state and the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2005, 448 p.
• BERGLUND (Sten), EKMAN (Joakim), VOGT (Henri) and AAREBOT (Frank H.), The making of the European Union (foundations, institutions and future trends), Edward Elgar Pub, 2006, 238 p.
• BLAIR (Alasdair), Companion to the European Union, Routledge, 2006, 371 p.
• BLAIR (Alasdair), The European Union since 1945, Longman Publishing Group, 2005, 200 p.
• BRETHERTON (Charlotte) and VOLGER (John), The European Union as a global actor, Routledge, 2006, 273 p.
• CINI (Michelle) and BOURNE (Angela K.), Palgrave advances in European Union studies, Palgrave MacMillan, 2005, 296 p.
• CRAM (Laura) and RICHARDSON (Jeremy), Policy styles in the European Union, Routledge, 2004, 352 p.
• CURTIN (Deirdre M.) and WESSEL (Ramses A.), Good governance and the European Union, Intersentia, 2005, 47 p.
• DINAN (Desmond), Europe recast: a History of European Union, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 352 p.
• DINAN (Desmond), Ever closer union: an introduction to European integration, Lynne Rienner Pub, 1999, 597 p.
• HIX (Simon), The political system of the European Union, (sec. ed.), Palgrave MacMillan, 2005, 448 p.
• JUPILLE (Joseph), Procedural politics (issues, influence, and institutional choice in the European Union), Cambridge University Press, 2004, 294 p.
• LEA (Ruth), The essential guide to the European Union, Centre for Policy Studs, 2005, 226 p.
• LEONARD (Dick), Guide to the European Union, Profile Books, 2005, 342 p.
• MAGNETTE (Paul), What is the European Union? Nature and prospects, Palgrave MacMillan, 2005, 229 p.
• McCORMICK (John), The European Union: politics and policies, HarperCollins Publishers, 1999, 320 p.
• McCORMICK (John), Understanding the European Union: a concise introduction, Palgrave MacMillan, 2005, 260 p.
• McGIFFEN (Steven P.), The European Union: a critical guide, Pluto Press, 2005, 222 p.
• MILWARD (Alan S.), Politics and economics in the History of the European Union, Routledge, 2005, 256 p.
• MORGAN (Kevin), Multi-level governance in the European Union, Welsh Academic P., 2004, 64 p.
• NELLO (Susan Senior), The European Union: economics, policies and History, McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2005, 544 p.
• NORKETT (P.T.C.), Dictionary of European Union terminology, Tekron Publications, 2005, 300 p.
• PETERSON (John) and SHACKELTON (Michael), The institutions of the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2006, 390 p.
• STEVENS (Handley), Transport policy in the European Union, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, 272 p.
• TELO (Mario), Europe: a civilian power? European Union, global governance, world order, Palgrave Macmillan, 2006, 312 p.
• VAN GERVEN (Walter), The European Union: A Polity Of States And Peoples, Stanford University Press, 2005, 397 p.
• VAN OUDENAREN (John), Uniting Europe (an introduction to the European Union), Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004, 400 p.
• WALLACE (William), Policy-making in the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2005, 570 p.
• WESTLAKE (Martin), The Council of the European Union, John Harper Publishing, 2004, 400 p.

Support Materials:
The reading of the following reference book is mandatory: HIX (Simon), The political System of the European Union (2nd edition), The European Union Series, Palgrave MacMillan, 2005, 489p. It is supplemented by a file of readings (5 articles) given at the beginning of the term.

Book for the 2nd Term:

POLICY MAKING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION (6th Edition),Helen Wallace, Mark Pollack and Alasdair Young eds, The New European Union Series, Oxford University Press, March 2010.

Students are advised to supplement the reading of this book by reading three other books published in the same collection, namely:

THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (2nd Edition), Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne, December 2012;

THE EUROPEAN UNION: HOW DOES IT WORK? (3rd Edition), Elizabeth Bomberg, John Peterson and Richard Corbett, December 2011;

THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (3rd Edition), John Peterson and Michael Shackelton, March 2012.