Class European Institutions

The UC aims to frame the institutional and political structure of the EU, understanding the relationship amongst EU and the Member States. It also aims to analyze the multilevel framework of the European Union and the European legislative and decision-making process.

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I. European Union institutional and political system 1. How the EU works - brief introduction 2. The EU as political system - actors, institutions and outcomes 3. "European Democracy", "Democratic Deficit" and "European Government" - quo vadis? 4. Public Support – from permissive consensus to constraning dissensus 5. The EU legislative and political decision-making process 6. European Policies and Lobbying

The UC' teaching methodology follows a theoretical/expository component and a reading/discussion component of the literature at the class context.

ABREU, Joana Covelo e REIS, L. 2020. Instituições, Órgãos e Organismos da UE. Lisboa: Almedina Editora CAMISÃO, I. e LOBO-FERNANDES, Luís. 2006 Construir a Europa. O processo de integração entre a teoria e a história. Cascais: Principia CINI, M. e BORROGAN, N. (ed.). 2010. European Union Politics, Oxford, Oxford University Press, HIX, Simon. 2005. The Political System of the European Union. London: Palgrave Macmillan. PETERSON, John e  BOMBERG, E.. 1999. Decision-Making in the European Union. Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan.