IPM5530 - THE DOMESTIC POLITICS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Module Identifier	IPM5530
Module Title	THE DOMESTIC POLITICS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Dr Roger Scully
Semester	Intended for use in future years
Next year offered	N/A
Next semester offered	N/A
Course delivery	Seminar	1 x two hour seminar per week over one semester
Assessment	Attendance and participation		10%
	Essay	3,000 words	40%
	Exam	3 Hours	60%

Objectives

To help students understand more about the reciprocal influences of national and EU-level politics: this entails both developing a greater awareness of how national political systems and processes shape European integration, and a similar appreciation of the effects of the EU on national politics;

To develop students? research, writing, analysis and presentation skills.

Aims

This course will explore the links between national politics and the process of European integration. This exploration will adopt a dual focus: first, by examining the impact of member states? political systems, parties and internal political conflicts on the operation of the Union; secondly, by considering how the existence of the EU shapes political processes at the national level. These dual themes will be examined through an assessment of various theoretical perspectives and the consideration of several case studies.