Learning Outcomes
Upon the succesfuul completion of the course, stidents will:
- gain an understnading of the different modes interaction between national, European and other international institutions during the formulation, adoption, and imlementation of specific policies
- comprehend the opportunities and limitations relating to policy-making that are being posed by the participation of a country in the EU
- be in the posistion to study in depth specific aspects of the main policies co-determined by the European Union
Course Content (Syllabus)
The course examines the policies adopted and implemented by the European Union from the Treaty of Rome (1957) until today. The content and the significance of these policies is analysed; at the same time, the processes of policy formulation, impelmentation and assessment are being presented. Speceial emphasis is attributed on the study of the interaction between the European and national levels of governance, asa well as on the examination of the role of the wider international context.
Course modules
1. Introduction: the EU political system and its policy processes
2. The single market
3. Competition policy
4. Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
5. The Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Policy on Security and Defense
6. The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
7. Social and employment policies – “Europe 2020” strategy
8. The EU budget
9. Cohesion policy and the Structural Funds
10. The Common Agricultural Policy
11. Research and Development policy
12. Environmental and energy policy
13. ΕU Enlargement
Keywords
European Union, european integration, EU policies, Europeanization
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Μαραβέγιας, Ν. , Τσινισιζέλης, Μ. (επιμ.) (2007), Νέα Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Θεμέλιο.
Μούσης, Ν. (2011), Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση: Δίκαιο-οικονομία-πολιτική. 13 η αναθεωρημένη έκδοση. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Παπαζήση.
Additional bibliography for study
Δημόπουλος, Γ., Ν. Μπαλτάς και Ι. Χασσίδ (επιμ.) (2007). Εισαγωγή στις Ευρωπαϊκές Σπουδές - Τόμος Β΄ : Οικονομική Ολοκλήρωση και Πολιτικές: Θεωρία και Εφαρμογές (β' έκδοση). Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης.
Nugent, N. (2003). Πολιτική και Διακυβέρνηση στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Σαββάλα.
Στεφάνου, Κ. (επιμ.): (2006). Εισαγωγή στις Ευρωπαϊκές Σπουδές - Τόμος Γ’ - Οικονομική Ολοκλήρωση και Πολιτικές: Το Ρυθμιστικό Πλαίσιο. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Σιδέρης.
Bache, I., S. George and S. Bulmer (2011). Politics in the European Union (Third Edition). New York: Oxford University Press.