Course teached as: B029140 - POLITICA DELL'UNIONE EUROPEA 3-years First Cycle Degree (DM 270/04) in POLITICAL SCIENCES Curriculum STUDI POLITICI
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course has three main goals: 1) To offer an introduction to the process of European integration from the start of the EEC to 2020; 2) To explain how the European Union is ruled devoting special attention to the European Council, the Council of the European Union, the Commission, the Parliament and the Court of Justice; 3) To examine the representation process within the EU, with special attention to the political groups and the eurosceptic parties emerged in the 2019 EP elections.
ATTENDING STUDENTS 9CFU
M. Brunazzo e V. Della Sala, La politica dell’Unione europea, Mondadori, 2019 edition (chapters 1 to 10 and 16)
M.Battocchi, La partita dell'Euro. Italia-Germania tra cronaca e storia, Bocconi editore, 2022
Articles from 'Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche' and 'Politica in Italia' indicated in class
ATTENDING STUDENTS 6CFU
M. Brunazzo e V. Della Sala, La politica dell’Unione europea, Mondadori, 2019 edition (chapters 1 to 10 and 16)
M.Battocchi, La partita dell'Euro. Italia-Germania tra cronaca e storia, Bocconi editore, 2022
NON ATTENDING STUDENTS 9CFU
M. Brunazzo e V. Della Sala, La politica dell’Unione europea, Mondadori, 2019 edition (WHOLE BOOK)
S. Fabbrini, Sdoppiamento. Una prospettiva nuova per l'Europa, Laterza, 2017, pp. 3-84
NON ATTENDING STUDENTS 6CFU
M. Brunazzo e V. Della Sala, La politica dell’Unione europea, Mondadori, 2019 edition (WHOLE BOOK)
Learning Objectives
The course aims to provide students with the knowledge and analytical tools necessary to understand political dynamics within contemporary EU. On top of knowledge and analytical independence, the course also aims to foster the students’ interest on Eu current affairs and to promote their critical thinking skills on EU politics.
Prerequisites
Daily reading of national and/or international press.
Ability to read publications in English
Teaching Methods
Lectures; individual or group research activities
Type of Assessment
Final written examination with a mix of multiple choice and open-answer questions (to be completed within one hour and half)
There is no mid-term exam
Note: depending on the state of the pandemic emergency, the features of final test could be modified
Course program
The course is divided into three parts:
First part
Introduction to the EU;
The process of European integration from the 50s to the 2004 great enlargement;
The impact of the great recession and Brexit on the integration process;
Present and future perspectives on the integration process
Second part
Features of the European decision-making process;
The European Council;
The European Commission;
The Council of the European Union;
The Court of Justice;
The European Parliament
Third part
Representative democracy at the EU level;
The 2019 EP elections: features and novelties;
The political groups of the European Parliament;
Euroscepticism and populism at the EP level: definitions and causes;
National case studies