mun.ca/posc Political Science 4250 The European Union Winter 2010 Where: SN 2033 When: Wednesday 19:00 21.30 Instructor: O. Croci Office hours: SN 2034, Tel. 737 8185 Tuesday and Thursday: 13:00-15: 30 Wednesday: 16:00 19:00 Prerequisites: Students enrolled in this course should have already taken Political Science 2200, 2300, 2600 and 2800 (former 2710) as well as 3220 and /or 3250. Description and Objectives of the Course This course examines the European Union (EU) as a case of advanced regional political and economic integration and governance. Students are expected to be able to discuss the significance of the EU in international and comparative political terms as well as its historical origins and developments, its institutional structure, its governance style and its main public policies. Textbook Simon Hix, The Political System of the European Union (2 nd edition), New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Course Requirements Research Paper (due March 17) 40% Class presentation (1 presentation per student) 20% Final exam 25% Class participation 15% Research paper: a 4000 word research paper, due on March 27. The first task is to choose the question the paper will address. The second is to organize the argument in distinct sections. Before you embark on writing the paper you must discuss the topic of your paper and its organization with me and have it approved. This means that within the first week of class you must submit a one-page proposal showing your topic (best if formulated as a question) and the organization of the paper. I will not grade papers which have not been discussed and approved. A bibliography that you might find useful is at http://www.mun.ca/ceuep/eu-bib.html. Useful guidelines on how to write a paper are in P. Burnham, K. Gilland, W. Grant and Z. Laytn-Henry, Research Methods in Politics (Basingstokes: Palgrave Macmillan 2004) especially chapters 2 and 7.
Papers will be graded as follows: A: An excellent paper that shows a thorough and superior understanding of the subject under discussion and displays significant insights. It makes precise and clear arguments and is thoroughly researched. Its organization is very logical and coherent. It makes all relevant connections to relevant literature and theory. It is written in perfect scholarly fashion, has no spelling, grammatical, or syntactic mistakes, and reads very smoothly. B: A good paper that shows a good understanding of the subject under discussion and displays at least some insights. It makes fairly clear and precise arguments and is adequately researched. Its organization is, for the most part, logical and coherent. It makes at least some connections to relevant literature and theory. It is written in less than perfect scholarly fashion, has no major or consistent spelling, grammatical, or syntactic mistakes, but does not always read very smoothly. C: A satisfactory paper that shows an understanding of some of the issues related to the subject under discussion but displays few insights. It attempts to make some arguments but they are not always too clear or precise and not entirely well researched. Its organization is not always logical or coherent. It makes few connections to relevant literature and theory. It is written in a rather informal manner and does not always read very smoothly. It does not, however, have any major or consistent spelling, grammatical, or syntactic mistakes. D: A less than satisfactory paper that shows a poor understanding of the issues related to the subject under discussion and displays no insights. It attempts to make some arguments but they are not clear or precise and are poorly researched. Its organization lacks logic and coherence. It hardly makes any connection to relevant literature and theory. It is written in an informal manner, may not read very smoothly, and may contain major or consistent spelling, grammatical, or syntactic mistakes. F: An unsatisfactory or unacceptable paper: there are no arguments or they are either unclear or very poorly developed. It is written in an informal manner and may present major or consistent spelling, grammatical, or syntactic mistakes. Also, the paper is not written on the topic that was chosen or has been handed in past the deadline. Class presentation: For this component of the evaluation you will read one of the articles (or set of articles) listed in the course outline (I will assign them randomly). You will then prepare a PPP which you will use to present the article in class. The PPP should focus on the question the article addresses, the way it relates to the literature in the field (articles, good ones at least, usually point that out in their introduction or first section), the research method used and the way the article is organized, its findings, its conclusions and your comments. You should also prepare a three-page commentary (basically a transcript of your oral presentation) that you shall hand in at the end of the class. Final exam: It will consist of a combination of essay questions and identifications based on the textbook. Class Participation: Students who are not presenting a paper must nevertheless read it before class and submit at the beginning of the class a one-page, double-spaced summary of the article (basically a ministerial brief). Participation will be evaluated on the basis of these briefs as well as on the basis of your interventions in class, their relevance, adequacy, and creativity. 2
Course outline January 13: Introduction: What is the European Union? Textbook: Chapter 1 European Economic Community http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~ocroci/eec.pdf European Community http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~ocroci/ec.pdf European Union http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~ocroci/eu.pdf http://www.hum.leiden.edu/history/eu-history/ http://europa.eu/abc/history/index_en.htm Robert Cooper, The breaking of nations: order and chaos in the 21 st century, Toronto: McClelland Stewart, 2005, pp. 3-80. JZ 1308 C664 2003 (on reserve) Mark A. Pollack, Theorizing the European Union: international organization, domestic polity or experiment in new governance? Annual Review of Political Science 8 (2005): 357-398 (Library Web) Desmond Dinan, Ever closer union: an introduction to European integration, 3 rd edition, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2005 (read the first part on history) HC 241.2 D476 2005 (on reserve) January 20: The EU executive (and policy-making) Textbook: Chapter 2 http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm http://ue.eu.int/en/summ.htm Jens Blom-Hansen and Hijs Jan Brandsma, The EU comitology system: intergovernmental bargaining and deliberative supranationalism?, Journal of Common Market Studies 47 (4), 2009: 719-740 (Library Web). Jeff Loder, Redefining the Aims of the Lisbon Strategy: The Case of the Services Directive Paper presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions Workshop 7, Lisbon, April 2009 (I will distribute). January 27: EU legislative politics (and policy-making) Textbook: Chapter 3 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/default_en.htm Ingeborg Tömmel, Modes of governance and the institutional structure of the European Union and Arthur Benz, Combined modes of governance in EU policymaking in I. Tömmel and A. Verdun ed. Innovative Governance in the European Union. The Politics of Multilevel Policymaking, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2009, pp. 9-23 and 27-44. JN 30 I522 2009 (on reserve) O. Croci, Taking the field: the European Union and sport governance in I. Tömmel and A. Verdun ed. Innovative Governance in the European Union. The Politics of Multilevel Policymaking, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2009, pp. 139-157. JN 30 I522 2009 (on reserve) 3
February 3: EU Judiciary (and policy-making) Textbook: Chapter 4 http://curia.europa.eu/en/instit/presentationfr/index.htm K. Alter and S. Meunier-Aitsahalia, Judicial politics in the European Community: European integration and the pathbreaking Cassis de Dijon decision Comparative Political Studies 26 (4): 535-561 (Library Web). J.H.H. Weiler, The Transformation of Europe in J.H.H. Weiler, The Constitution of Europe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999, pp. 10-101. KJE 5076 W45 1999 (on reserve) February 10: Public opinion, parties and elections, interest groups Textbook: Chapters 5, 6, 7 P. Statham and R. Koopmans, Political party contestation over Europe in the mass media: who criticizes Europe, how, and why? European Political Science Review 1, 3 (2009): 435-463. (Library Web) B. Lindberg, A. Rasmussen, A. Warntjen, Party politics as usual? The role of political parties in EU legislative decision-making Journal of European Public Policy 15 (8), 2008: 1107 1126. (Library Web) February 17: The Single Market Textbook: Chapter 8 Susanne K. Schmidt, Single Market Policies: From Mutual recognition to Institution Building and Michelle Egan, Governing the Single Market: from private coordination to public regulation both in I. Tömmel and A. Verdun ed. Innovative Governance in the European Union. The Politics of Multilevel Policymaking, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2009, pp. 121-137 and 159-178. JN 30 I522 2009 (on reserve) H. Badinger and N. Maydell, Legal and Economic Issues in Completing the EU Internal Market for Services: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Journal of Common Market Studies 47 (4) 2009: 693-717 (Library Web). March 3: The Budget and the CAP Textbook: Chapter 9 The Common Agricultural Policy http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~ocroci/cap.pdf http://europa.eu/pol/agr/index_en.htm http://members.tripod.com/~wyngrant/wyngrantcappage.html J. Schild, How to shift the EU's spending priorities? The multi-annual financial framework 2007-13 in perspective Journal of European Public Policy 15 (4): 531 549 (Library Web) Carsten Daugbjerg, Sequencing in public policy: the evolution of the CAP over a decade Journal of European Public Policy 16 (3), 2009: 395-411 (Library Web). 4
March 10: Economic and Monetary Union Textbook: Chapters 10 http://www.ecb.int/home/html/index.en.html http://europa.eu/pol/emu/index_en.htm O. Croci and L. Picci, European monetary integration and integration theory: insights from the Italian case in Amy Verdun (ed.), The Euro: European integration theory and economic and monetary union, Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002, pp. 221-240. HG 3942 E964 2002 (on reserve or I can distribute) A. Verdun, Regulation and cooperation in Economic and Monetary Policy in I. Tömmel and A. Verdun ed. Innovative Governance in the European Union. The Politics of Multilevel Policymaking, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2009, pp. 75-86 and Henrik Enderlein and Amy Verdun, EMU's teenage challenge: what have we learned and can we predict from political science? Journal of European Public Policy, 16 (4), 2009: 490-507. JN 30 I522 2009 (on reserve) March 17: Citizens freedom, political legitimacy, and internal security Textbook: Chapter 11 http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/index_en.htm D. H. Espen Olsen, The origins of European citizenship in the first two decades of European integration Journal of European Public Policy 15 (1): 40-57 and Stijn Smismans, The European Union's fundamental rights myth Journal of Common Market Studies, 48 (1) 2010: 45-66 (Library Web). F. Scharpf, Legitimacy in the multilevel European polity, European Political Science Review 1 (2) (2009): 173 204 (Library Web). RESEARCH PAPER DUE March 24: Foreign Policy Textbook: Chapter 12 http://ec.europa.eu/budget/budget_glance/index_en.htm http://europa.eu/pol/financ/index_en.htm Sandra Lavenex and Frank Schimmelfennig, EU rules beyond EU borders: theorizing external governance in European politics and Richard Youngs, Democracy promotion as external governance?, Journal of European Public Policy 16 (6), 2009: 791-812 and 895-915 (Library Web). Emil Kirchner, European Union: the European Union security strategy versus national preferences in E. Kirchner and J. Sperling ed. Global Security Governance. Competing perceptions of security in the 21 st century, London: Routledge, 2007, pp. 113-133. JZ 5588 G583 2007 (on reserve) 5
March 31: The EU, the US, and Canada O. Croci, A closer look at the changing transatlantic relationship European Foreign Affairs Review 8 (4), 2003: 469-441 (I will distribute). Barry Eichengreen, The Dollar Dilemma: the world s top currency faces competition Foreign Affairs 88 (5), 2009: 53-68 and Benjamin Cohen, Dollar Dominance, Euro Aspirations: Recipe for Discord?, Journal of Common Market Studies 47 (4), 2009: 741-766 (Library Web). O. Croci and L. Tossutti, Canada and the European Union: a story of unrequited attraction in Finn Laursen ed. The EU in the Global Political Economy, Brussels: Peter Lang, 2009, pp. 149-176 (I will distribute). April 7: Enlargement and the future Textbook: Chapter 13 http://europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement/index_en.html A. Verdun, The challenges of European Union: where are we today, how did we get here and what lies ahead? and H. Wallace, Can a reformed European Union bear the weight of enlargement?, in A. Verdun and O. Croci (eds.), The European Union in the wake of Eastern enlargement: Institutional and policy-making challenges, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2005, pp. 9-22 and 23-34. HC 240.25 E852 E978 2005 (on reserve) Charles Pentland, Enlargement: Expanding the realm of European governance in I. Tömmel and A. Verdun ed. Innovative Governance in the European Union. The Politics of Multilevel Policymaking, Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2009, pp. 179-196. JN 30 I522 2009 (on reserve) George Ross, What do 'Europeans' think? Analyses of the European Union's current crisis by European elites Journal of Common Market Studies 46 (2) 2008: 389-412 (Library Web). 6