EU PUBLIC POLICIES

Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Francesca LONGO

Expected Learning Outcomes

COURSE OBJECTIVES 

This course is designed to permit students to understand the European Union Public Policy Process and to be able to conceptualise the EU's policy in terms of policy analysis. 

 

It provides an overview of EU policy making and the analysis of agenda setting, decision making and implementation processes in the EU.  

 

Learning outcome 

This course seeks to balance the theoretical and the immediately practical of the European Union Public Policy. It is focused on the analysis of the processes whereby public policies arise and are enacted in the European Union. It compares theories and models of policymaking and decision-making to illustrate the special requirements of the EU environment; examines the roles of various participants in the policy process: legislators, political parties, interest groups, administrators and administrative structures, citizens and the judiciary. 

Course Structure

The front lessons are combined with the method of simulation. The first part will provide the theoretical and institutional knowledge. The second part will apply knowledge with the interactive method of simulation  

Required Prerequisites

none

Detailed Course Content

  • EU: an introduction to the institutional system (students’ presentation) 

 

  • EU as a political and policy system overview of EU Policy Making 

 

  • EU Policies: classification and analysis: redistributive policies,  regulatory policies and Europeanization

 

  • The first policy stage: Agenda Setting in the EU 

 

  • Policy- setting and Policy shaping  in the EU


  • Policy shaping in the EU: the Kingdon’s approach 

 

  • Decision making  the EU 

 

  • Implementation Stage in the EU  

 

 

Part 2: workshop on policy shape


Textbook Information

Lelieveldt H. and Princen S.: The Politics of the European Union, Cambridge University Press, 2011, chapters: 8;9;10;11
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