IPM5530 - THE DOMESTIC POLITICS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Module Identifier	IPM5530
Module Title	THE DOMESTIC POLITICS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
Academic Year	2002/2003
Co-ordinator	Dr Roger M Scully
Semester	Intended for use in future years
Next year offered	N/A
Next semester offered	N/A
Course delivery	Seminars / Tutorials	Seminar. 1 x two hour seminar per week over one semester
Assessment	Semester Exam	3 Hours	60%
	Semester Assessment	Essay: 3,000 words	40%
	Semester Assessment	Attendance And Participation:	10%
	Supplementary Exam	Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics.

Learning outcomes

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.