Lehre

Sem BQ/MA-EU: EU- Institutions and Decision Making / EU-Simulation

Dozent:innen: Univ-Prof. Dr. Arne Niemann
Kurzname: Sem EU
Kurstyp: Seminar

Voraussetzungen / Organisatorisches

Gültig für folgende vom Institut angebotenen Studiengänge:
- BA Politikwissenschaft (Praxismodul)
- MA EU (Modul 5 Advanced Political Science and Study Project: Politics in Europe)
- MA Emp. Demokratieforschung (Modul 7 Praxismodul)
- MA PÖIB (Modul 7 Praxismodul)

Empfohlene Literatur

Background reading:
McCormick, John (2008), Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction, 4th Edition, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.
(This is an accessible basic introduction)
Dinan, Desmond (2005), Ever Closer Union: An Introduction to European Integration, 3rd Edition, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, chapters 1-6.
(Perhaps the most widely read introductory book on European integration; a classic. Takes foremost a historical approach)
George, Stephen and Bache, Ian (2006), Politics in the European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press. (Also a very good introduction)
Cini, Michelle and Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan (ed.) (2010), European Union Politics, Third Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(Fine book, with many valuable chapter written by experts in the particular fields).
Wallace, Helen, Mark Pollack and Young, Alasdair (2010) (eds), Policy-Making in the European Union, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(Excellent book; each chapter written by an expert in the particular policy area; somewhat more advanced than the above ones).

Inhalt

This seminar will prepare students for participation in the Model European Union Mainz (MEUM). We will study and analyse the relevant EU institutions as well as EU decision-making and negotiation processes.

At the core of the course, participants will simulate EU decision-making in Model EU Mainz (MEUM). Normally, around 80 participants from all over Europe will come to Mainz for the simulation of the ordinary legislative procedure. Participants will slip into the roles of national ministers, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and journalists. MEUM offers young Europeans the chance to get a first-hand insight into the complex workings of the EU’s political system and decision-making. Starting point for the debate will be two proposals for legislation drafted by the European Commission. Participants, in their roles as MEPs and national ministers, will deliver speeches, work on amendments to the proposal texts and organize majorities in order to adopt their suggestions for changes to the legislation while journalists will monitor and critically report on this political process.

Given that the length of the actual simulation, the number of (preparatory) seminar sessions will be rather limited.

Course language: English

Termine

Datum (Wochentag) Zeit Ort
19.04.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
26.04.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
03.05.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
10.05.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
17.05.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
24.05.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
31.05.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
07.06.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
14.06.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
21.06.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
28.06.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
05.07.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
12.07.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)
19.07.2022 (Dienstag) 12:15 - 13:45 02 611 Seminarraum
1137 - Georg-Forster-Gebäude (Sowi)