40040 - Governance and Policies of the European Integration

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Docente: Renata Lizzi
  • Credits: 8
  • SSD: SPS/04
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8783)

Learning outcomes

The aim of the course is: to achieve aadvanced overview of the european integration and knowledge of the main theories and approaches to European integration, EU institutional settings and changes, and modes of policy making. The second part of the program focuses on the European governance, introducing the concept, the analytical approach, and the functioning in contemporary EU. It follows the study of some policies promoted by the EU (Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Regional Policy, Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), Environmental policy). Through the study of these sectoral policies and related policy making the students will have got the instrument for analyzing the main policy modes in the EU, including open-method of coordination and multilevel governance.

Course contents

The course is divided in three parts:

  •   the first is devoted to the study of European integration theories and approaches: neofunctionalism, intergovernamentalism, governance and multilevel-governance, network analysis, and europeanization studies; recent literature about EU Crisis and 'disintegration' will be considered (10 hours);
  •   the second part is focused on EU governance, modes of policy making in different european policies. Modes of EU policy making will be analysed: community method, intergovernamental negotiations, and open method of coordination; theories and approaches will be empirically tested for the study and explanation of european policies (relevant actors, procedures, informal practices, style of decision making) (20 hours);
  •   in the third part some relevant areas of decison making will be analysed through readings and seminars devoted to specific arguments fo EU governance and policies (10 hours):
  • a final simulation will be prepared (it depends on the number of students) (2-4 hours).

Basic knowleddge on history and institutional organization of EU is taken for granted; the text book is Nugent N., 2008, Government and policies of European Union, MacMillan, 3 voll. For the recent innovations of the Lisbon treaty see also the web site of Europena Union 

The course would be useful for students to choose to participate in selections and grants for stages in EU institutions, summer school, simulations on EU subjects.

Readings/Bibliography

Text Books and articles:

- Rosamond B., 2000, Theories of European Integration, Basingstoke, Macmillan

- Bickerton C. J. et al., 2015, The New Intergovernamentalism. European Integration in the Post Maastricht Era, in Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 53, n. 4, pp. 703-722 

- Kohler-Koch B., Rittberger B., 2006, The Governance Turn in EU Studies, in Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 44, pp. 27-49

Deepenings on Recent Theoretical Debate:

JCMS, 2016, Another Theory is Possible: Dissident Voices in Theorising Europe, Special Issue in “Journal of Common Market Studies”, Guest Editors: Ian Manners and Richard Whitman, 54, 1, pp- 3-212. (selected articles)

JEEP, 2015, European Integration in Time of Crisis: Theory and Practices, special Issue in “Journal of European Public Policy”, 22, 2. (selected articles)

- Young A. R, 2016, An Inflection Point in European Union Studies, in “Journal of European Public Policy”, vol. 16

Borzel T., 2016, From EU Governance of Crisis to Crisis of EU Governance: Regulatory Failure, Redistributive Conflict and Eurosceptic Publics, in Journal of Common Market studies, vol. 54 n. 1.

Scipioni M. 2017 Failing forward in EU migration policy? EUintegration after the 2015 asylum and migration crisis

[http://www.tandfonline.com/author/Scipioni%2C+Marco]Published online: 18 May 2017

 

Text-books and articles focused on EU policy making and Policies:

- Wallace H., Pollack M.A., Young A., 2015, Policy-making in the European Union, Oxford, Oxford University Press

Visoka G. and Doyle J., 2016, Neo-Functional Peace: The European Union Way of Resolving Conflicts,,, in Journal of Common Market Studies,in “Journal of Common Market Studies”, 54, 4, pp. 862–877

Carammia M. 2016, From Summitry to EU Government: An Agenda Formation Perspective on the European Council, in “Journal of Common Market Studies”, 54, 4, pp. 809-825

Streeck W. and Elsasser L., 2015, Monetary Disunion: the Domestic Politics of Euroland, in “Journal of European Public Policy”, 23, 1, pp. 1-24

 

Further Readings:

- Ferrera M. Giuliani M. (a cura di), 2008, Governance e politiche dell'Unione Europea, Bologna, il Mulino

-Peterson J. Bomberg E., 1998, Decision Making in the European Union, New York, Basingstoke

- Copeland P. - Papadimitriou D. (eds), 2012, The EU's Lisbon StrategyEvaluating Success, Understanding Failure, Palgrave MacMillan (some chpaters)

Further readings will be assigned on specific arguments for analyzing specific decision making, policy processes, institutional change. These articles and papers will be found in Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of European Public Policies, Journal of European Integration

Teaching methods

Teaching methods are_
- teacher's traditional lectures
- recommended readings on specific arguments
- experts' seminars
- Concluding simulation on European Council or Council of EU.

Assessment methods

Assessment of the students is based on

- class attendance and performance in class activities (reporting lectures, or writing synthetical analysis on articles and documents using the right concepts and specific language) (20%)

- final and oral examination on all the Texts studied in the course (60%)

- preparation and participation in Simulation; this teaching instrument has the scope to deepen the knowledge of institutions and actors of EU decision making   (20%)

Teaching tools

Teaching tools are:
text books, scientific articles suggested in "Recommended readings", papers on line, data and reports available on institutional webs of EU, research institutions and other organizations.

Links to further information

https://campus.unibo.it/cgi/users/home?_buffer_order=-lastmod&screen=Items&_buffer__offset=60

Office hours

See the website of Renata Lizzi