Institut für politikwissenschaft kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis

(7 LP)

Lecturers Dr. Nico S. Groenendijk (UT)

Drs. Gert-Jan Hospers (UT)

Prof. Dr. Norbert Konegen (WWU)

Prof. Dr. Albert Steenge (UT)
Course outline & objectives

This module aims to give an overview of the European Union’s economic policies. Firstly, these policies involve the customs union (1968), followed by the common market (1993), and the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 1999. In order to reach these different stages of economic integration, convergence has taken place between member states, notably in the field of fiscal policy (including tax policy). To a large extent this convergence has been the result of explicit legislation at the EU level, like directives in the field of tax policy, and the Treaty of Maastricht, as far as the convergence for the EMU is concerned. Secondly, the internal market and the EMU have an impact on economic policies of member states, leading to the necessity of economic policy coordination within the EU. Competition policy, industrial policy, education policy, and environmental policy are examples of coordinated (economic) policies. The regional policy of the EU (the so-called Structural Policies) forms another example of policies that are complementary to the corresponding economic policies of member states. Finally, the Treaty of Rome (1957) and its successor treaties list a number of policy fields that constitute the so-called common economic policies of the EU: the common trade policy, the common agricultural policy (CAP), and the common transport policy. In the realm of these common policies, the EU is the principal policy actor.

This course introduces the student to the rationales, aims and instruments of the EU’s major economic policies. Particular attention will be paid to:

1. 
   competition and industrial policy;
   
2. 
   fiscal and monetary policy; and
   
3. 
   regional policy (structural policies).
   

Literature

To be announced.

Course organisation

The course consists of bi-weekly lectures and a final seminar at which one of the EU’s economic policies will be discussed in detail. The students will be assessed by means of a class test (50%) during the module and an essay on a particular topic (50%) to be presented at a final one-week-seminar. The lectures will be organized jointly by the UT en the WWU.

Wessel, R. A.
064487	European Union Law
	(Sowi SI/SII: A2,3)
	Zeit: Mo 10.40 – 12.25	Raum: s. Aushang	Beginn: 5.9.2001

Termine: 5.9., 12.9., 19.9, 26.9., 14.11., 19.12.2001 in Twente

(7 LP)

Lecturer: Dr. Ramses A. Wessel (UT)
Course outline & objectives

From the beginning European Union Law has penetrated the national legal systems of the EU member states. Citizens of the member states cannot comprehend many new developments without knowing the EU context and for those active in public administration or policy-making knowledge of the key doctrines of EU law has become essential. This course deals with the creation and application of EU law, inter alia by addressing on a high level the institutions involved in decision-making, the nature of EC law, the relationship between EC law and national law, the types and function of EU decisions, the remedies against EU decisions, and enforcement actions against member states. In addition it will address some more substantive rules concerning the creation of the internal market (free movement of persons, goods, capital). As EU Law is in constant development, there will be room during the course to discuss topical subjects.

Literature

To be announced

Course organisation

The course consists of bi-weekly lectures and tutorials at the UT resp. in Münster. The examination consists of a written examination and a written assignment.

Meyers, R.
064123	Agriculture, Structural Policy, and EU Eastern Enlargement: Major Stumbling Blocks on the Road to European Success. Kooperationsseminar in Verbindung mit der Fakultät für Europastudien, Univ. Klausenburg, und dem Franz-Hitze-Haus
	(Sowi SI/SII: A3)
	Blockseminar