Postgraduate Course: European Public Policy (PGSP11312)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | This is a core course for the Masters of Public Policy with a focus on European Public Policy. The course contributes to the objectives of the MPP by providing specialist knowledge regarding the European Union's institutions, actors and policies. Students explore competing theoretical approaches to European Integration and policy-making processes. The course examines various supranational, national and sub-national institutions and actors that contribute to the EU policy-making process. The course also examines the historical development of important legal structures for determining the creation and implementation of different types of policy outputs. Finally, by inviting policy practitioners to present case studies throughout the programme, the course explores how these policy processes work in practice by scrutinising developments in important internal and external policy areas and over time. |
| Course description |
WEEK 1 - Introduction to European Integration and Policy-Making
- Andreatta, Filippo (2005), "Theory and the European Union's International Relations", in International Relations and the European Union, Christopher Hill and Michael Smith, eds., 18-38. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Cini, Michelle, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan (2009), European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. -Part 2: Theories and Conceptual Approaches.
- Wallace, Helen, Mark Pollack, and Alasdair Young (2010), Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. -Part 1: Institutions, Process and Analytical Approaches
- Warleigh-Lack, Alex, and Ralf Drachenberg(2009), 'Policy Making in the European Union', in Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: The Changing Theory and Practice of Neo-Functionalism
WEEK 2 - The Role of (Inter)governmental Actors in the Policy Process
- Hayes-Renshaw, Fiona (2006), 'The Council of Ministers', in John Peterson and Michael Shackleton, The Institutions of the European Union, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Lewis, Jeffrey (2009), 'The Council of the European Union', in Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Lewis, Jeff (2006), 'National Interests - COREPER', in John Peterson and Michael Shackleton, The Institutions of the European Union, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: Liberal Intergovernmentalism and the Treaties
WEEK 3 - The Role of Supranational Actors in the Policy Process
- Egeberg, Morten (2009), 'The European Commission', in Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Howarth, David (2009), "The European Central Bank: The Bank that rules Europe?", Kenneth Dyson and Martin Marcussen, eds., Central Banks in the Age of the Euro: Europeanization, Convergence, and Power, Oxford University Press, 73-88.
- Kapsis, Illias (2009), 'The Courts of the European Union', in Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Majone, Giandomenico (2006), 'Managing Europeanization - The European Agencies', in John Peterson and Michael Shackleton, The Institutions of the European Union, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Scully, Roger (2009), 'The European Parliament', in Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: Lisbon Changes in Governance and Policy-Making
WEEK 4 - The Role of Non-state Actors in the Policy Process
- Brunazzo, Marco (2009), 'Regional Europe', in Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Eising, Rainer (2009), 'Interest Groups and the European Union', in Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Howarth, David, and Tal Sadeh (2008), "Economic Interests and the European Union: A Catalyst for European Integration or a Hindrance?", The British Journal of Politics and International Relations 10, 1: 1-8.
- Jeffery, Charlie (2006), 'Social and Regional Interests - The Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions', in J. Peterson and M. Shackleton, The Institutions of the European Union, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: Lobbying Influence and Regional Policy
WEEK 5 - The Single European Market and EMU
- Egan, Michelle (2009), 'The Single Market', in Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Hodson, Dermot (2010), 'Economic and Monetary Union', in Helen Wallace, Mark Pollack, and Alasdair Young, Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Howarth, David, and Tal Sadeh (2010), "The Ever Incomplete Single Market: Differentiation and the Evolving Frontier of Integration", Journal of European Public Policy 17:7.
- Verdun, Amy (2009), 'Economic and Monetary Union', in Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: Policy Spill-over in the Single Market: The Case of Health Policy
WEEK 6 - Competition Policy
- Cini, Michelle, and Lee McGowan (2008), Competition Policy in the European Union, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Damro, Chad (2006), "Transatlantic Competition Policy: Domestic and International Sources of EU-US Cooperation," European Journal of International Relations 12, 2 (June): 171-196.
- Doleys, Thomas (2009), "Incomplete Contracting, Commission Discretion and the Origins of EU Merger Control", Journal of Common Market Studies 47, 3: 483-506.
- Wilks, Stephen (2010), 'Competition Policy', in Helen Wallace, Mark Pollack, and Alasdair Young, Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: EU and Policy Modernisation
WEEK 7 - Environmental Policy
- Bomberg, Elizabeth (2007), "Policy learning in an enlarged European Union: environmental NGOs and new policy instruments", Journal of European Public Policy 14, 2: 248-268.
- Jordan, Andrew, and David Benson (2009), 'Environmental Policy', in Michelle Cini and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan, European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Kern, Kristine and Harriet Bulkeley (2009), "Cities, Europeanization, and Multi-Level Governance: Governing Climate Change through Transnational Municipal Networks," Journal of Common Market Studies 47, 2: 309-332.
- Lenschow, Andrea (2010), 'Environmental Policy', in Helen Wallace, Mark Pollack, and Alasdair Young, Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: EU and Policy Leadership
WEEK 8 - External Trade and Finance Policy
- Horng, Der-Chin (2004), "The European Central Bank's External Relations with Third Countries and the IMF", European Foreign Affairs Review 9: 323-346.
- McNamara, Kathleen (2008), "A Rivalry in the Making? The Euro and International Monetary Power", Review of International Political Economy 15, 3: 439-459.
- Meunier, Sophie, and Kalypso Nicolaidis (2005), "The European Union as a Trade Power", in International Relations and the European Union, Christopher Hill and Michael Smith, eds., 247-269. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Smaghi, Lorenzo Bini (2004), "A Single Seat in the IMF?", Journal of Common Market Studies 42, 2: 229-248.
- Young, Alasdair (2006), "Punching Its Weight? The EU's Use of WTO Dispute Resolution," in The European Union's Roles in International Politics, Ole Elgström and Michael Smith, eds., 189-207. Oxon: Routledge.
Case Study: EU as Market Power Europe
WEEK 9 - Development Policy and Humanitarian Assistance
- Babarinde, Olufemi, and Gerritt Faber, eds. (2005), The European Union and Developing Countries: The Cotonou Agreement, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers.
- Carbone, Maurizio (2007), The EU and International Development, London: Routledge.
- Lister, Marjorie, and Maurizio Carbone, eds. (2006), New Pathways in International Development: Gender and Civil Society in EU Policy, Ashgate.
- Nuttall, Simon (2005), "Coherence and Consistency", in International Relations and the European Union, Christopher Hill and Michael Smith, eds., 91-112. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: Consistency and EU Development Policy
WEEK 10 - Internal and External Security Policy
- Boswell, Christina (2008), "The Political Functions of Expert Knowledge: Knowledge and Legitimation in European Union Immigration Policy", Journal of European Public Policy 15, 4: 471-488.
- Howorth, Jolyon (2005), "From Security to Defense: The Evolution of the CFSP", in International Relations and the European Union, Christopher Hill and Michael Smith, eds., 179-204. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Lavenex, Sandra, and William Wallace (2010), 'Justice and Home Affairs', in Helen Wallace, Mark Pollack, and Alasdair Young, Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Rees, Wyn (2005), "The External Face of Internal Security", in International Relations and the European Union, Christopher Hill and Michael Smith, eds., 205-224. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Wallace, William (2010), 'Foreign and Security Policy', in Helen Wallace, Mark Pollack, and Alasdair Young, Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: EU-NATO Relations
WEEK 11 - Enlargement and the Future of Europe
- Mayall, James (2005), "The Shadow of Empire: The EU and the Former Colonial World", in International Relations and the European Union, Christopher Hill and Michael Smith, eds., 292-316. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Schimmelfennig, Frank (2006), "The Process of Enlargement: Problems, Interests, and Norms", in European Union, Power and Policy-Making, 3rd edition, Jeremy Richardson, ed., 207-224. London: Routledge.
- Sedelmeier, Ulrich (2010), 'Eastern Enlargement', in Helen Wallace, Mark Pollack, and Alasdair Young, Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Smith, Karen (2005), "Enlargement and European Order", in International Relations and the European Union, Christopher Hill and Michael Smith, eds., 270-291. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Case Study: Turkey and EU Enlargement
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
11/01/2016 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
147 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
60 %,
Practical Exam
40 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
60% 3000-word policy brief
20% weekly presentations
20% individual policy brief presentation
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| Feedback |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Evaluate competing theoretical approaches for explaining European Integration, institutional change and the processes of policy-making
2. Identify the EU's institutional structure and processes for internal and external policy-making
3. Explain how and why the relevance of different EU institutions, actors and policies has changed over time
4. Understand the relative importance of supranational, national and sub-national factors for determining the EU's governance structures and policy outputs
5. Acquire an understanding of EU internal and external policy and policy-making processes that complements other specialist MPP core courses
6. Apply scholarly knowledge of European policy in a practical context
7. Engage in effective individual presentations and group discussion
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Reading List
Cini, Michelle, Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan (2009), European Union Politics, 3rd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hill, Christopher, and Michael Smith (2010), International Relations and the European Union, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wallace, Helen, Mark Pollack, and Alasdair Young (2010), Policy-Making in the European Union, 6th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Laura Cram
Tel: (0131 6)51 5571
Email: Laura.Cram@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Lee Corcoran
Tel:
Email: Lee.Corcoran@ed.ac.uk |
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