Aims to familiarise students with institutions, actors and policy patterns of EU policy
domains (agriculture, regional development, environmental policy, social policy and
foreign/security policy), as well as with public policy approaches and concepts used
to analyse EU policies. Addresses challenges of EU policy-making: asymmetry, path
dependency, complexity, accountability, legitimacy, public participation,
implementation and monitoring deficits, hierarchical authority, enlargement, etc.
Refers extensively to policy cases and domains to clarify theories and concepts, which
are juxtaposed to highlight explanatory advantages and weaknesses.
Pre-requisite: none, POL 231E recommended