EU Governance and Institutions

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Interactive lectures, starting with the discussion of the recommended readings.  Continuous assessment: 100%.

Learning Outcomes

Main learning outcome:

- comprehensive knowledge of EU integration mechanisms, institutional competencies and decision-making procedures, providing in-depth understanding of EU governance.

 

Specific objectives and competencies:

- discuss theories of integration and engage with the multi-level governance debates;

- critically assess the role of EU institutions and their interaction;

- engage with relevant debates on key policy areas of EU actuation.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The EU as a polity

2. European integration theories

3. Multilevel governance

4. Institutions and decision-making in the EU

5. Key policy areas

6. Discussing good governance in the EU context.

Head Lecturer(s)

Bernardo da Silva Relva Teles Fazendeiro

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous assessment: 100.0%

Bibliography

- BRACK, Natalie et al. (eds) (2019) Euroscepticism within the EU Institutions: Diverging Views of Europe. Routledge.

- COMAN, Ramona et al. (eds) (2020) Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European Union.Cambridge University Press.

- COSTA, Olivier e BRACK, Natalie (2019) How the EU Really Works. 2nd Edition. Routledge.

- NUGENT, Neill (2017) The Government and Politics of the European Union. 8th edition. Red Globe Press.

- PAZOS-VIDAL, Serafim (2020) Subsidiarity and EU Multilevel Governance. Routledge.

- PELLAND, Derek et al. (eds) (2017) Twenty-First Century Leadership for EU Institutions. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

- SPOON, Jae-Jae and Ringe, Nils (eds) (2020) The European Union and Beyond: Multi-Level Governance, Institutions, and Policy-Making. ECPR Press.