74513 - EU INSTITUTIONS

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

This course analyzes the origins and main developments of EU institutions with a special focus on the last EU institutional cycles. By the end of the course, students should be able to: understand the evolution and the current institutional design of the EU; assess the role played by each institution in different decision-making methods and in different policies; compare the last institutional cycles; discuss main political developments and challenges in EU politics.

Contenuti

Week 1 (6 hours):

Introduction to the course

Introduction to the EU as a political system

Mandatory readings:

- Hix, S. and B. Hoyland (2011) The Political System of the European Union (3rd edition), Red Globe Press, chapter 1

Week 2 (6 hours):

EU institutional development and enlargement

Mandatory readings:

- Hodson D. and J. Peterson, eds. (2017), Institutions of the European Union (4th edition), Oxford University Press, chapter 2

- Nugent N. (2017), The Government and Politics of the European Union (8th edition), Palgrave, chapter 5

 

Week 3 (6 hours):

The European Commission

Mandatory readings:

- Hodson D. and J. Peterson, eds. (2017), Institutions of the European Union (4th edition), Oxford University Press, chapters 5 and 10

 

Week 4 (6 hours):

The Council of the European Union

Mandatory readings:

- Hodson D. and J. Peterson, eds. (2017), Institutions of the European Union (4th edition), Oxford University Press, chapters 4 and 14

 

Week 5 (6 hours):

The European Council

Mandatory readings:

- Hodson D. and J. Peterson, eds. (2017), Institutions of the European Union (4th edition), Oxford University Press, chapter 3

- Wessels, W. (2016), The European Council, Red Globe Press, chapters 4 and 7

 

Week 6 (6 hours):

The European Parliament

Mandatory readings:

- Hodson D. and J. Peterson, eds. (2017), Institutions of the European Union (4th edition), Oxford University Press, chapter 6

- Dinan, D. (2015), 'Governance and Institutions: The Year of the Spitzenkandidaten', Journal of Common Market Studies, 53(AR), pp. 93-107

 

Week 7 (6 hours):

The Court of Justice and other institutions

Mandatory readings:

- Hodson D. and J. Peterson, eds. (2017), Institutions of the European Union (4th edition), Oxford University Press, chapter 7

- Nugent N. (2017), The Government and Politics of the European Union (8th edition), Palgrave, chapter 14

 

Week 8 (6 hours):

The first political cycle after Lisbon (2009-13)

Mandatory readings:

- Webber, D. (2018), European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union, Red Globe Publisher, chapters 3 and 4

 

Week 9 (6 hours):

The second political cycle after Lisbon (2014-18)

Mandatory readings:

- Webber, D. (2018), European Disintegration? The Politics of Crisis in the European Union, Red Globe Publisher, chapters 5 and 6

 

Week 10 (6 hours):

The current political cycle (2019-)

Mandatory readings:

- European Council (2019), A new strategic agenda 2019-2024

- Ursula von der Leyen (2019), A Union that strives for more: My agenda for Europe

- Conference on the future of Europe. Franco-German non paper on key questions and guidelines (2019)

Testi/Bibliografia

- A detailed list of mandatory readings, for each lecture, is provided in the course contents

- All the readings are the same for attending and non-attending students

Metodi didattici

- Traditional lectures and seminar activities

- During each class, students' participation will be encouraged

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

For students taking part in the seminar activity:

- The course grade is based on:

1) class attendance (10% of the total grade)

2) participation to seminar activities (40% of the total grade)

3) a written exam which takes place during the official exam sessions of the A.Y. (50% of the total grade). For the summer sessions, the exam will be on-line using Esami Online and Zoom. The written exam consists of 1 long answer question that requires a response of about 40-60 lines (exam duration 1 hour).

 

For students not taking part in the seminar activity and students taking part in the seminar activity, who refuse the grade of the written exam:

- The course grade is based on a single written exam  

- For the summer sessions, the exam will be on-line using Esami Online and Zoom

- The exam consists of 2 long answer questions that require an answer each of about 40-60 lines (exam duration 2 hours)

- Each question allows for a maximum of 30 points. 

 

Exam results will be published on the instructor's webpage

- It will be possible to ask for clarification on the evaluation at the date indicated at the time of publication of the exam results

- In the absence of communication by the student by the established date, the votes published will be registered

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

- The instructor's power point presentations will be available at the end of each week in Materiale didattico (Insegnamenti Online)

- Information on the seminar activities is provided at the beginning of the course and in the folder called 'Seminar activity' in Materiale didattico (Insegnamenti Online)

Orario di ricevimento

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