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17731
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| Year |
2
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(60H)
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| Scientific area |
Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais
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Entry requirements |
Without Requirements
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Learning outcomes |
The UC aims to identify the political system and the nature of power flows within the institutional web of the European Union, as well as the idiosyncrasies in the bilateral and multilateral relationship between the Union and the Member States and the multiple levels of competences and of attributions in matters of public policies. This curricular unit provides a consistent theoretical and practical basis that enables students to analyze the development and functioning of the EU as a political system; explain the functioning of its institutions; identify the process of elaboration and implementation of community policies; to understand the political system of the European Union; understand the dynamics of the European economic and political integration process; master the concepts and technical vocabulary characteristic of the discipline of European studies.
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Syllabus |
I. Political Theories of European Integration
1.1. neofunctionalism
1.2. intergovernmentalism
1.3. Federalism
1.4. neoinstitutionalism
1.5. multilevel governance
II. EU Institutions
2.1. European Commission
2.2. European Council
2.3. Council of the European Union
2.4. European Parliament
2.5. Court of justice
2.6. European central bank
2.7. European External Action Service
2.8. EU High Representative for Foreign Policy
III. Evolution of the integration process and legal order
3.1. Sources of European Law
3.2. Maastricht Treaty
3.3. Amsterdam Treaty
3.4. Treaty of Nice
3.5. Lisbon Treaty
IV. EU policies
4.1. The original policies
4.2. Policies not provided for in the treaty
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Main Bibliography |
1. Hix, Simon & Bjorn Hoyland (2011). Political System of the European Union. 3rd ed. rev. Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.
2. Nugent, Neill (2017). The Government and Politics of the European Union. 8th ed. Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.
3. Abreu, Joana & Liliana Reis (2020). (orgs.). Instituições, Órgãos e Organismos da União Europeia. Coimbra: Almedina.
4. Cini, Michelle & Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán (2016). (eds.). European Union Politics. 6th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
5. Wallace, Helen, Mark A. Pollack & Alasdair R. Young (2015). (eds.). Policy-making in the European Union. USA: Oxford University Press.
6. Rosamond, Ben. 2000. Theories of European Integration. Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.
Bibliografia secundária disponibilizada nas aulas
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Two tests: 35%+35%
Group work: 25%
Class participation: 5%
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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