L'UE dans la gouvernance globale

Teacher(s)

Vercauteren Pierre;

Language

English

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	This course is interested in the dynamics of European integration and the theories that have been devised to make sense of it and of European policies. It will focus on the EU from a comparative perspective, using the tools that Political science has developed overtime in order to understand how political systems operate in general. In doing so, the course will review: the three major powers within the EU and their institutional interactions; the interplay of the variety of actors who act on the European multilevel arena in order to contribute to the definition of the policies that are produced by the EU; a mix of domestic and outward-oriented EU policies. The course will also explore the idiosyncrasies of the EU as a governance sphere that borrows from a diversity of government models and modes of interactions between the actors of the political and social realms.

Content

Part I - The European Union: regional governance regime and international actors

• History of European integration in its global context
• The EU: a system of regional governance (actors and decision-making)
• Theories of European integration and its actorness

Part II - International activity of the EU

• External relations of the European Union
• The Common Foreign, Security, and Defense Policy (CFSP/CSDP)
• The EU in/and its environment
• The EU as key player in international organizations
• The promotion and export of the regional governance system
• The EU and its international networks

Teaching methods

Alternation between lectures and interactive sessions in a logic of flipped classrooms.

Evaluation methods

First exam session
This course combines three modes of evaluation:

• Permanent evaluation (4 small tests (MCQ) on content of previous class + class participation) (20%)
• Oral presentation (in group or individually) (30%)
• Written research assignment (50%)

Students cannot pass the course if (i) they do not participate in all three modes; or (ii) they fail the research paper.
Second exam session
The grades obtained for the oral presentation and the permanent evaluation cannot be changed in the second exam session.

Online resources

All relevant information and documentation will be shared via  « Student corner ».

Bibliography

Barbé, E., Costa, O., Kissack, R. (eds.), EU policy responses to a shifting multilateral system, London: Palgrave Macmillan , 2016
Hill, C., Smith, M. and Vanhoonacker, S. (eds), International Relations and the European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 2017
Jorgensen, K.-E., Aarstad, A., Drieskens, E., Laatikainen, K. and Tonra, B. (eds.) The SAGE Handbook of European Foreign Policy, 2015.
Keukeleire, S. and Delreux, T., The foreign policy of the European Union, Basingstoke: Palgrave, Macmillan, 2022
Wiener, A., Börzel, T. and Risse, T. (eds.), European Integration Theory, 3rd edition Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018.
Wunderlich, J.-U. and Bailey, D. (eds.) The European Union and Global Governance: A Handbook. London: Routledge, 2015

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