COURSE UNIT TITLE

: EU POLICIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AVB 7038 EU POLICIES COMPULSORY 3 0 0 5

Offered By

European Union (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

European Union (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

This course aims to study the economic and political aspects of integration with a focus on different political economy approaches within the subfields of International Political Economy and European studies. At the second part of the module, the emphasis shifts to examine different trajectories of state-society relations in European countries to familarize students with different models of state-capital and labour relations in the Southern, Western and Eastern European countries.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Show a comprehensive understanding of the main economic and political developments of the European integration process
2   Demonstrate knowledge on the different trajectories of state-society relations among Western, Eastern and Southern counties of Europe in a comparative perspective
3   the ability to operationalize and apply a theoretical perspective from the common policy fields

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Overview of IPE theories
3 Neorealism and intergovernmentalism
4 Keynesianism
5 Neo-liberalism and Institutionalism
6 Critical perspectives (Gramscian historical materialism)
7 Midterm exam
8 UK (Anglo-Saxon model of market-led capitalism)
9 Continental model (Social market economy of Germany)
10 Continental model (French dirigism)
11 Welfare States of Scandinavian countries e.g. Sweden
12 Southern Europe (e.g. Italy and Greece)
13 Transition in Eastern Europe
14 Political Economy of Türkiye

Recomended or Required Reading

Jones and Amy Verdun (eds.) (2005), The Political Economy of European Integration, Theory and Analysis, Routledge: London.
Barry Eichengreen (2007), The European Economy Since 1945: coordinated capitalism and beyond, Princeton University Press.
Bieler, A. and Morton, A.D. (eds) (2001) Social Forces in the Making of the New Europe: The Restructuring of European Social Relations in the Global Political Economy, Houndsmill: Palgrave.
Crouch, Colin (2005), Capitalist Diversity and Change, Oxford University Press.
Hancké, Bob (ed.), 2009, Debating Varieties of Capitalism: A Reader, Oxford UP.

To be extended further.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is based on lectures. Prior to each lecture, students should have completed the relevant readings and have taken down notes for class discussion. A seminar paper will also be prepared by the end of the course.

Assessment Methods

To be announced!

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

elif.uzgoren@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

please make an appointment by e-mail

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO
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LO.2
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