European Governance and Public Policy (MScEcon) – (M.Sc.)

The focus on the European Union and European Governance and Public Policy is complemented by options enabling comparative analysis of governance and/or public policy in France, Germany, Italy and the UK, as well as key policy areas such as the Euro and international political economy more generally. Assessment is usually by a 3,500-word essay for each module and a dissertation of no more than 20,000 words.

Special features of this course:

* Training in the use of information resources, including electronic sources such as: databases and the Internet; research design, in particular on the constitution of a formal dissertation proposal; the comparative method; interpretation of survey results; elite interview techniques
* The history of European integration, itsinstitutions, and their development in the context of globalisation, is placed in a theoretical context and takes advantage of the research resources of the European Documentation Centre at Cardiff University.
* Focus on European policy processes at national level (Britain, France, Germany and Italy) and EU level, paying particular attention to the theories and institutional and actor realities of supranationalism, intergovernmentalism and multi-level governance.
* Research training in generic and allied transferable skills.