COMMON POLICIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

PSIR514

Course Code: PSIR514
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Hasan Ünal

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Gain comprehensive knowledge about the historical development, determining motivations and limits of the common policies of the EU.
Gain knowledge about the processes, actors and structures of the common policy making.
Make a conceptual analysis of the current and prospective common policy areas.
Evaluate the impact of common policies on regional development

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

No recommended optional programme components.

Course Description

Starting from the original Coal-Steel Community, the development and characteristics of the EU's common policies (with the exception of attempts to forge a common foreign policy) will be studied in this course. The EU's common policies on agriculture, regional development, social welfare, environment, industry and trade, labor and finance are among the topics discussed in this course.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	General Information on Common Policies I
2^nd Week	General Information on Common Policies II
3^rd Week	Draft Treaty about European Constitution I: Laeken Declaration; Convention; Intergovernmental Conference
4^th Week	Draft Treaty about European Constitution II; Domestic Policies and actions
5^th Week	Common Agricultural Policy
6^th Week	Custom Union
7^th Week	Custom Union
8^th Week	Mid-Term Exam
9^th Week	The Single Market
10^th Week	Trans-European Networks
11^th Week	Monetary Policy
12^th Week	Economic Policy
13^th Week	Regional Development
14^th Week	Presentation

Recommended or Required Reading

Documents:
A White Paper on European Governance. (25.7.2001) COM(2001) 428 Final.
Draft Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe. CONV 820/03, The European Convention, The Secretariat.
Green Paper on Services of General Interests. (21.5.2003) COM(2003) 270 Final.
Green Paper on the conversion of the Rome convention of 1980 on the law applicable to the contractual obligations into a community instrument and its modernisation. (14.1.2003) COM(2002) 654 Final.
Green Paper on the Future of the Common Fisheries Policy. (20.3.2001) COM(2001) 135 Final.
European Commission. (Ocak 2003) CAP Reform: A long-term perspective for sustainable agriculture. European Commission, DG for Agriculture.
Papers:
Begg, Iain. (2001) "The Euro: A Success Against the Odds?", Queen's Papers on Europeanisation. No. 3.
Bulmer, Simon and Radaelli, Claudio. (2004) "The Europeanisation of National Policy?", Queen's Papers on Europeanisation. No. 4.
Cameron, Fraser and Primatarova, Antoinette (06. 2003) "Enlargement, CFSP and Convention: The Role of the Accession States", EPIN Working Paper. No. 5, European Policy Institute (EPIN).
Dall'erba Sandy. (Mayıs 2003) "European Regional Development Policies: History and Current Issues". European Union Centre, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Eichengreen, Barry. (02. 2002) "The Enlargement Challenge: Can Monetary Union be Made to Work in an EU of 25 Members?", Working Paper OP-1.
Eliasson, Johan. "The European Security and Defense Policy Process and Non-Allied Members Finland and Sweden", Draft Paper. Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University.
Everts, Steven. "Foreign and Security Policy: from bystander to actor". New Design for Europe.
Geradin, Damien ve Petit, Nicolas. (2004) "The Development of Agencies at EU and National Levels: Conceptual Analysis and Proposals for Reform", Jean Monnet Working Paper 01. New York University, School of Law.
Jeffrey, Charlie. (2002) "The Europe of Regions from Maastricht to Nice", Queen's Papers on Europeanisation. No. 7.
Jonung, Lars. "EMU and the Euro - The First Ten Years, Challenges to the Sustainability and Price Stability of the Euro Are - What does History Tell Us?", Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, RSC No. 2002/46, European Forum Series, European University Institute.
Nello, Susan. "Food and Agriculture in an Enlarged Europe", Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, RSC No. 2002/58, European Forum Series, European University Institute.
Ruano, Lorena. "The Common Agricultural Policy and the European Union's Enlargement to Eastern and Central Europe: A Comparison with the Spanish Case", Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, RSC No. 2003/3, European Forum Series, European University Institute.
Sedelmeier, Ulrich. "EU Enlargement, Identity and the Analysis of European Foreign Policy: Identity Formation Through Policy Practice", Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, RSC No. 2003/13, European Forum Series, European University Institute.
Konuşmalar/Gazete Küpürleri
Papandreou, G. A. (06.05.2003) "The Future of Europe after Iraq", Lecture Delivered at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford.
Grabbe, Heather. "Preparing the EU for 2004", Centre for European Reform, Policy Brief.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	4	20
Project	1	40
Presentation of Case Study	1	10
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	3	3
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	6	84
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	40	40
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework	4	15	60
Presentation (including preperation)	1	20	20
Project	1	57	57
Total Work Load			306
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.2
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X
K2	X	X	X	X
K3
K4	X	X	X	X
K5	X	X	X	X
K6	X	X	X	X
K7	X	X	X	X
K8	X