Not required.

The course aims to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the
European Union's core institutions, internal and foreign policies. It will explain
the working of the EU institutions, and analyze their contribution to the
European policy-making process. It also introduces the students to the main
theoretical interpretations of the development of the European Union.

The main topics of the course are:

- a short history of the evolution of the EU
- theoretical perspectives on EU integration
- the EU's institutions and their roles in the policy making process
- major EU policy fields (single market, competition policy, social policy,
environmental policy, justice and home affairs as well as foreign and security
policy)
- the role of the EU as an international actor
- the most important strategic partnerships of the EU with international
organizations and major powers.

• 1.  (A) E. Bomberg, J. Peterson, e R. Corbett The European Union How Does it Work? Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011
• 2.  (A) C. Hill and M. Smith International Relations and the European Union Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011 » Pagine/Capitoli: Cap. 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17

6 CFU:

- E. Bomberg, J. Peterson, e R. Corbett The European Union How Does it Work?, Oxford University Press

8 CFU:

- Bomberg, J. Peterson, e R. Corbett, The European Union How Does it Work?, Oxford University Press
- C. Hill and M. Smith, International Relations and the European Union, Oxford University Press, Cap. 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17

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• La prova di accertamento è scritta. Conterrà una serie di domande tese ad accertare la conoscenza dello studente rispetto ai contenuti teorici ed empirici presentati durante le lezioni.