PSCI 3207A The Government and Politics of European Integration Tuesdays, 14:35 17:25 Location: 516 Southam Hall

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1 Carleton University Winter 2007 Department of Political Science PSCI 3207A The Government and Politics of European Integration Tuesdays, 14:35 17:25 Location: 516 Souam Hall Instructor: Professor Achim Hurrelmann Office: Loeb A 629 Office Hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays, 16:00 18:00 Phone: (613) ext achim_hurrelmann@carleton.ca Course description: The European Union (EU) represents e most successful example of regional economic and political integration in e world. Initiated in e 1950s in an attempt to prevent furer wars on e continent, European integration today influences all major areas of policy making. Indeed, it can be argued at politics in e EU member states can no longer be understood wiout taking into account ese states inclusion into a system of European multilevel governance. In 2002 twelve member states introduced e Euro as common European currency, and wi e enlargement of 2004 large parts of post-soviet Eastern Europe were successfully integrated into e Union. Yet in spite of ese successes, e failure of e constitutional treaty in 2005 indicates at some fundamental challenges of institution-building especially regarding e question of democratic legitimacy are yet to be resolved and at popular support for e EU and many of its core policies remains fragile. Against is background, is course provides an introduction to e political system of e EU, focusing on e Union s core institutions and policy processes, as well as on e most important eories of European integration. The course also discusses problems of democratizing EU institutions and examines major fields of EU policy making. At e end of e course, students will be familiar wi e political institutions and policy processes of e EU and have an understanding of core concepts and controversies of EU studies. Texts: There are two required textbooks for is course, which are available in e university bookstore: N. Nugent (2006), The Government and Politics of e European Union, 6 edition (Durham: Duke UP). H. Wallace, W. Wallace and M. A. Pollack, eds. (2005), Policy-Making in e European Union, 5 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). Additional readings (marked by ** in e course outline) have been put on reserve in e library or are available online (as e-journals or via Web CT). The texts of e EU Treaties can be downloaded from e website 1

2 Evaluation: Participation in class discussions 10% Midterm exam (in class) 30% (13 February 2007) Research paper, outline 10% (due 6 March 2007) Research paper, final 50% (due 3 April 2007) Participation in class discussion: This class will be using a mixture of lecture and seminar style formats. Students are expected to have read e required readings and to actively contribute to class discussions and group work. Participation grades will be assigned according to e quality and quantity of contributions. Attending alone does not ensure a passing participation grade. Midterm exam: There will be a two-hour in-class midterm exam on 13 February The exam will be in a short-answer format; it covers all course material addressed up to is point, including reading, lectures and class discussions. The exam is designed to test students knowledge of basic facts about e EU s political system, its policy-making processes as well as e most important eories of European integration. Research paper: The main assignment to be completed in is class is a research paper focusing on one of e issues discussed in is course. Possible formats are empirical case studies on individual EU institutions, policies or member states (Examples: What relevancy did recent ECJ rulings have for e integration process? What prevents a reform of e Common Agricultural Policy? How successful were e OMC procedures on employment policy? How did selected accession states implement e EU s gender mainstreaming agenda? What explains British and Polish reluctance to e Common Foreign and Security Policy?), as well as more eoretical essays on important controversies in EU studies (Examples: Do e member states still exercise ultimate control over EU policy? Can a European Constitution trigger e formation of European identities?). Furer examples for suitable research questions will be given in class. In addition, students are encouraged to discuss ideas for eir papers wi e instructor early in e term. The research question should first be formulated and its relevancy justified in a brief paper outline (3 pages, double spaced), to be submitted in class on March 6. This outline should also sketch e steps in which e argument will proceed. Outlines will be marked for e originality and analytical quality of e research design. In reaction to e feedback obtained from e instructor and TA, all aspects of e outline may be amended when devising e final paper. Final papers should be about pages (double spaced, i.e words); ey are due in class on April 3. It is essential at e papers are focused on answering e research question and at ey actually engage at least some of e concepts discussed in is course. Grading: Assignments and exams will be graded wi a letter grade. To convert is to a percentage grade or to e university 12-point system, please refer to e following table. Percentage Letter grade 12-point scale Percentage Letter grade 12-point scale A C A C A C B D B D B D- 1 2

3 Grades 49% and below will be assigned a failing grade (F). Please note at e Undergraduate Calendar states: To obtain credit in a course, students must meet all e course requirements for attendance, term work, and examinations. Students who fail to complete e required assignments and examinations will be given a failing grade in e course. Later papers will be penalized one full letter grade per day (e.g. a B+ becomes a B). Preliminary course outline: Introduction 9 Jan Introduction: European Integration after Sixty Years Logistics, Administrative Details ** Laffan and Mazey (on reserve) Part I: The Political System of e European Union 16 Jan Core EU Institutions: Commission, Council of Ministers, Parliament Nugent, Ch Jan EU Law and e Court of Justice Nugent, Ch ** McCown (on reserve) 30 Jan EU Policy Making and its Effects on e Member States Nugent, Ch ** Lenschow (on reserve) 6 Feb Theorizing European Integration Wallace, Ch. 2 ** Strøby Jensen (on reserve) ** Cini (on reserve) 13 Feb Midterm Exam (in class) Part II: Democracy and Democratization 27 Feb Channels of Democratic Input in e EU ** Moravcsik (Web CT) ** Franklin (on reserve) ** Raunio (Web CT) ** Greenwood (Web CT) 6 March 2007 Democratization: Options and Impediments ** Scharpf (Web CT) ** Hurrelmann (Web CT) ** Gbikpi and Grote (on reserve) [Paper outlines are due.] 3

4 13 March 2007 The Constitutional Project Nugent, Ch. 7 ** Habermas (Web CT) ** Moravcsik (Web CT) ** de Búrca (Web CT) Part III: Policy-Making in e EU Contemporary Challenges 20 March 2007 Economic and Monetary Policy Wallace, Ch March 2007 Redistributive Policies: Agriculture, Structural Funds and Social Policy? Nugent, Ch. 18 Wallace, Ch April 2007 Foreign Policy and Internal Security Wallace, Ch [Papers are due.] 4

5 Literature: Introduction: European Integration after Sixty Years (9 Jan. 2007) Required reading B. Laffan & S. Mazey (2006), European Integration: The European Union Reaching an Equilibrium?, in J. Richardson, ed., European Union: Power rd and Policy-Making, 3 edition (London: Routledge). Additional literature D. Dinan (2004), Europe Recast: A History of European Union (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). T. Judt (2005), Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (London: Penguin). D. W. Urwin (1994), The Community of Europe: A History of European Integration Since 1945 (London: Longman). Core EU Institutions: Commission, Council of Ministers, Parliament (16 Jan. 2007) Required reading N. Nugent (2006), The Government and Politics of e European Union, 6 edition (Durham: Duke UP), Ch Additional literature R. Corbett, F. Jacobs and M. Shackleton (2005), The European Parliament, 6 edition (London: John Harper). F. Hayes-Renshaw and H. Wallace (2006), The Council of Ministers, 2 nd edition (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). D. Judge and D. Earnshaw (2003), The European Parliament (London: Palgrave Macmillan). N. Nugent (2000), The European Commission (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). J. Peterson and M. Shackleton, eds. (2006), The Institutions of e European nd Union, 2 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). M. Westlake and D. Galloway (2004), The Council of e European Union, rd 3 edition (London: John Harper). EU Law and e Court of Justice (23 Jan. 2007) Required reading N. Nugent (2006), The Government and Politics of e European Union, 6 edition (Durham: Duke UP), Ch M. McCown (2006), Judicial Law-Making and European Integration: The European Court of Justice, in J. Richardson, ed., European Union: Power rd and Policy-Making, 3 edition (London: Routledge). Additional literature K. Alter (2001), Establishing e Supremacy of European Law: The Making of an International Rule of Law in Europe (Oxford: Oxford UP). A. Arnull (2006), The European Union and its Court of Justice (Oxford: Oxford UP). R. Dehousse (1998), The European Court of Justice: The Politics of Judicial Integration (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). T. C. Hartley (2003), The Foundations of European Community Law, 5 5

6 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). J. H. H. Weiler (1999), The Constitution of Europe: Do e New Cloes Have an Emperor? and Oer Essays on European Integration (Cambridge: Cambridge UP). EU Policy Making and its Effects on e Member States (30 Jan. 2007) Required reading N. Nugent (2006), The Government and Politics of e European Union, 6 edition (Durham: Duke UP), Ch A. Lenschow (2006), Europeanization of Public Policy, in J. Richardson, rd ed., European Union: Power and Policy-Making, 3 edition (London: Routledge). Additional literature S. Borrás and B. Greve, eds. (2004), The Open Meod of Co-Ordination: Theoretical, Empirical and Meodological Challenges for EU Studies, Special Issue of e Journal of European Public Policy 11(2). K. Feaerstone and C. Radaelli, eds. (2003), The Politics of Europeanization (Oxford: Oxford UP). M. Green Cowles, T. Risse and J. A. Caporaso, eds. (2001), Transforming Europe: Europeanization and Domestic Change (Iaca: Cornell UP). nd S. Hix (2005), The Political System of e European Union, 2 edition (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). G. Majone (1996), Regulating Europe (London: Routledge). J. Peterson and E. Bomberg (1999), Decision-Making in e European Union (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). Theorizing European Integration (6 Feb. 2007) Required reading M. Pollack (2005), Theorizing EU Policy-Making, in H. Wallace, W. Wallace and M. A. Pollack, eds., Policy-Making in e European Union, 5 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). C. Strøby Jensen (2003), Neo-Functionalism, in M. Cini, ed., European Union Politics (Oxford: Oxford UP). M. Cini (2003), Intergovernmentalism, in M. Cini, ed., European Union Politics (Oxford: Oxford UP). 6

7 Additional literature T. Christiansen, K. E. Jørgensen and A. Wiener, eds. (2001), The Social Construction of Europe (London: Sage). A. Moravcsik (1998), The Choice for Europe: Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht (Iaka: Cornell UP). L. Hooghe and G. Marks (2001), Multi-Level Governance and European Integration (Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield). J. Jupille and J. A. Caporaso (1999), Institutionalism and e European Union: Beyond International Relations and Comparative Politics, Annual Review of Political Science 2, B. Rosamond (2000), Theories of European Integration (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). W. Sandholtz and A. Stone Sweet, eds. (1998), European Integration and Supranational Governance (Oxford: Oxford UP). A. Wiener and T. Diez, eds. (2004), European Integration Theory (Oxford: Oxford UP). 7

8 Channels of Democratic Input in e EU (27 Feb. 2007) Required reading A. Moravcsik (2002), In Defence of e Democratic Deficit: Reassessing Legitimacy in e European Union, Journal of Common Market Studies 40(4), M. Franklin (2006), European Elections and e European Voter, in J. rd Richardson, ed., European Union: Power and Policy-Making, 3 edition (London: Routledge). T. Raunio (forcoming), National Parliaments and e Future of European Integration: Learning to Play e Multi-Level Game, in J. DeBardeleben and A. Hurrelmann, eds., Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance: Legitimacy, Accountability and Representation in e European Union (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). J. Greenwood (forcoming), Organized Civil Society and Input Legitimacy in e EU, in J. DeBardeleben and A. Hurrelmann, eds., Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance: Legitimacy, Accountability and Representation in e European Union (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). Additional literature D. Beeam and C. Lord (1998), Legitimacy and e European Union (London: Longman). A. Follesdal and S. Hix (2005), Why There is a Democratic Deficit in e EU: A Response to Majone and Moravcsik, European Governance Paper (EUROGOV) No. C A. Héritier (1999), Elements of Democratic Legitimation in Europe: An Alternative Perspective, Journal of European Public Policy 6(2), M. Höre (1999), No Way out for e Beast? The Unresolved Legitimacy Problem of European Governance, Journal of European Public Policy, 6(2), G. Majone (1998), Europe s Democratic Deficit : The Question of Standards, European Law Journal 4(1),

9 Democratization: Options and Impediments (6 March 2007) Required reading F. W. Scharpf (2006), Problem-Solving Effectiveness and Democratic Accountability in e EU (Vienna: Institute for Advanced Studies). A. Hurrelmann (forcoming), Is There a European Society? Social Conditions for Democracy in e European Union, in J. DeBardeleben and A. Hurrelmann, eds., Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance: Legitimacy, Accountability and Representation in e European Union (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). B. Gpikpi and J. R. Grote (2002), From Democratic Government to Participatory Governance, in J. R. Grote and B. Gbikpi, eds., Participatory Governance: Political and Societal Implications (Opladen: Leske + Budrich). Additional literature H. Abromeit (1998), Democracy in Europe: Legitimising Politics in a Non- State Polity (Oxford: Berghahn). B. Kohler-Koch (2000), Framing: The Bottleneck of Constructing Legitimate Institutions, Journal of European Public Policy 7(4), P. C. Schmitter (2000), How to Democratize e European Union and Why Boer? (Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield). A. Warleigh (2003), Democracy in e European Union: Theory, Practice and Reform (London: Sage). M. Zürn (2000), Democratic Governance beyond e Nation-State: The EU and Oer International Institutions, European Journal of International Relations 6(2), The Constitutional Project (13 March 2007) Required reading N. Nugent (2006), The Government and Politics of e European Union, 6 edition (Durham: Duke UP), Ch. 7. J. Habermas (2001), Why Europe Needs a Constitution, New Left Review 42(11), A. Moravcsik (2006), What Can We Learn from e Collapse of e European Constitutional Project, PVS 47(2), G. de Búrca (2006), The European Constitutional Project after e Referenda, Constellations 13(2), Additional literature L. Dobson and A. Follesdal, eds. (2004), Political Theory and e European Constitution (London: Routledge). E. O. Eriksen, E. Fossum and A. J. Menendez, eds. (2004), Developing a Constitution for Europe (London: Routledge). G. Ivaldi (2006), Beyond France s 2005 Referendum on e European Constitutional Treaty: Second-Order Model, Anti-Establishment Attitudes and e End of e Alternative European Utopia, West European Politics 29(1), T. A. J. Toonen, B. Steunenberg and W. Voermans (2005), Saying No to a European Constitution: Dutch Revolt, Enigma or Pragmatism?, Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften 3(4),

10 A. Sbragia et al. (2006), Symposium: The EU and Its Constitution : Public Opinion, Political Elites, and Their International Context, PS Political Science and Politics 39(2), Economic and Monetary Policy (20 March 2007) Required reading A. Young (2005), The Single Market, in H. Wallace, W. Wallace and M. A. Pollack, eds., Policy-Making in e European Union, 5 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). S. Wilks (2005), Competition Policy, in H. Wallace, W. Wallace and M. A. Pollack, eds., Policy-Making in e European Union, 5 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). K. R. McNamara (2005), Economic and Monetary Union, in H. Wallace, W. Wallace and M. A. Pollack, eds., Policy-Making in e European Union, 5 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). 10

11 Additional literature M. Cini and L. McGowan (1998), Competition Policy in e European Union (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). F. Duina (2006), The Social Construction of Free Trade: The European Union, NAFTA, and MERCOSUR (Princeton: Princeton UP). K. Dyson, ed. (2002), European States and e Euro: Europeanization, Variation, and Convergence (Oxford: Oxford UP). M. P. Egan (2001), Constructing a European Market: Standards, Regulation, and Governance (Oxford: Oxford UP). E. Jones (2002), The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union: Integration and Idiosyncrasy (Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield). A. Verdun, ed. (2002), The Euro: European Integration Theory and Economic and Monetary Union (Lanham: Rowman and Littelfield). Redistributive Policies: Agriculture, Structural Funds and Social Policy? (27 March 2007) Required reading N. Nugent (2006), The Government and Politics of e European Union, 6 edition (Durham: Duke UP), Ch. 18. D. Allen (2005), Cohesion and Structural Funds, in H. Wallace, W. Wallace and M. A. Pollack, eds., Policy-Making in e European Union, 5 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). S. Leibfried (2005), Social Policy, in H. Wallace, W. Wallace and M. A. Pollack, eds., Policy-Making in e European Union, 5 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). Additional literature C. de la Porte and P. Pochet, eds. (2002), Building Social Europe rough e Open Meod of Coordination (Brussels: Lang). J. Hughes, G. Sasse and C. Gordon (2004), Conditionality and Compliance in e EU s Eastward Enlargement: Regional Policy and e Reform of Sub- National Government, Journal of Common Market Studies 42(3), M. Kleinman (2001), A European Welfare State? European Union Social Policy in Context (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). S. Leibfried and P. Pierson, eds. (1995), European Social Policy: Between Fragmentation and Integration (Washington: Brookings Institution). C. Roederer-Rynning (2003), Impregnable Citadel or Leaning Tower? Europe s Common Agricultural Policy at Forty, SAIS Review 23(1), D. Tarschys (2003), Reinventing Cohesion: The Future of European Structural Policy (Stockholm: Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies). Foreign Policy and Internal Security (3 April 2007) Required reading W. Wallace (2005), Foreign and Security Policy, in H. Wallace, W. Wallace and M. A. Pollack, eds., Policy-Making in e European Union, 5 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). S. Lavenex and W. Wallace (2005), Justice and Home Affairs, in H. Wallace, W. Wallace and M. A. Pollack, eds., Policy-Making in e European Union, 5 edition (Oxford: Oxford UP). 11

12 Additional literature J. DeBardeleben, ed. (2005), Soft or Hard Borders? Managing e Divide in an Enlarged Europe (Aldershot: Ashgate). A. Geddes (2000), Immigration and European Integration: Towards Fortress Europe? (Manchester: Manchester UP). V. Mitsilegas, J. Monar and W. Rees (2003), The European Union and Internal Security: Guardian of e People? (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). M. E. Smi (2004), Europe s Foreign and Security Policy: The Institutions of Cooperation (Cambridge: Cambridge UP). K. E. Smi (2003), European Foreign Policy in a Changing World (Cambridge: Polity Press). Academic Accommodations For Students wi Disabilities: Students wi disabilities requiring academic accommodations in is course are encouraged to contact e Paul Menton Centre (PMC) for Students wi Disabilities (500 University Centre) to complete e necessary forms. After registering wi e PMC, make an appointment to meet wi e instructor in order to discuss your needs at least two weeks before e first in-class test or CUTV midterm exam. This will allow for sufficient time to process your request. Please note e following deadlines for submitting completed forms to e PMC for formally scheduled exam accommodations: November 6, 2006 for fall and fall/winter term courses, and March 9, 2007 for winter term courses. For Religious Observance: Students requesting accommodation for religious observances should apply in writing to eir instructor for alternate dates and/or means of satisfying academic requirements. Such requests should be made during e first two weeks of class, or as soon as possible after e need for accommodation is known to exist, but no later an two weeks before e compulsory academic event. Accommodation is to be worked out directly and on an individual basis between e student and e instructor(s) involved. Instructors will make accommodations in a way at avoids academic disadvantage to e student. Instructors and students may contact an Equity Services Advisor for assistance ( For Pregnancy: Pregnant students requiring academic accommodations are encouraged to contact an Equity Advisor in Equity Services to complete a letter of accommodation. Then, make an appointment to discuss your needs wi e instructor at least two weeks prior to e first academic event in which it is anticipated e accommodation will be required. Plagiarism: The Undergraduate Calendar defines plagiarism as: "to use and pass off as one's own idea or product, work of anoer wiout expressly giving credit to anoer." The Graduate Calendar states at plagiarism has occurred when a student eier: (a) directly copies anoer's work wiout acknowledgment; or (b) closely paraphrases e equivalent of a short paragraph or more wiout acknowledgment; or (c) borrows, wiout acknowledgment, any ideas in a clear and recognizable form in such a way as to present em as e student's own ought, where such ideas, if ey were e student's own would contribute to e merit of his or her own work. Instructors who suspect plagiarism are required to submit e paper and supporting documentation to e Departmental Chair who will refer e case to e Dean. It is not permitted to hand in e same assignment to two or more courses. The Department's Style Guide is available at: Oral Examination: At e discretion of e instructor, students may be required to pass a brief oral examination on research papers and essays. Submission and Return of Term Work: Papers must be handed directly to e instructor and will not be date-stamped in e departmental office. Late assignments may be submitted to e drop box in e corridor outside B640 Loeb. Assignments will be retrieved every business day at 4 p.m., stamped wi at 12

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