Universität Wien

210135 SE EC: The EU’s regulatory policies (2025W)

(engl.)

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

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. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 16.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 23.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 30.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 06.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 13.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 20.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 27.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 04.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 18.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 08.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 15.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 22.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock
  • Thursday 29.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 1 (S1), NIG 2. Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Lecturer: Carella Beatrice

LV- In over 70 years of European integration, the EU’s policy-making capacity has expanded and evolved. From the Single Market to environmental sustainability, what the EU does, and does not, have come to exert a growing impact on European citizens and national-level politics. In this course, we will look at how EU policies are made and what characterizes the European Union as a political system and policy-making entity. Who are the main actors involved in European decision-making? What allows the EU to adopt far-reaching policies in some sectors, and what limits its policy-making capacity in other areas? What different types of regulatory action has the EU developed through the years? How does the EU respond to crises? We will address these questions by relying on theory and concrete empirical cases.

At the end of the semester, students should be able to describe the institutions, actors and mechanisms of EU policy-making; to critically assess theories of EU politics and policy-making; and to apply this theoretical knowledge to the analysis of EU policy-making across different policy areas.

Assessment and permitted materials

Students are required to attend classes and complete the assigned readings before each session. A maximum of two absences is allowed.

Evaluation for this course will include three assignments: in-class presentations; a short discussion paper on a selected topic of the course; a final essay addressing a theoretical or empirical question related to the themes of the course. All assignments will be evaluated by a plagiarism detection software.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Assessment for this course will be based on the following criteria:

1) For two sessions, students will deliver a short presentation introducing the topic of the session and critically engaging with the assigned literature (25% of the final grade)
2) Mid-course, students will hand in a short discussion paper related to the topics addressed in one of the sessions, discussing the theory and linking it to a recent real-world case (25% of the final grade)
3) At the end of the course, students will submit a final essay addressing a theoretical or empirical research question of their choosing, using the course’s materials and individually retrieved literature (50% of the final grade)

The course is considered passed if all assignments are successfully completed. Each assignment will be graded using a 0-100 points grading scale, with 61 points as the minimum to pass. The final mark will be a weighted average of the grades obtained for each assignment.

Your final grade will be a weighted average of the above-described assignments. The grading scale used ranges from 0-100 points (used for all assignments). A passing grade requires you to obtain a weighted average of 61 points or higher. The grading scale translated into the university grading scale as follows:
- **91-100** = 1 (*very good*)
- **81-100** = 2 (*good*)
- **71-100** = 3 (*satisfactory*)
- **61-100** = 4 (*sufficient*)
- **< 61** = 5 (*not sufficient*).

Examination topics

Examination is immanent during the semester.

Reading list

The complete syllabus and course materials will be provided during the first session.

Literature

Useful literature for this course includes the following:

Cini, M., and Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, N. (2019). European Union politics. Sixth Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press

Wallace, H., Pollack, M., Roederer-Rynning, C., & Young, A. (2021). Policy-making in the European Union. Eighth Ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press

In preparation for the first session, the introductory chapters of both books are recommended.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Th 18.09.2025 16:06