POL30590 The Political Economy of the European Union

Academic Year 2019/2020

This module provides an overview of key isssues in the political economy of the European Union (EU), emphasising their historical evolution and their current status. These issues include:
- intellectual influences on the political economy of the EU, with particular reference to the German economic philosophy of ordoliberalism;
- the moulding of Economic and Monetray Union (EMU), the challenges to EMU arising from the recent financial crisis, and respones to those challenges, including the adoption of the Fiscal Treaty and other measures;
- the conduct of external ecopnomic relations by the EU, such as the negotiation of Economic Partnetrship Agreements with African and other countries, and the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the USA;
- challenges to the current model of EU economic governance (both internal and external), covering both Left-wing (e.g., Syriza, briefly, in Greece) and Right-wing (e.g., Brexit in the UK, Orban in Hungary, and others) types of resistance;
- prospects for European integration in the light of the above histories, developments and challenges.

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Learning Outcomes:

On completion of the module, students will be:
- able to place current developments in European political economy in historical perspective;
- and have a better understanding of the rationales for, and resistances to, existing economic governance models.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

22
Autonomous Student Learning

78
Total

100
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Principally lecture-based, with scope for in-class Q&A and groupwork/discussion 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: To be confirmed Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

50
Continuous Assessment: Including marks for attendance Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

50

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Continuous assessment feedback provided before exam