Kursuse eesmärgiks on tutvustada, kuidas EL-i strateegia püüab edendada Euroopa Liidu väärtusi ja näidata, kuidas strateegiat ette valmistatakse ning ellu viiakse.

Course aims at introducing how EU strategy seeks to promote the EU’s values and finding out how strategy is made and translated into policy actions.

Üliõpilane on omandanud põhjalikud teadmised Euroopa Majandusühenduse ja Euroopa Liidu kõigi olulisemate aluslepingute (sealhulgas Rooma, Maastrichti, Lissaboni jt) alusel kujundatud rahvusvahelisest organisatsioonist, alates selle loomisest kuni tänaseni. Kursuse käigus saadakse kriitiline analüüsivõime, et eristada EL-i erinevate arengutasemete (vabakaubandusala, tolliliit, ühisturg, majandusliit) poliitikate erisusi. Üliõpilased omandavad oskused analüüsida EL majandus- ja muude poliitikate korraldust, samuti omandavad nad kriitilised oskused hinnata üksikute liikmesriikide edukust.

Students have good knowledge about general treaties of European Union and European Economic Community (Rome Treaties; Treaty on European Union - Maastricht Treaty; Lisbon Treaty etc). Historical overview about development of the EU and EEC is given about the whole period - from the beginning of European integration up to contemporary situation. The course gives students good knowledge for critical understanding of different EU politics during different historical stages and circumstances (free trade area, customs union, single market and economic union). Students are able to analyse EEC and EU general arrangements as well as estimate advancements of different member states.

Kursus tutvustab üliõpilaste Euroopa Liidu üldise poliitilise strateegia väljatöötamist ning selle rakendamist koostöös Euroopa Nõukogu ja Komisjoniga ning annab põhjaliku ülevaate kuidas Euroopa Liidu poliitikat ja seadusi välja töötatakse kindlustamaks, et need põhineksid tõendusmaterjalil ning parimatel võimalikel praktikatel. Kõige olulisem osa kursusest keskendub erinevate strateegiate õpetamisele, käsitledes hariduse ja koolituse, tööhõive ja sotsiaalsfääri, põllumajanduse, panganduse ja finantsteenuste, riigipiiride ja turvalisuse ning paljudele teistele valdkondadele.

The course will introduce students to the process of the EU’s overall political strategy development, implemented jointly by the European Council together with the European Council’s President and the President of the Commission. Then it will give an in-depth overview of how the EU policies and laws are designed to ensure that a particular policy is based on evidence and best available practice. The final as well as the most comprehensive part of the course will be dedicated to studying different strategy by policy area, namely education and training, employment and social affairs, energy, agriculture, banking and financial services, borders and security, and many others.

eristav hindamine

graded assessment

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essay

The textbook for this course is:
Bache, Ian & Stephen George (2006), Politics in the European Union. Second Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press
In addition we will read:
Carbone, Maurizio (2007), The European Unions and International Development. London: Routledge. Chapter 2, “The Politics of Foreign Aid in the European Union.”, pp. 30 – 59.
Carbone, Maurizio (2010), “The European Union, Good Governance and Aid Co-ordination.” Third World Quarterly 31(1): 13 – 29.
Da Conceiçăo, Eugėnia (2010), “Who Controls Whom? Dynamics of Power Delegation and Agency Losses in EU Trade Politics.” Journal of Common Market Studies 48(4): 1107-1126.
De Bièvre, Dirk (2006), “The EU Regulatory Trade Agenda and the Quest for WTO Enforcement.” Journal of European Public Policy 13(6): 851 – 866.
Hix, Simon (2006), The Political System of the European Union. Second Edition. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Chapter 2 “Executive Politics.”, pp. 27 – 71.
Holmes, Peter (2006), “Trade and 'domestic' Policies: The European Mix.” Journal of European Public Policy 13(6): 815 – 831.
Meunier, Sophie (2007), “Managing Globalization? The EU in International Trade Negotiations”, Journal of Common Market Studies 45(4): 905–926.

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