| Course Name | From National to the Supranational Governance in the EU |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| PSIR 665 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | Third Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The seminar aims at introducing students to current theoretical and empirical debates in European Studies. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | This course discusses the impact of EU governance on nation states. The course comprises two main parts: The first part deals with the question of how EU integration is conceptualized. By comparing main institutional approaches on the formation of supranational institutions, the similarities and differences between these approaches will be explained. The second part focuses on the impact of EU governance on the nation state. The transformative impact will be assessed for the following issues: national parliaments, courts, administrations, the sub-national level, interest organization, identity. Further sessions deal with the impact of EU governance beyond the member states. |
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| Major Area Courses | X | |
| Supportive Courses | ||
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | ||
| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | |
| 2 | Evolution of EU governance: Overview Historical Trends | |
| 3 | Inter-institutional relationship between EP, Council and Commission | |
| 4 | Network governance in the EU | Kohler-Koch and Eising (1999) The Transformation of governance in the EU, ch. 1 and 2 |
| 5 | Impact on national parliaments/national democracy | Follesdahl and Hix (2006) Why there is a democratic deficit in the EU: A response to Majone and Moravcsik, Journal of Common Market Studies 44(3). |
| 6 | Impact on national courts | Cowles, Caporaso, Risse (2001) Transforming Europe, ch. 6 |
| 7 | Impact on domestic administration | Cowles, Caporaso, Risse (2001) Transforming Europe, ch. 3 |
| 8 | Impact on sub-state level | Cowles, Caporaso, Risse (2001) Transforming Europe, ch. 8 |
| 9 | Impact on interest groups | Cowles, Caporaso, Risse (2001) Transforming Europe, ch. 9 |
| 10 | Impact on identity | Cowles, Caporaso, Risse (2001) Transforming Europe, ch. 11 |
| 11 | Impact in candidate countries | Schimmelfennig (2003) Cost, Commitment and Compliance: The Impact of EU Democratic conditionality on Latvia, Slovakia and Turkey, Journal of Common Market Studies 41(3) Alpan and Diez (2014) The Devil is in the domestic? European Integration Studies and the Limits of Europeanization in Turkey, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies 16(1) |
| 12 | Policy learning and policy diffusion | Dolowitz and March (2000), ‘Learning from Abroad: The Role of Policy Transfer in Contemporary Policy-Making’, Governance, 13(1) |
| 13 | Presentations | |
| 14 | Exam | |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Reading Material and power point presentations. All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Copies of the relevant weekly readings are available at the copy shop of the university. Additional readings will be distributed in class. |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | ||
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 20 |
| Project | 2 | 40 |
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 5 | 100 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
| 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 | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 25 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 30 | |
| Project | 2 | 25 | |
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 30 | |
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 225 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able to improve and deepen the theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations. | X | ||||
| 2 | To be able to evaluate critically and analytically the relationships between various factors in the discipline of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture at an advanced level. | X | ||||
| 3 | To be able to determine the theoretical and empirical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature and gain the ability of questioning at an advanced level. | X | ||||
| 4 | To be able to gain the ability to develop innovative, leading and original arguments in order to fill the gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature. | |||||
| 5 | To be able to gather, analyze, and interpret the data by using advanced qualitative or quantitative research methods in Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
| 6 | To be able to develop original academic works and publish scientific articles in refereed national or international indexed journals in the field of Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
| 7 | To be able to describe individual research and contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations in written, oral, and visual forms. | X | ||||
| 8 | To be able to take responsibility in an individual capacity and/or as part of a team in generating innovative and analytical solutions to the problems that arise in relation to the politics in daily life. | |||||
| 9 | To be able to develop projects in determining the institutional and political instruments for conflict resolution in national and international politics. | |||||
| 10 | To be able to prepare an original thesis in Political Science and International Relations based on scientific criteria. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to follow new research and developments, publish scientific articles and participate the debates in academic meetings in Political Science and International Relations through a foreign language. | |||||
| 12 | To be able to have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of gathering, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations. | |||||
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