EU decision-making process

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Course ID:	WS-PO-EU-PDec
Erasmus code / ISCED:	14.6 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (unknown)
Course title:	EU decision-making process
Name in Polish:	Proces decyzyjny w Unii Europejskiej
Organizational unit:	Institute of Political Science
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Subject level:	advanced
Learning outcome code/codes:	enter learning outcome code/codes
Short description:	The aim of the course is to acquire the skills of analyzing a decision-making process in the European Union, determining the centres of decision making in the EU, types of decisions, procedures and implementation of the decisions. The analysis will be taking into account the changes introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon.
Full description:	Course contents: During the course the following topics will be covered: 1. Introduction to analysis of political systems of D. Easton. Phases and functions of the political system 2. Features of the political system of the European Union (work by S. Hix 's) 3. Analysis of the European Union decision-making process 4. The participants and the types of policy decisions 5. Functions of the decision in the political system of the European Union 6. Political decision-making procedures in the EU after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon: the specificity of the ordinary and special legislative procedure, budgetary procedure, the procedure for admission of new members. 7. Cooperation of the European institutions in the process of political decision-making, the role of national parliaments and the ‘civil society’ 8. Decision-making procedures by the main EU institutions: Council, Parliament and the Commission (the specificity of public consultation, the Green and White Papers, European citizens' initiative) 9. The specificity of the acquis communautaire after the Treaty of Lisbon 10. Creating and character of political decisions in the former: I, II and III pillar of the European Union 11. The issue of democratic deficit in the European Union and the effectiveness of the political system. Teaching Methods: Course takes the form of a seminar that combines theoretical knowledge with its practical application for analyzing current problems of the EU decision-making process. For this purpose the discussion on a given literature takes place and then the specific issue is presented by students.
Bibliography:	1.Cini M., European Union Politics, Oxford 2010. 2. Treaty of Lisbon 3. Wallace H., Pollack M., Young A., Policy Making in the European Union, Oxford 2010.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:	The aim of the course is to acquire the skills of analyzing a decision-making process in the European Union, determining the centres of decision making in the EU, types of decisions, procedures and implementation of the decisions. The analysis will be taking into account the changes introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	(in Polish) Oceniane będą: - treść i sposób przekazania treści podczas wygłaszanego referatu - praca grupowa podczas zajęć - udział w dyskusji podczas zajęć - udział w symulacji podczas zajęć - wykonywanie zleconych zadań domowych - napisanie testu końcowego Oceniane będą: treść, logiczność, język, pomysłowość, zaangażowanie.

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