COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DYNAMICS OF EUROPEAN POLITICAL INTEGRATION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AVB 6049 DYNAMICS OF EUROPEAN POLITICAL INTEGRATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

European Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEDEF EYLEMER

Offered to

European Studies

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to discuss and elaborate on the dynamics of European political integration from the past to the recent era in theory and practice.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To evaluate the developments and shifts in the dynamics of European political integration in the post-Lisbon era
2   To analyze European political integration within the context of supranational and intergovernmentalist paradigms
3   To compare the rationalist and constructivist approaches to European political integration
4   To analyze European political integration within different theoretical perspectives
5   To anayze the role of public opinion in European political integration
6   To discuss the future of European political integration considering different integration models

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the Course
2 European Political Integration in the Post Lisbon Era
3 European Political Integration in the Federalist Paradigm
4 European Political Integration: Supranational vs. Intergovernmental Paradigms
5 Postfunctionalist Approaches to European Political Integration
6 Rationalist-Reflectivist Debate and Constructivist Approaches to European Integration
7 European Political Integration and Public Opinion
8 Europeanisation as a Research Agenda in EU Studies
9 Europeanisation beyond EU
10 Differentiated integration model debates
11 Theoretical Debates on the Future of European Integration
12 Presentation of student papers
13 Presentation of student papers
14 General evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Michelle Cini (ed.), European Union Politics, Oxford University Press, 2004. (main book)Ian Bache and Stephen George, Politics in the European Union, Oxford University Press, 2006.
Stefano Micossı and Gıan Luigi Tosato (ed.) , The European Union in the 21st century perspectives from the Lisbon Treaty, Centre for European Polıcy Studies, Brussels, 2009.
Mark A. Pollack, Theorizing the European Union: International Organization, Domestic Polity, or Experiment in New Governance , Annual Review of Political Science, 2005. 8:357 98.
George Tsebelis and Geoffrey Garrett, The Institutional Foundations of Intergovernmentalism and Supranationalism in the European Union, International Organization 55, 2, Spring 2001
Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks, A Postfunctionalist Theory of European Integration: From Permissive Consensus to Constraining Dissensus, British Journal of Political Science, 39, 2009.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussions, group study.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
2. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
3. All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise they will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sedef.eylemer@deu.edu.tr, sedef.eylemer@ikc.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be anounced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 153

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.1555
LO.2555
LO.3555
LO.4555
LO.555555
LO.6

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