STV2500 V-2012 Syllabus/achievement requirements (STV2500 - Spring 2012)
We expect students to be familiar with the institutional architecture of the EU, as well as with the basic tenets of integration theory before the course starts. Recommended texts:
In Scandinavian languages:
Claes, Dag Harald & Tor Egil Førland (2010), EU - mellomstatlig samarbeid og politisk system. Oslo: Gyldendal akademisk (especially Ch. 9).
Borberg, Hjarn Z (2010), Den Europæiske Union. København: Handelshøjskolens forlag (especially Ch. 13).
In English:
Bomberg, Elizabeth, John Peterson & Alexander Stubb (2008), The European Union: How does it work? Oxford: Oxford University Press.
McCormick, John (2011), Understanding the European Union. A Concise Introduction. Palgrave Macmillan (especially Ch. 4).
Rosamond, Ben (2000), Theories of European Integration. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Wiener, Antje & Thomas Diez (eds), European Integration theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Ch. 1,2,3.
Curriculum
Caporaso, James (2007), "The Three Worlds of Regional Integration Theory", Ch 2 in Paolo Graziano & Maarten P. Vink, Europeanization. New Research Agendas. Houndsmills: Palgrave Macmillan. 11 s. C
Curtin, Deirdre and Egeberg, Morten (2008) 'Tradition and innovation: Europe's accumulated executive order'. West European Politics, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 639-61. 23 s.
Daugbjerg, Carsten and Alan Swinbank (2007), "The Politics of CAP Reform: Trade Negotiations, Institutional Settings and Blame Avoidance", Journal of Common Market Studies. Volume 45, Issue 1: 1-22. 22 s.
Fossum, John Erik & Agustín José Menéndez (2010), The Constitution's Gift: A Constitutional Theory for a Democratic European Union. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Ch. 1, 2 & 4 100 s.
Hill, Christopher & Michael Smith (eds) (2011), International Relations and the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Ch. 2, 3, 4, 5, 11 & 12 140 s.
Hix, Simon & Abdul Noury (2009), "After enlargement: Voting patterns in the sixth European Parliament", Legislative Studies Quarterly, XXXIV, 2, May 2009, pp. 159–174. 16 s.
Hix, Simon & Bjørn Høyland (2011), The Political System of the European Union. 3 edition. Ch. 8. "Regulation of the Single Market", Ch. 10. "Economic and Monetary Union" (manuscript). 58 s. C
Hix, Simon & Michael Marsh (2007), "Punishment or Protest? Understanding European Parliament Elections", The Journal of Politics, Vol. 69, No. 2, May 2007, pp. 495–510 15 s.
Hovi, Jon, Tora Skodvin & Steinar Andresen (2003), "The persistence of the Kyoto Protocol: Why other Annex I countries move on without the United States", Global Environmental Politics 4 (3): 1-23. 23 s.
Mair, Peter & Jacques Thomassen (2010), "Political representation and government in the European Union", Journal of European Public Policy, 17:1, January 2010, pp. 20–35. 16 s.
Majone, Giandomenico (1998), "Europe’s ‘Democratic Deficit’: The Question of Standards", European Law Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 1998, pp 5–28. 24 s.
Marks, Gary, Liesbet Hooghe, and Kermit Blank (1996) 'European integration from the 1980s: State-centric v multi-level governance'. Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 341-78. 38 s.
Moravcsik, Andrew & Frank Schimmelfennig (2009), "Liberal Intergovernmentalism", Ch. 4 in Antje Wiener & Thomas Diez (eds), European Integration theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 21 s.
Moravcsik, Andrew & Milada Anna Vachudova (2005), "Preferences, power and equilibrium", Ch. 9. in Frank Schimmelfennig & Ulrich Sedelmeier, The Politics of European Union Enlargement. Theoretical Approaches. London: Routledge. C
Moravcsik, Andrew (2002), "In Defence of the ‘Democratic Deficit’: Reassessing Legitimacy in the European Union", Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS), vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 603–24. 21 s.
Nugent, Neill (2006), "Agricultural Policy and Policy Processes." Chapter 18 (pp. 455-483) in Nugent, Neill, The Government and Politics of the European Union. Sixth edition. Palgrave & McMillan. 28 s. (Kommer på Fronter)
Oberthür, Sebastian & Claire Roche Kelly (2008), "EU leadership in international climate policy: Achievements and challenges". The International Spectator 43 (3): 35-50. 15 s.
Peters, B. Guy & Jon Pierre (2009), Governance Approaches. In Wiener, Antje & Thomas Diez (eds), European Integration theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (chapter 5, pages 91–104).
Pollack, Mark A (2009), "The New Institutionalisms and European Integration", Ch. 7 in Antje Wiener & Thomas Diez (eds), European Integration theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 19 s.
Risse, Thomas (2009), "Social Constructivism and European Integration", Ch. 8 in Antje Wiener & Thomas Diez (eds), European Integration theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 17 s.
Roland, Gérard (2009), "Legislative behavior in the European Parliament", CESifo Economic Studies, vol. 55, 1/2009, pp. 15–29. 14 s.
Schimmelfennig, Frank & Ulrich Sedelmeier (2004), "Governance by conditionality: EU rule transfer to the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe", Journal of European Public Policy, Volume 11, Issue 4, August 2004, pp. 661–679 19 s.
Schimmelfennig, Frank & Ulrich Sedelmeier (2005), "The Politics of EU enlargement", Ch. 1 in Schimmelfennig & Sedelmeier, The Politics of European Union Enlargement. Theoretical Approaches. London: Routledge. 42 s. C
Schimmelfennig, Frank (2001), "The Community Trap: Liberal Norms, Rhetorical Action, and the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union". International Organization Vol. 55, 1, Winter 2001, pp. 47–80. 33 s.
Schmitt, Hermann & Thomassen, Jacques (2009), "The EU Party System after Eastern Enlargement", Journal of European Integration, Volume 31, no. 5, pp. 569–587. 18 s.
Schmitt, Hermann (2005), "The European Parliament Elections of June 2004: Still Second-Order?", West European Politics, Vol 28, issue 3, pp 650–679. 29 s.
Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad (2009). "The origin, evolution and consequences of the EU emissions trading system": Global Environmental Politics 9 (2): 101-122. 22 s.
Skodvin, Tora, Anne Therese Gullberg and Stine Aakre (2010). "Target-group influence and political feasibility: the case of climate policy design in Europe". Journal of European Public Policy 17 (6): 856-875. 19 s.
Skogstad, Grace (2001), "The WTO and Food Safety Regulatory Policy Innovation in the European Union", Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 39, No. 3: 485–505. 20 s.
Szczerbiak, Aleks & Paul Taggart (2008), "Theorizing Party-Based Euroscepticism: Problems of definition, Measurement, and Causality", Ch. 10 in Aleks Szczerbiak & Paul Taggart: Opposing Europe. The comparative Party Politics of Euroscepticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 28 s. C
Ugland, Trygve and Frode Veggeland (2006), “Experiments in Food Safety Policy Integration in the European Union”, Journal of Common Market Studies. Vol. 44, No. 3: 607–624. 17 s.
Total 905 s.
C= Compendium, sold at Akademika bookstore. Wiener & Diez (2009) and Hill & Smith(2011) will also be available there.
The rest will be linked up.
Extra-curricular articles:
Kopecký, Petr & Cas Mudde (2002), "The Two Sides of Euroscepticism: Party Positions on European Integration in East Central Europe", European Union Politics, Vol. 3, September 2002, pp. 297–326 30 p
Moravcsik, Andrew (1993), "Preferences and Power in the European Community: A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach", Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 31, issue 4, pp. 473–524. 51 p