SHEB209 Project: European Union
Annotation:
The students are expected to prepare a project on European Union. The topics are available at the beginning of the semester and are discussed with students. The paper should follow the requirements of preparing a research paper.
Lecturers:
Assoc. Prof. Irena Nikolova, PhD
Course Description:
Competencies:
Students who complete this course:
1) will know:
• the major steps in the creation of the European Union
• the driving economic and political forces behind European integration
• the specificity of European integration
• the challenges faced by Europe today
2) will be able to:
• Identify the major developments in the EU
• Analyze some critical points of European reality
• Write a structured research paper
Prerequisites:
Types:
Full-time Programmes
Types of Courses:
Project
Language of teaching:
English
Topics:
- Project
Bibliography:
• Agh, A. (2017) The EU polycrisis and hard populism in East -Central Europe: From the Copenhagen dilemma to the Juncker paradox, Politics in Central Europe, 13(2) 7-32
• Bauböck, R. (2018) Refugee Protection and Burden-Sharing in the European Union, Journal of common market studies, 56 (1) 141-156
• Börzel, T. and Grimm, S. (2018) Building Good (Enough) Governance in Post-conflict Societies & Areas of Limited Statehood: The European Union & the Western Balkans, Daedalus, 147(1) 116-127
• The European Commission http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm
• The European Parliament http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en
• The European Council http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/
• The Council of the European Union http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/council-eu/