Political Theories and Regimes of the European Union
[EUSL2010]
[30h] 5 credits
This course is taught in the 1st semester.
Teacher(s): Christian Franck
Language: French
Level: Second
Aims
Main themes
- To characterize the political regime of the EU
- To analyse the three tensions framing the European integration existing in the political theories on European integration and in the analysis of the institutional regime. These tensions are: the tension between the instituted system and the instituting dynamic of the EU deepening; the tension between the offer of public policies and the struggle for power and the tension between governance and government.
Content and teaching methods
- Comparison with the historical model of political integration (imperial, stato-national and federal)
- Nature of the political regime of the EU. Study of the elements of federalism and confederalism: analogies with the federal regimes (US presidential model, Swiss directorial model and German parlementarism model); supranationality's specificities and the Federation of States.
- Political theories related to the European integration
- The European political system and the duality between the offer of public policies and the struggle for power; the interinstitutional duels; developments and limits of parlementarisation.
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Periodicity: yearly.
Language: French.
Prerequisite: basic knowledge in political science, law and history.
Evaluation: written or oral examination.
Support: texts to read.
References: to be determined by the professor in charge.