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Institut für Politikwissenschaft Institut für Politikwissenschaft

Prof. Simona Piattoni, PhD Prof. Simona Piattoni, PhD

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SE Theorien der europäischen Integration

SE 2

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Englisch

MA Europäische Politik und Gesellschaft § 6 (1) b Theorien der Europäischen Integration

This course is meant to familiarize students with the main debates on European integration so as to allow them to handle different theoretical approaches to the European Union (and to comparable instances of regionalization). Students should come out of this course with: 1) a clear map of the main theories of European integration; 2) the “historical texts”, their authors, and the debates they have engaged in; and 3) the different ontological and epistemological approaches European integration (and to comparable instances of regionalization). The goal is to equip students with a clear understanding of the main socio-scientific approaches to politics, more generally, and to enable them to use these approaches for their own research projects. Particular emphasis will be put on the conjugation of theory and empirical evidence and on the methodological requirements for carrying out an original research project.

Each student will have both to actively participate in class and to write a final essay. Regarding class participation, each student is asked to perform two roles: 1) present the readings of a given week and 2) act as discussant for the presentation of a colleague. Normally, the readings for each week (from week 2) will be split among two students. Presenters will give a synthetic, though accurate, account of the text and will place it in the context of the debates on European Integration. Discussants will try to steer a discussion by asking questions to the presenter and to the entire audience. Presentations should be roughly 20 minute long and discussion to follow it additional 25 minutes. This means that each student will perform at least 2 formal roles (presenter, discussant), but will also always asked to contribute to class discussion. Students are expected to do all the readings, and not just those for “their” weeks. Regarding the final essay, each student will be asked to write a paper comparing and contrasting two theoretical approaches to European Integration. Exam questions, specifying exactly how you should structure your final essay, will be handed out before Christmas.

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