Lehrende: Dr. Maren Hofius
Veranstaltungsart:
Seminar
Anzeige im Stundenplan:
AM 1: Sem
Semesterwochenstunden:
2
Credits:
4,0
Unterrichtssprache:
Englisch
Min. | Max. Teilnehmerzahl:
10 | 24
Weitere Informationen:
Verwendbar in folgenden Studiengängen bzw. Modulen:
- B.A.-Hauptfach Politikwissenschaft: AM 1 - Regieren in politischen Mehrebenensystemen oder Wahlbereich
- B.Sc. Volkswirtschaftslehre (FSB ab WiSe 2016/17), Ergänzungsfach Regieren in politischen Mehrebenensystemen: AM 1 - Regieren in politischen Mehrebenensystemen
- B.A.-Nebenfach Politikwissenschaft: Fachbezogener Wahlbereich
Kommentare/ Inhalte:
Lehrveranstaltungstitel (englischsprachige Übersetzung):
Contemporary Debates in European Integration Theory
INHALTE:
This introductory course is about both the politics and theory of European integration since the early 1950s. Its main aim is to familiarise students with the development and institutional framework of the European Union (EU) as well as with current problems and challenges, which the EU is facing. Starting with a historical overview of the early years of the European Communities, the course subsequently covers the EU’s key institutions and decision-making processes in view of the EU’s current legal framework. Based thereon, we will then look at the way in which major theories of European integration seek to grasp and explain the EU’s current debates and challenges, such as increased politicisation and contestation of the EU polity, the EU’s multiple crises since the Euro crisis as well as debates about the EU’s differentiated integration and its potential disintegration.
Lernziel:
- Acquire basic knowledge of the history and theories of European integration
- Become familiar with the EU’s key institutions
- Demonstrate ability to think critically about the EU’s development, state of play and future development
- Approach a subject area based on a ‘real-world’ problem
- Become competent in asking questions and develop a research puzzle for a variety of different topics
- Be able to define tailor-made learning objectives to solve a specific problem/puzzle
- Be skilled to chair and lead a session, based on previously defined learning objectives
Vorgehen:
This course runs on a bi-weekly basis, with two individual sessions each time the class convenes. The course adopts a problem-based learning (PBL) approach, in which small groups of students are in charge of defining the learning goals and running the seminar sessions, especially by chairing the individual sessions. The course coordinator will take on a supporting role as to help groups achieve their determined learning goals. While the first sessions are intended to familiarise students with the PBL approach, later sessions will apply the PBL-method full-on. The seminar is rounded off by a round-table debate or plenary discussion in which the different groups compare their individual results.
Literatur:
General readings:
Christiansen, T., Jørgensen, K. E. & Wiener, A. eds. (2001) The Social Construction of Europe. London, Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
Chryssochoou, D. N. (2009) Theorizing European integration, 2nd ed. Routledge: London.
Cini, M. & Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, N. eds. (2016) European Union Politics, 5th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Dinan, D. (2010) Ever closer union: An introduction to European integration, 4th edition. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (probably the most widely read introduction to the EU, incl. a historical overview in chapters 1-6)
Dinan, D. (2014) Europe Recast: A History of the European Union, 2nd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Dinan, D., Nugent, N. & Paterson, W.E. eds. (2017) The European Union in Crisis. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, M. ed. (2006). Debates on European Integration: A Reader. Basingstoke, Hampshire [etc.]: Palgrave Macmillan.
Grimmel, A. (2009) Politische Theorien der Europäischen Integration: Ein Text- und Lehrbuch. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
Hix, Simon and Høyland, B. (2011) The Political System of the European Union, 3rd ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hodson, Dermot and John Peterson. (2017) The Institutions of the European Union, 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jones, E., Menon, A. and Weatherill, S. eds. (2012) Oxford Handbook of the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jupille J., Caporaso J.A. & Checkel J.T. (2003) Integrating institutions: Rationalism, constructivism, and the study of the European Union. Comp. Polit. Stud. 36, 7-41.
Kenealy, D., Peterson, J. and Corbett, R. eds. (2015) The European Union: How Does It Work?, 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nugent, N. (2017) The Government and Politics of the European Union, 8th ed. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Pollack, M. A. (2005) Theorizing the European Union: International Organization, Domestic Polity, or Experiment in New Governance? Annual Review of Political Science 8 (1), 357–398.
Rosamond, B. (2000) Theories of European Integration. Macmillan: Basingstoke.
Tsoukalis, L. (2005) What Kind of Europe? Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Wallace, H., Pollack, M.A. and Young, A.R. eds. (2015) Policy-Making in the European Union, 7th ed. New York: Oxford University Press
Wiener, A. & Diez, T. eds. (2018) European Integration Theory, 3nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zusätzliche Hinweise zu Prüfungen:
Leistungsanforderungen:
- B.A.-Hauptfach Politikwissenschaft, AM 1 - Regieren in politischen Mehrebenensystemen: Studienleistungen (siehe A); zusätzlich kann in dem Seminar eine Hausarbeit als Modulabschlussprüfung des AM 1 absolviert werden (siehe B).
- B.A.-Hauptfach Politikwissenschaft, Wahlbereich: Studienleistungen (siehe A); Hausarbeit nicht möglich.
- B.Sc. Volkswirtschaftslehre: Studienleistungen (siehe A) und Hausarbeit (siehe B).
- B.A.-Nebenfach Politikwissenschaft, Fachbezogener Wahlbereich: Studienleistungen (siehe A); Hausarbeit nicht möglich.
A) Studienleistungen (unbenotet):
team work in small groups, chairing/leading sessions, taking minutes of sessions, short essays
B) Modulprüfung:
Prüfungsart: Essay
Bewertungsschema: benotet (RPO)
Umfang: 6-8 Seiten
Abgabetermin: 28.2.2020
Abgabeort: maren.hofius@uni-hamburg.de
Ausgabeort: Sekretariat, Professur für Politikwissenschaft, ins. Global Governance
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