B2038 - INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICS OF THE EUROPEAN POLICYMAKING PROCESS

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

This course introduces students to the theoretical foundations of policymaking. Concepts and models are illustrated via the study of actual institutions and policymaking process in the European Union.

Contenuti

Overview of the course

Week 1: Institutions and policy processes of the EU

Week 2: Single Market & Finance

Week 3: EU Trade Policy & Geoeconomics

Week 4: Economic and Monetary Union

Week 5: Financial crisis, Sovereign debt crisis and the EU's economic responses to the pademic (notably, NGEU)

Detailed course content

Week 1: Institutions and policy processes of the EU

Readings:

Relevant chapters of Cini, M. and Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, N. (eds.) (most recent edition) European Union Politics (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

Week 2: Single Market & Finance

Readings:

Egan, M. (2022) 'The Single Market' in Cini, M. and Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, N. (eds.) European Union Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Quaglia (2024) ‘Financial integration and regulation’ in Moschella, M., Quaglia, L., Spendzharova, A. (eds) European Political Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Week 3: EU Trade Policy & Geoeconomics

Readings:

de Bièvre, D. (2024) 'Trade and development' in Moschella, M., Quaglia, L., Spendzharova, A. (eds) European Political Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Herranz-Surrallés, A., Damro, C. and Eckert, S. (2024) ‘The Geoeconomic Turn of the Single European Market', Journal of Common Market Studies, 62 (4): 917-1115.

Quaglia, L. and Verdun, A. (2024) ‘The Geoeconomics of the Single Market for Financial Services’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 62 (4): 1046-1062.

Quaglia, L. and Verdun, A. (2023) ‘The Weaponization of Finance: The Role of European Central Banks in Financial Sanctions against Russia’, West European Politics, 46 (5): 872-895.

Week 4: Economic and Monetary Union

Readings:

Schelkle, W. (2024) 'Monetary integration' in Moschella, M., Quaglia, L., Spendzharova, A. (eds) European Political Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Howarth, D. and Quaglia, L. (2021) ‘Failing Forward in Economic and Monetary Union: Explaining Weak Eurozone Financial Support Mechanisms’, Journal of European Public Policy 28 (10): 1555-1572.

Quaglia, L. (2018) ‘Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)’ in Oxford Encyclopedia of European Union Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1059

Week 5: Financial crisis, sovereign debt crisis and the EU's economic responses to the pademic (notably, NGEU)

de la Porte, C., Heins, E. (2022) 'Introduction: EU constraints and opportunities in the COVID-19 pandemic—the politics of NGEU', Comparative European Politics,  20: 135–143.

Zeitlin, J., Bokhorst, D., & Eihmanis, E. (2023). 'Drafting, implementing, and monitoring NRRP as an interactive multilevel process', (Recovery Watch Series). FEPS Foundation for Progressive European Studies Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.
https://feps-europe.eu/publication/governing-the-rrf/

Quaglia, L. and Verdun, A. (2023) ‘Explaining the response of the ECB to the COVID-19 related economic crisis: inter-crisis and intra-crisis learning’, Journal of European Public Policy, 30 (4): 635-654.

Howarth, D. and Quaglia L. (2015), ‘The political economy of the euro area’s sovereign debt crisis: Introduction’, special issue of the Review of International Political Economy, 22 (3): 457-484.

Testi/Bibliografia

Cini, M. and Pérez-Solórzano Borragán, N. (eds.) (most recent edition) European Union Politics, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Moschella, M., Quaglia, L., Spendzharova, A. (eds) (2024) European Political Economy, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Metodi didattici

Each week there will be two classes. It will be assumed that all students will read around the subject of each session in advance, and be prepared to contribute each week to the discussion.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

STUDENTS ATTENDING AT LEAST 50% OF CLASSES

Essay of 5000 words, including footnotes and bibliography, to be chosen amongst topics discussed in the course.The specific topic and the title of the essay will have to be agreed in advance with the instructor.

The essay should be clearly structured, make use of relevant academic literature and be analytical. The instructor will use a variety of tools, including softwares, to detect potential plagiarism.

Please include your university registration number and the title of your presentation (if you gave one)

Students will be encouraged to give a presentation in class. A good presenation will add 1 point to the mark for the essay.

An assessment of active class participation will be used to round up marks.

STUDENTS ATTENDING LESS THAN 50% OF CLASSES

2 essays of 5000 words, including footnotes and bibliography, to be chosen amongst topics discussed in the course.The specific topics and the titles of the essays will have to be agreed in advance with the instructor. No class presentation.

RIFIUTO DEL VOTO: Lo studente che supera la prova può rifiutare il voto una sola volta. Tale principio è conforme a quanto specificato nel Regolamento Didattico di Ateneo, art. 16, co. 5, modificato dalla delibera del Senato Accademico approvata dal CdA nel febbraio 2018: “in caso di esito positivo lo studente può chiedere di rifiutare il voto. Il rifiuto deve essere concesso dal docente almeno una volta sul singolo insegnamento”. Dopo un rifiuto, qualsiasi esito positivo verrà verbalizzato.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Ppt of the lectures will be posted on the IOL prior to the lectures

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Lucia Quaglia