European Union Politics

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01013267
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Teaching will be done through theoretical lectures given by the professor, using audiovisual media, PowerPoints or the viewing of videos.  In the practical component, we will analyze copyrighted texts, news and documents of the European Commission and Parliament on the matters in question, encouraging students to read, present and discuss analyses of texts in class.

Learning Outcomes

Students will understand the main policies of the European Union, its genesis and evolution, integrated into the dynamics of enlargement and deepening of the political community project.  They will understand the operation of certain Community policies and their historical importance for European integration, as well as the correlation dimensions of European and national policies.  They will also understand the evolution and methodology for approval of the EU budget and major structural funds, knowing how relate them to Community policies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Introduction: the process of producing European public policy

1. Budget: procedures, composition, programming

2. Common Agricultural Policy

a) foundation, objectives and principles

b) funding and reforms

3. Common Fisheries Policy

a) economic, social and environmental dimension

b) TAC; EEZ, supervision and funding

3. Transport Policy

a) foundations; Community competence

b) trans-European networks

4. Regional Policy - structural and cohesion funds 

a) the fundamentals of regional and cohesion policy

b) A multi-level governance

c) the funds

5. Foreign and Common Security Policy 

a) the need for the institutionalization of the CFSP

b) instruments; advances and political difficulties

6. Economic and Monetary Policy

a) historical background

c) operation and powers; strengths and weaknesses

7. Common Commercial Policy: internal and external dimensions

8. The EU and Social Policy: parameters and perspectives.

Head Lecturer(s)

Dina Sofia Neves Sebastião

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation in class: 15.0%
Project: 35.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

CLERGERIE – Jean-Louis, Politiques Commune de L’Union européenne. Paris: Ellipses, 2006. 

CROZET, Marie-Pierre – Précis sur L’Union Européenne. Paris: Ellipses, 2007.

JOUEN, Marjorie – La Politique européenne de cohésion. Paris: La Documentation Françiase, 2011.

PORTO, Manuel – O Orçamento da União Europeia, as perspetivas financeiras para 2007-2013. Coimbra: Almedina,

 2006.

PORTO, Manuel Carlos Lopes – Teoria da Integração e Políticas Comunitárias. Coimbra: Almedina, 2009.

WALLACE, Helen; POLLACK, Mark A.; Young, Alasdair R. (edition) – Policy-Making in the European Union. Oxford: University Press, 2010.

SILVA, Antóno Martins da Silva – Sistema Político da União Europeia: arquitetura, funcionamento e teorização. Coimbra: Almedina, 2013

SILVA, António Martins da – «A União Europeia e a Política Social: parâmetros, perplexidades e perspetivas». Estudos do Século XX. Coimbra: IUC. Nª 13, (2013) p. 145-165.