| Course Name | Governance in the European Union |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| PSIR 438 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Online | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The aim of this course is to analyse EU governance related debates such as the power relations within and between institutions, as well as the legitimacy and performance of the EU. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course aims to provide six different skills, respectively: (1) An overview of main integration/governance theories; (2) A presentation of the basic features of the organization, composition, and functions of the main institutions; (3) An introduction to key debates related to the power relations within and between the institutions; (4) An overview of the three dimensions of legitimate governance: social legitimacy, input legitimacy, and output legitimacy; (5) A special focus on the output/performance dimension: What are main achievements and shortcomings in various policy areas? (6) A training of reading and presentation skills. |
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction: Governance in the EU | |
| 2 | European Integration and Governance Theories | Theories of European Integration: https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/OS.16-Theories.pdf History of the EU: https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/history_en |
| 3 | Illustrations EU integration/governance theories | Moravcsik. A. (1991) Negotiating the Single European Act: National Interests and Conventional Statecraft in the European Community, International Organization 45(1), pp. 19-56. *Christiansen, T. (2002) The role of supranational actors in EU treaty reform, Journal of European Public Policy, 9:1, 33-53, DOI: 10.1080/13501760110104163. *Schimmelfennig (2009) Entrapped Again: The Way to EU Membership Negotiations with Turkey, International Politics 46(4), DOI: 10.1057/ip.2009.5 |
| 4 | The Council | Tömmel, I. (2017) The standing president of the European Council: intergovernmental or supranational leadership? Journal of European Integration, 39:2, 175-189,DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2016.1277717. *Joachim Schild (2020) The myth of German hegemony in the euro area revisited, West European Politics, 43:5, 1072-1094, DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2019.1625013 |
| 5 | The European Commission | Nugent, N. and Rhinard, M. (2016) Is the European Commission really in decline? JCMS 54(5): 1199-1215. Bürgin, A. (2018) Intra‐ and Inter‐Institutional Leadership of the European Commission President: An Assessment of Juncker's Organizational Reforms, JCMS 56(4): 837-853. Bürgin, A. (2020) Modernization of Environmental Reporting as a Tool to Improve the European Commission's Regulatory Monitoring Capacity, JCMS https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13093 |
| 6 | The Legal System and the Court of Justice | Michael Blauberger & Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen (2020) The Court of Justice in times of politicisation: ‘law as a mask and shield’ revisited, Journal of European Public Policy, 27:3, 382-399, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2020.1712460. Stone Sweet, A. (2010) The European Court of Justice and Judicalization of EU Governance, Living Reviews in European Governance, Vol. 5, (2010), No. 2, http://www.europeangovernance-livingreviews.org/Articles/lreg-2010-2/ |
| 7 | The European Parliament | Katharina L. Meissner & Magnus G. Schoeller (2019) Rising despite the polycrisis? The European Parliament’s strategies of self-empowerment after Lisbon, Journal of European Public Policy, 26:7, 1075-1093, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2019.1619187. Bürgin, A. (2019) The implications of the better regulation agenda for the European Parliament’s inter- and intra-institutional power relations, Journal of European Integration, 41:2, 187-202, DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2019.1572134 |
| 8 | How successful/legitimate is EU governance? | Marsh, M. and S. Mikhaylov (2010) European Parliament elections and EU governance, Living Reviews in European Governance 5(4), http://europeangovernance-livingreviews.org/Articles/lreg-2010-4. Heidbreder, E.G. (2012) Civil Society Participation in Eu Governance, Living Reviews in European Governance, Vol. 7, (2012), No. 2, http://www.livingreviews.org/lreg-2012-2. Key European Union achievements and tangible benefits: https://european-union.europa.eu/priorities-and-actions/achievements_en |
| 9 | The EU as promoter of democratic standards | Tanja A. Börzel & Frank Schimmelfennig (2017) Coming together or drifting apart? The EU’s political integration capacity in Eastern Europe, Journal of European Public Policy, 24:2, 278-296, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2016.1265574 |
| 10 | The EU’s role in international climate diplomacy | Charles F. Parker, Christer Karlsson & Mattias Hjerpe (2017) Assessing the European Union’s global climate change leadership: from Copenhagen to the Paris Agreement, Journal of European Integration, 39:2, 239-252, DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2016.1275608 |
| 11 | The performance of the EU: Views from within the EU institutions | |
| 12 | Midterm Exam | |
| 13 | Presentations | |
| 14 | Presentations and Review | |
| 15 | Review for the Final Exam & Review of the Course | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Simon Bulmer, Owen Parker, Ian Bache, Stephen George, and Charlotte Burns (2020) Politics in the European Union, Oxford University Press. *All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
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| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 30 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 1 | 20 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | ||
| Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 70 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 | |
| Project | 1 | 22 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | |||
| Final Exams | 1 | 25 | |
| Total | 165 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to use the theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to have the basic knowledge of, and make use of other disciplines which contribute to the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
| 3 | To be able to distinguish the differences between classical and contemporary theories and to assess their relationship. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to recognize regional and global issues, and develop solutions based on research. | X | ||||
| 5 | To be able to assess the acquired knowledge and skills in the areas of Political Science and International Relations critically. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to transfer ideas and proposals on issues in the areas of Political Science and International Relations to other people and institutions verbally and in writing. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to identify the historical continuity and changes observed in the relations between the actors and institutions of national and international politics. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to examine concepts, theories, and developments with scientific methods in the areas of Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to take responsibility as an individual and as a team member. | X | ||||
| 10 | To be able to act in accordance with the scientific and ethical values in studies related to Political Science and International Relations. | X | ||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Political Science and International Relations and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of experience. | |||||
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