EU politics

bhdpo1315  2023-2024  Bruxelles Saint-Louis

EU politics
5.00 crédits
30.0 h
Q2
Enseignants
Langue
d'enseignement
Anglais
Préalables

Le(s) prérequis de cette Unité d’enseignement (UE) sont précisés à la fin de cette fiche, en regard des programmes/formations qui proposent cette UE.
Acquis
d'apprentissage

A la fin de cette unité d’enseignement, l’étudiant est capable de :

At the end of the course, students will have:
- been presented with a general overview of the history of the European project
- acquired a basic knowledge of the peculiar political system that is the European Union
- had informed debates regarding the long-standing issue of the democratic deficit of the European Union
 
Contenu
The lectures will proceed in three stages. To begin with, we will make the point that the political institutions constitutive of the European Union are integrated enough to be considered an actual political system. Accordingly, the European Union can be studied as such, which we will be doing for several lectures, putting the emphasis on the fact that the EU is a quite unique political system that deserves to be approached as a sui generis case. We will highlight the institutionalized relationships between its main actors and attempt to paint at great brushstrokes its inner institutional logic.

Second, we will be looking backwards in time, at the history of the European project to explain how we arrived at such an institutional outcome. We will show that the European Union was not built in a day and that many of its quirks result from hard-fought negotiation processes and compromises opposing conflicting views of the European integration project.

Eventually, we will ask ourselves how the issue of the democratic deficit of the EU, identified by European analysts since the 1970s, has been tackled since then and how its approach could decisively shape the future of EU politics.
Méthodes d'enseignement
Lectures, discussion of additional compulsory readings and presentations by professionals (tbc).
Each student will have to study selected chapters of a textbook, complementary to the ex-cathedra lectures : Cini M. and N. Pérez-Solórzano Borragán (eds.) 2022, European Union Politics, 7th edition, Oxford University Press
Modes d'évaluation
des acquis des étudiants
Two-hours long written exam consisting of open-ended questions focused on topics covered during the lectures and in the readings.
Autres infos
Face-to-face , second term, 30 hours of theory.
The slides are given to the students right after each session. A syllabus is available at the beginning of the course.
Bibliographie
On top of the compulsory textbook, a list of useful references is available in the syllabus. 
Faculté ou entité
en charge


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Intitulé du programme
Sigle
Crédits
Prérequis
Acquis
d'apprentissage
Bachelier en histoire (français - anglais)

Bachelier en droit (horaire décalé)

Bachelier en droit

Bachelier en droit français-anglais (et français-anglais-néerlandais)

Bachelier en droit français-néerlandais (et français-néerlandais-anglais)

Bachelier en information et communication

Bachelier en information et communication (français-anglais)

Bachelier en information et communication (français-néerlandais-anglais)

Bachelier en sociologie et anthropologie

Bachelier en sociologie et anthropologie (français-anglais)

Bachelier en sociologie et anthropologie (français-néerlandais-anglais)

Bachelier en sciences politiques, orientation générale

Bachelier en sciences politiques, orientation générale (français-anglais)

Bachelier en sciences politiques, orientation générale (français-néerlandais-anglais)

Bachelier en sciences politiques, orientation générale (horaire décalé)