Universität Wien

210104 SE M5 a: VertiefungsSE European Union and Europeanisation (2016W)

Contemporary Policies of the European Union

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

You need to register for this course in time. Joining later is not possible. Attendance of the first unit is mandatory, places of absent students will be given to those from the waiting list.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 40 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

Further meetings and group work will take place between the above-mentioned dates, at EIF (Strohgasse 45/DG, 1030 Vienna).


Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Goal of this "Vertiefungsseminar" is to deepen the students' understanding of European Integration.

Subject matters are the EU's policies (e.g. social, trade, agricultural, environmental policy) in their specific workings and development over time. These policies' implementation and effects in the EU Member States are also of interest here. Special emphasis shall be placed on the recent financial crisis' direct and indirect effects.
The students' work will include, most importantly: several practical exercises (researching high quality articles and books, assembling lists of references, summaries of relevant public events); to prepare and present, in various stages, a seminar paper regarding one or several EU policies, possibly in working groups.
Methods will include, inter alia, analysis of primary sources and secondary literature, and research via the internet.

Assessment and permitted materials

Regular and active participation in the seminar is indispensable! Please check the dates, you need to participate. Course requirements include regular attendance and participation, several exercises, the development of a research outline to be discussed in class, and a research paper (often collaborative work). Furthermore, students will be asked to attend relevant public events and provide summaries or discussion papers in which central arguments are critically discussed.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Intensive work during the semester! Deadline for seminar paper: either before 20th February per Email (marking before 9 March), or at the latest 31st March 2017 (marking at the latest 4 weeks afterwards).
Written assignments 20%, active participation 30% (max. absence one half day), seminar paper 50%.

Examination topics

Reading list

Falkner, Gerda (ed.), 2016: EU Policies in Times of Crisis, Journal of European Integration, Special Issue 1.
Michelle Cini and Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán (eds.): European Union Politics, 5th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016.
Jeremy J. Richardson, Sonia Mazey (eds.): European Union: Power and Policy-making, 4th ed., London: Routledge 2015.
Helen Wallace, Mark Pollack and Alasdair Young (eds.): Policy-Making in the European Union, 7th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press 2015.

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