| Course Name | European Politics |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| PSIR 514 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Elective | |||||
| Course Level | Second Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
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| Course Coordinator | - | |||||
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| Course Objectives | The course aims to introduce students to theories of European Integration and comparative European politics, and to key debates about the legitimacy, performance and future of the EU |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | The aim of this seminar is to understand the milestones of the European integration process, the key features of the EU’s institutional architecture and the factors which have contributed to the establishment, shape and evolution of the political system and the policies of the EU. The course comprises the following aspects: (1) an overview of the history of the EU (basic treaties and treaty revisions), (2) an overview of the main institutions of the EU (Council of Ministers/European Council, European Commission, European Parliament), the interinstitutional power relations among them, and their role vis-à-vis the domestic level, (3) an overview of European integration theories and theories of policy making, (4) an application of these theories and concepts in a selection of policy areas in which the EU has been most involved in. |
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| Supportive Courses | X | |
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| Transferable Skill Courses |
| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Introduction | Overview History of EU: http://europa.eu/about-eu/eu-history/index_en.htm |
| 2 | History I: Paris Treaty, Rome Treaties, Luxemburg Compromise | Bache/George: Politics in the European Union, Chapters 6, 7, 9. |
| 3 | History II: Single European Act, Maastricht Treaty | Bache/George: Politics in the European Union, Chapters 10, 11, 12, 13. |
| 4 | History III: Amsterdam and Nice Treaty, Constitutional and Lisbon Treaty | Bache/George, chapters 14, 15, 16; for Treaty of Lisbon: Treaty of Lisbon, http://europa.eu/lisbon_treaty/index_en.htm |
| 5 | Overview of European Integration Theories | Hoyland and Schieritz (2004) Theories of European Integration; Jensen (2010) Neofunctionalism, in M. Cini et. al., European Union Politics, ch. 5, Cini (2010) Intergovernmentalism, in Cini et al. European Union Politics, ch. 6, Bache/Bulmer (2006), chapter 2 |
| 6 | The institutions of the European Union | Michelle Cini (2005): European Union Politics, ch. 9, 10,11 |
| 7 | European Commission: autonomous actor or agent of the member states? The Council: dominated by the big member states? | - Bocquillon, P. and Dobbels, M. (2014) An elephant on the 13th floor of the Berlaymont: European Council and Commission relations in legislative agenda-setting, Journal of European Public Policy, 21(1), - Bürgin, A. (2013) Salience, path dependency and the coalition between the European Commission and the Danish Council Presidency: why the EU opened a visa liberalization process with Turkey, European Integration Online Papers, 17(9), 1-19. - Tallberg (2008) Bargaining Power in the Council, Journal of Common Market Studies, 46 (3), 685-708. |
| 8 | Midterm | |
| 9 | The European Union: Success or failure | Zimmermann and Dür (2016) chapters 1, 2. |
| 10 | How Democratic is the EU | Zimmermann and Dür (2016) chapters 4, 6. |
| 11 | Does the EU Act as Normative Power | Zimmermann and Dür (2016) chapters 12, 13. |
| 12 | The transformative power of the EU | Schimmelfennig, F. And Sedelmeier, F. (2004) Governance by conditionality: EU rule transfer to the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Journal of European Public Policy 11(4), 661-679, Bürgin (2016) Why the EU still matters in Turkish domestic politics: Insights from recent reforms in migration policy, South European Society and Politics 21(1), 105-118. |
| 13 | Presentations | |
| 14 | Review of the Semester | Reflection on the future of the European Integration Process |
| 15 | Review of the Semester | |
| 16 | Review of the Semester |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | A reading pack will be provided in the begining of the course. All course readings are available at the University Library and as open sources. |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Websites of the EU institutions |
| Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
| Participation | 1 | 10 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 50 |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 10 |
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 30 |
| Final Exam | ||
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 4 | 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 | 13 | 7 | 91 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 40 | |
| Presentation / Jury | 1 | 15 | |
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 30 | |
| Final Exams | |||
| Total | 224 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To improve theoretical and conceptual proficiencies on Political Science and International Relations and to ultimately deepen and develop intellectual interest | X | ||||
| 2 | To evaluate the relationships between factors in the field of Political Science and International Relations such as structures, actors, institutions and culture in a critical perspective | X | ||||
| 3 | To provide advanced competences to determine and question the theoretical and emprical gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | |||||
| 4 | To identify the political and cultual conditions that generate discrimination mechanisms based on race, ethnic groups, gender and religion at national and international levels | X | ||||
| 5 | To provide competences to develop original arguments in order to fill the gaps in Political Science and International Relations literature | X | ||||
| 6 | To determine, collect, resolve, and interpret the data that would measure the theories and concepts as variables by using scientific research methods in Political Science and International Relations field | |||||
| 7 | To use confidently the terms and concepts of Political Science and International Relations | |||||
| 8 | To communicate systematically, in written, oral, and visual forms, contemporary developments in Political Science and International Relations to groups inside and outside the said discipline | X | ||||
| 9 | To take responsibility in an individual capacity and as part of a team in generating solutions to unexpected problems that arise in relation to politics in daily life | X | ||||
| 10 | To develop projects determining the institutional and political instruments for management of domestic and international conflicts | X | ||||
| 11 | To prepare an orginal thesis/term project about Political Science and International Relations in accordance with scentific criteria | X | ||||
| 12 | To design and carry out a scientific research project in the field of Political Science and International Relations | X | ||||
| 13 | To have ethical, social and scientific values in the stages throughout the processes of collecting, interpreting, disseminating and implementing data relevant to Political Science and International Relations | |||||
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