EU Governance in an International Context- Period 2

This course familiarizes students to the way the EU operates, its institutional architecture, its history, and its modes of decision-making. The course highlights how EU decision-making affects domestic politics, whilst at the same time is situated in a broader, international context. It will introduce students to the key theoretical debates about the European integration process (neo-functionalism, liberal intergouvernmentalism, etc.), and it will pay special attention to the main characteristics of EU decision-making. The theoretical and practical insights will then be applied in a number of selected policy domains involve both policy making within the EU (e.g. monetary, agriculture, environmental policy) and outside the EU, that is to say the EU's engagement in the global realm (e.g. enlargement, trade, security).

Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.