Module POL3081 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3081: Markets, Regulation and Europeanisation
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The origins and development of European integration
The separation of 'politics' from 'economics' in Europe in the 1950s and its long-term consequences
Representation in Europe: territory and citizens
The community of Courts
The Classic Community Method
The joint decision trap
The political economy of the Eurozone
The European regulatory state
The US regulatory state and its European counterpart
The growth of regulation in Europe
Harmonization: legal technique or political device?
The role of merger regulation and competition policy
The paradoxes of the single markets in the utilities: audio-visual markets, telecoms, public transport, post
The uneasy case for tax harmonisation
The single market as challenge to the welfare state
The role of the EU in international trade
Neo-liberal Europe or 'dirigiste' Europe?
Markets without democracy?
The political economy of governing markets and money
The political economy of "Eurolegalism"
Current issues in competition policy
The balance of competences review in the UK
The legitimacy and contestation of the single market
New modes of governance
The contribution of regulatory impact assessment
Democratic theories and single market governance
Europeanization
Concepts, definition, field
Explaining Europeanization "Classic" research designs and "Alternative" research designs
Methods and findings in different types of designs
What has the single market delivered?
What do citizens want from Europeanization?
The future of the UK in a changing Europe
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | 256 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 44 | 22 x 2 hour seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 88 | Preparing for seminars: Reading and research |
| Guided Independent Study | 168 | Completing assessment tasks: Reading, research and writing |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
