University of the West of England
MODULE SPECIFICATION
(Revised November 2002)
Code: UPPN54-30-M Title: European Union Politics and Policy Version: 1
Level: M UWE credit rating: 30 ECTS credit rating: 15
Module type: Standard
Owning Faculty: HLSS Field: Politics
Valid from: September 2002 Discontinued from:
Contributes towards: MA, MSc
Pre-requisites: none
Co-requisites: none
Excluded combinations: none
Learning outcomes (assessment method in parentheses)
By the end of the course students will be able to:
• assess the influence of modernity and globalisation to the development of European institutions (essay)
• demonstrate a thorough and deep knowledge of reasoning behind European policy decisions (essay and presentation)
• critically evaluate arguments for and against further European integration (essay)
• critically assess the role and future of Britain within a ‘wider’ and ‘deeper’ EU (essay and presentation).
• Demonstrate analytic and critical skills essential to the policy analysis of multigovernmental organisations (essay and presentation).
Syllabus outline
• Theories of European integration.
(neo-functionalism, intergovernmentalism, federalism, consociationalism)
• The European Policy Cycle and the formation of EU policies.
(Economic, Regional, CAP, CFSP)
• Regionalism and Multi-Level Governance in the EU.
(according to: Keating; Marks; Schmitter; Amin; Krugman)
Teaching & learning methods
Based on a weekly lecture introducing the major themes in each topic and a seminar in which students will have to take the role of presenter-discussant on a pre-determined academic paper, relevant to the themes investigated.
Indicative Sources
This reading list is constructed as a guide of the contemporary discourse on European integration and policy formation and is not exhaustive.
Essential text: Wallace, Helen and Wallace, William editors (2000). Policy Making in the European Union 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Key texts
George, S. and Bache, I. (2001) Politics in the European Union. Oxford UP.
Keating, M. and Loughlin, J. eds. (1997). The Political Economy of Regionalism. London: Frank Cass.
Nugent, Neil (1994) The Government and Politics of the European Union. Third edition. London: MacMillan Press Ltd.
McCormick, John (1999). The European Union: Politics and Policies 2nd edition. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
Rhodes, M.; Heywood, P.; Wright, V. eds. (1997) Developments in West European Politics. London: MacMillan.
Tsoukalis, Loukas (1995) The New European Economy: The Politics and Economics of European Integration. Second revised edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Secondary Recommended Texts
• Amin, A. and Tomaney, J. editors (1995) Behind the Myth of European Union. London: Routledge.
• Burgess, Michael. (2000) Federalism and European Union ; The Building of Europe 1950-2000. Routledge.
• Bulmer, Simon and Scott, Andrew (1994). Economic and Political Integration in Europe: Internal Dynamics and Global Context. Oxford: Blackwell.
• Dent, Christopher M. (1997). The European Economy: The Global Context. London: Routledge
• Eatwell, R. ed. (1997) European Political Cultures. London: Routledge.
• Hayward, J. and Page, E. editors (1995). Governing the New Europe. Cambridge: Polity Press.
• Hix, S. (1999) The Political System of the European Union. Macmillan.
• Hooghe, L. editor (1996) Cohesion Policy and European Integration. Oxford University Press.
• George, Stephen (1994). An Awkward Partner: Britain in the European Community, 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• George, Stephen (1996) Politics and Policy in the European Union 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Krugman, P. (1991) Geography and Trade MIT Press.
• Leonardi, Robert (1995). Convergence, Cohesion and Integration in the European Union. New York: St' Martins Press.
• Lever,W. and Bailly, A. (1996). The Spatial Impact of Economic Changes in Europe. Aldershot: Avebury.
• Marks, Gary et al. (1996). Governance in the European Union. London:Sage.
• Mazey, S. and Richardson, J. (1993). Lobbying in the European Community. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Meny, Y. and P. Knapp, (1998) Government and Politics in Europe, 2nd edition. Oxford UP.
• Middlemas, Keith. (1995). Orchestrating Europe: The Informal Politics of European Union 1973-1995. London: Fontana Press.
• Molle, Willem (1994). The Economics of European Integration: Theory. Practice, Policy 2nd edition. Aldershot Brookfield Vt.: Dartmouth Publishers.
• Nelsen B.F. and Stubb, A.C. editors (1995). The European Union: Readings on the Theory and Practice of European Integration. London: MacMillan.
• Neunreither, K and Wiener (2000) A. European Integration After Amsterdam: Institutional Dynamics and Prospects for Democracy. Oxford UP.
• Nugent, N. (1999) The Government and Politics of the EU, Fourth ed.Macmillan.
• O'Neil, Michael (1996) The Politics of European Integration: A Reader. London: Routledge
• Peterson, J. (1996). Europe and America: The Prospects for Partnership, 2nd edition. London: Routledge.
• Peterson, J. & H. Sjursen, (1998) A Common Foreign Policy for Europe? Routledge.
• Pinder, John (1995). European Community. The Building of a Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Richardson, Jeremy ed. (1996). European Union: Power and Policy Making. London: Routledge
• Rhodes, Carolyn and Mazey, Sonia editors (1995). The State of the European Union, Vol.3 Building A European Polity?. Boulder Lynne, Co.: Rienher Publishers.
• Urwin, Derek (1995). The Community of Europe: A History of European Integration Since 1945. London: Longman.
• Welsh, Michael (1996). Europe United?: The European Union and the Retreat from Federalism. London: MacMillan Press.
• Wallace, William (1994). Regional Integration: The West European Experience. Washington: The Brookings Institution.
• Wallace, W. ‘Rescue or Retreat? The Nation State in Western Europe’, Political Studies, 42 (1994).
• Wagstaff, P. (ed.) (1999) Regionalism in Europe. Intelect-Oxford.
Journals
Comparative Politics
European Journal of Political Research
European Journal of International Relations
Government and Opposition
Government and Policy
International Affairs
Journal of Common Market Studies
Journal of European Integration
Journal of European Public Policy
Political Geography Quarterly
Political Quarterly
Political Studies
Politics
Regional and Federal Studies
South European Society and Politics
West European Politics
World Politics
( * Indicative Sources / journals list required to be reduced)
Assessment
Weighting between components A and B A: 50% B: 50%
ATTEMPT 1
First Assessment Opportunity
Component A
Description of each element Element weighting
1. 20 minute class presentation 50%
Component B
Description of each element Element weighting
1. 4000 word essay 50%
Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes is not required)
Component A
Description of each element Element weighting
1. 20 minute class presentation 50%
Component B
Description of each element Element weighting
1. 4000 word essay 50%
SECOND (OR SUBSEQUENT) ATTEMPT: Attendance at taught classes is required.
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