Teaching Plan: The Political System of the EU
| Date | Topic | morning | afternoon | assignment |
| 1st week of Sept. | | | | chapter 6 (political system) |
| Mo, 10.9.07 | Course programme History of integration EU institutions | Presentation of the course Prof. Dr. Zhou Hong | Group work (2 hours) Supervision: Prof. Dr. Kohler-Koch A = complementing Table 2.4. (Integration according to subject areas) B = comparing EU with UN political system (organisation graph) C = Distribution of votes in the Treaty of Nice, the Constitutional Treaty, the European Council Agreement of 2007 (Reform Treaty) (graph) Reading (2 hours) | Re-reading chapter 6; Supplementary reading online: “How the European Union Works” (europa.eu) |
| Tue, 11.9.07 | History of integration EU institutions Political system of the EU | Presentation of group work; questions-answers; summing up by Prof. Dr. Kohler-Koch | Mentored group work (Prof. Dr. Kohler-Koch) Case studies exploring the role of the Council, the Commission, the EP in EC policy making (2-3 hours): A = Strategy on climate change B = Animal welfare during transport Plenary session on analytical criteria (1/2 hour) | |
| Wed, 12.9.07 | The EU system of governance | Presentation of group work; Lecture: Lessons to be learned Prof. Dr. Kohler-Koch | Individual reading | Chapter 9. 1 + Chapter 9.2 + Kohler-Koch 2007 |
| Thu, 13.9.07 | Old and new modes of EU governance | Lecture Prof. Dr. Kohler-Koch Discussion | Negotiation simulation: Community method or OMC: how to achieve policy coherence? | |
| Fri, 14.9.07 | Institutions and EU governance | | | Kohler-Koch/Rittberger 2006 |
| Mo, 17.9.07 | The political system of the EU in comparative perspective | Lecture Prof. Dr. Kohler-Koch Final discussion | Evaluation of the course (Examination?) | |