Politics and Government in the European Union – (M.Sc.)

Contents

The programme is divided into three main parts: foundation – two half unit courses which provide a basic training in European politics and government, and the history and theory of European integration and an introduction to central debates in European Union politics and government; specialisation – in either EU Government and Policy or the International Relations of Europe; and dissertation – a 10,000 word essay on an advanced topic.

Part I: Foundation
(* half unit)

* History and Theory of European Integration*

Part II: Specialisation
Stream 1 – European Union Government and Policy

* European Politics: Comparative Analysis*
* Policy-Making in the European Union*

Plus choose to the value of one and a half units from the following:

* European Union Law and Government*
* Greece and the European Union*
* Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe*
* Economic and Social Policy in Mediterranean Europe*
* Europeanisation: The Comparative Politics of Domestic Change*
* The Political Economy of South East Europe*
* Law and Governance of the Single European Market
* Europe Beyond Modernity*
* Turkey: Political Economy and European Integration*
* Greece and Southeast Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy*
* Patterns of Economic Integration in Europe: Institutions and Politics of EMU*
* The Political Economy of Transition and EU Accession in Central and Eastern Europe* †
* The Political Economy of European Welfare States* †
* Network Regulation* †
* Government and Politics in Eastern Europe*
* Parties, Elections and Governments*
* Politics and Policy in Britain*
* Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections, Public Opinion, and Identities*
* Public Policy Responses to International Migration*
* The Second Europe*
* Politics of Economic Policy*
* Political and Fiscal Integration and Disintegration in EU Member States*
* Legislative Politics: European Parliament*
* Comparative Politics of Redistribution in Advanced Democracies*
* Conflict and Institutional Design in Divided Societies*
* Quantitative Analysis 1: Description and Inference*
* Quantitative Analysis 2: The Generalised Linear Model*
* Partisanship in Europe*
* European Integration in the Twentieth Century
* European Social Policy
* The Economics of European Social Policy*
* European Society and Politics beyond the Nation State*
* The Idea of Europe*
* The West: Identity and Interests*
* Arguments in European Philosophy*
* European Human Rights Law*
* Justice, Liberty and Security in the European Union*
* European Integration from a Global Perspective*
* Politics of Social Policy: Welfare and Work in Comparative Perspective*
* EU State Aid Law* †

Stream 2 – The International Relations of Europe

* The EU in the World

Plus choose to the value of one and a half units from the following:

* European Politics: Comparative Analysis*
* European Defence and Security*
* The Political Economy of Southeast Europe*
* Europe Beyond Modernity*
* Turkey: Political Economy and European Integration*
* The International Politics of EU Enlargement*
* Greece and South-East Europe: Government, Economy and Foreign Policy*
* The Idea of Europe*
* Quantitative Analysis 1: Description and Inference*
* Quantitative Analysis 2: The Generalised Linear Model*
* Europe, the US and Arab-Israeli Relations*
* Economic Diplomacy †
* Russia and Eurasia: Foreign and Security Policies
* Minorities and Migration in Europe*
* Identity, Community and the 'Problem of Minorities'*
* Public Policy Responses to International Migration*
* Foreign Policy Analysis III*
* European Union Policy-Making in a Global Context*
* Interest Representation and Economic Policy-Making in Europe*
* European Politics: Comparative Analysis*
* European Integration in the Twentieth Century
* Ethnic Diversity and International Society
* Nationalism
* The West: Identity and Interests*
* International Business and Governance*
* European Human Rights Law*
* Justice, Liberty and Security in the European Union*
* European Integration from a Global Perspective*
* The Philosophy of Europe*
* International Institutions
* A half unit option from Stream 1

Part III: Dissertation
* Dissertation

† Students who wish to take this course must seek approval from the convener of the course.