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Decoding European Union: Post-nationalism, International Relations and European Union institutions

General Guideline(s)
  • Students can enroll in any one of the course
  • Students can refer to Time Table for available dates
  • Students bring their own laptops
Others
  • The course " ERASMUS+ " is of 36 hours (2 hours - 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm on the dates mentioned below)
  • Hostel accommodation to the day scholar will be given on request basis with admissible charges (@ 200/- per night, payable in cash).
  • Registration Fee: Rs 01/- (For Registration and Fee Payment click: Chalkpad)
36 Teaching Hours

Mr. Stefano Greco – Chitkara University, 26 teaching hours. Dr. Romans Putans – University of Latvia and Rīga Stradiņš University, 6 teaching hours. Dr. Shazia Aziz Wülbers, University of Bremen and Hochschule Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, 4 teaching hours.

Syllabus

The course is designed to introduce unexperienced students/staffs with propaedeutic skills on international relations, European integration, EU institution and EU public law. Student-centred teaching pedagogies: inquire-based and cooperative learning – to favour critical analysis, re-elaboration and internalisation of content and group discussions. Final aim of the module is to boost interest in the European Union, as new unique supranational political entity – as active promotion of cross-sectoral studies, multidisciplinary and European Studies.

Impact

Generate interest and expertise in differentiated target audience. Expose for the first time students’ and staff from non-political science background to European Union institutions and supranational inter-states relations. Module as preliminary step toward Europeanization of their study/working activities.

Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, students/staff will:
  • Acquire relativist, constructivist, idealist and liberal vision of power and nation states;
  • International relations theories vis-à-vis with current international geo-economical and geo-political state of art;
  • Gain analytical skills on history of the European Integration;
  • Knowledge of EU institution and the functioning of internal and external EU governance;
  • Acquire foundational skills in EU public law;
  • Debate over current EU affairs, including India-EU relations.
Course Details
Resource Lead Mr. Stefano Greco
Venue Conference Hall, 6th Floor, Babbage Block
Day Topic Reference
7 MARCH What is the European Union? Who is Jean Monnet? European nation states in the aftermath of the Second World War. Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch. 1 Nugent (2017) Ch. 1
8 MARCH History of the EU Integration Process The ECSC and the Treaty of Rome Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch. 2 Nugent (2017) Ch. 2-3
11 MARCH History of the EU Integration Process Merger Treaty, Single European Act , Maastricht Treaty, Amendments pre-enlargement: Amsterdam and Nice Treaties Cini & Borragan Ch. 2-3 Nugent (2017) Ch. 4-5-6
12 MARCH History of the EU Integration Process The Constitutional Treaty and the Treaty of Lisbon Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch. 3 Nugent (2017) Ch. 7-8
13 MARCH Theory of International Relations and Regional Integration Realism and Intergovernmentalism Jackson & Sørensen (2015) Ch. 3 Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch.5
14 MARCH Theory of International Relations and Regional Integration Liberalism and Neo Functionalism Jackson & Sørensen (2015) Ch. 4 Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch.6
15 MARCH Theory of International Relations and Nation States Social Constructivism Jackson & Sørensen (2015) Ch. 8
18 MARCH EU Institutions The European Commission Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch.9 Nugent (2017) Ch. 9
19 MARCH EU Institutions The European Commission and the European Council Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch.9-10 Nugent (2017) Ch. 9-10
20 MARCH EU Institutions Council of the EU and European Parliament Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch. 10-11 Nugent (2017) Ch.11-12
26 MARCH EU Institutions The European Parliament and Courts of the European Union Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch. 11-12 Nugent (2017) Ch. 12-13
27 MARCH EU Institutions The Courts of the European Union + Interim Examination Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch. 12 Nugent (2017) Ch. 13
28 MARCH EU: Policy Making and Legislative process Ordinary Legislative Procedure and Special legislative procedures Nugent (2017) Ch. 18-19 Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch. 14
Workshops
2 APRIL EU and Member States: legislative competences and subsidiarity Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch. 14
Nugent (2017) Ch.19
3 APRIL EU Budget Nugent (2017) Ch. 23
4 APRIL EU in the spotlight
Brexit and European Common Asylum System
Selected Journal articles
17 APRIL
Dr. Shazia Aziz Wülbers
EU as Global Actor
European Common Foreign and Security Policy
Nugent (2017) Ch. 22
Cini & Borragan (2016) Ch. 15
18 APRIL
Dr. Shazia Aziz Wülbers
EU as Global Actor
EU-India Relations
Selected Journal articles
Wülbers (2010) Ch. 1-3
Transport Facility
The buses are available from Chitkara University, Punjab, Gate No. 4 by 6.45 pm
The dropping points are :
  • Rajpura Bypass road
  • Zirakpur
  • Tribune Chowk (Chandigarh)
  • Sector 43 ISBT