The European Union as a Global Actor
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2017-2018
01013321
Área Científica do Menor
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Elective
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and debate classes.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the semester, students must be able to:
Understand the evolution and the significance of the EU as a global actor
Identify the institutional architecture that provide the basis for the EU’s external action
Compare the EU's external role across several policy areas
Identify and explain the most important obstacles to the EU’s exercise and enhancement of its external policies
Understand external perceptions regarding the EU’s actorness.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
1. Introductory concepts: actors and actorness
2. The evolution of the UE actorness: processes and institutions
3. Identity and roles of the EU
4. The EU as an economic power and trade actor
5. The EU as development and humanitarian actor
6. The EU’s leadership role in environmental policy
7. The EU as regional actor: enlargement and neighbourhood policy
8. The EU as security community and military actor: the renewed CFSP and CSDP
9. The external perceptions of the EU as a global actor.
Head Lecturer(s)
Ana Isabel Marques Xavier
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Resolution Problems: 20.0%
Research work: 30.0%
Frequency: 50.0%
Bibliography
Bretherton, Charlotte, and John Vogler. 2006. The European Union as a Global Actor. 2nd ed. Oxon: Routledge.
Bindi, Federiga, and Irina Angelescu, eds. 2012. The Foreign Policy of the European Union: Assessing Europe's Role in the World. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
Gareis, Sven, Gunther Hauser, and Frank Kernic, eds. 2013. The European Union: A global Actor? Opladen: Barbara Budrich Publishers.
Lucarelli, Sonia, and Lorenzo Fioramonti. 2011. External Perceptions of the European Union as a Global Actor. London: Routledge.
Staab, Andreas. 2013. The European Union Explained: Institutions, Actors, Global Impact. 3rd ed. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.