Acting in a Multilevel Governance System

Brief description

  • Integration history of the EU (Treaty reforms, Integration theory, Enlargement)
  • EU´s governance regime (principles, procedures, actors)
  • EU´s policy making in the areas of internal market, economic and monetary union (European Semester), common foreign and security policy, cooperation in justice and home affairs

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Cini, Michele and Nieves Perez-Solorano Borragan (eds.) (2016) European Union Politics. 5th edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Problem-based learning, blended learning, case-studies, written activities, peer feedbacks, e-learning tools (e.g. videos, quizzes)

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous assessment: 30 points home assignments & online quizzes; 70 points written final exam

Prerequisites and co-requisites

none

Infos

Degree programme

European Economy and Business Management (English)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

English

Curriculum

Full-Time

Academic year

2025

Semester

2 SS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the course, students can:

  • describe and explain the development of the European Union (EU) and interpret it by means of integration theories
  • explain and distinguish between the roles and competences of actors along the policy cycle of Multilevel Governance
  • trace and explain the main decision-making procedures
  • explain the main features of the EU's main policies and their development
  • identify crucial questions on the state of play of the EU
  • evaluate current shortcomings and develop own arguments on possible treaty reforms

Course code

1389-20-01-VZ-DE-19