Lehrende/r: Univ-Prof. Dr. Arne Niemann
Veranstaltungsart: Vorlesung
Anzeige im Stundenplan: V Thema IB
Semesterwochenstunden: 2
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl: - | -
Inhalt: The lecture-course is designed to introduce students to the politics of European integration. It particularly focuses on the EU’s institutions and the EU decision-making process. The course broadly contains the following elements: (a) European integration in historical perspective; (b) the main EU institutions (Commission, Parliament, Council, European Council, Court of Justice, the European Central Bank); (c) the EU policy cycle: from agenda-setting to policy implementation and evaluation; (d) EU policy instruments-;methods: from the Community method to the open-method of coordination; (e) EU negotiation modes/styles (bargaining, problem-solving, deliberation); (f) EU democracy and legitimacy; (g) the role of informal EU actors: advisory bodies and lobbies (+ lobbying in the EU); (h) public opinion and the EU (+ Euroscepticism); (i) the enlargement debate/fatigue; (j) the future of European integration.
Empfohlene Literatur: Cini, Michelle and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan (eds) (2010), European Union Politics, Third Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Fine book, with many valuable chapter written by experts in the particular fields). Dinan, Desmond (2005), Ever Closer Union: An Introduction to European Integration, 3rd Edition, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, chapters 1-6. (Perhaps the most widely read introductory book on European integration; a classic. Takes foremost a historical approach) George, Stephen and Bache, Ian (2006), Politics in the European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Also a very good introduction)
Zusätzliche Informationen: The language of instruction is English.
