The module provides in-depth knowledge of the EU’s institutions, politics and policies. It covers legislative, executive, and judicial politics and their impact in EU member and non-member states. It reviews the EU project, and its history, objectives, members, important figures, complex mechanism of the governing and non-governing bodies of the EU. Some relevant major issues will be also studied, like the euro, the European market, the EU enlargement, the economic crisis, along with the main consequences of membership for the European people, ranging from environmental questions, to labor market structure and political culture. The course will seek the definition of concepts such as supranational democracy, accountability, multiculturalism, sovereignty, democratic deficit, etc. Special attention will be paid to the future of the EU and its role in the international relations and conflicts such as Syria and the recent crisis on refugees. This module will run throughout the semester (14 weeks).
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