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Dimensions of the European Union Foreign Action
Code: 40893Credits: 10
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| European Integration | OP | 0 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Marta Isern Busquets
- Email :
- marta.isern@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Susana Beltran Garcia
- Montserrat Pi Llorens
- Francesc Serra Massansalvador
- Ana Ayuso Pozo
- Oriol Costa Fernandez
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to take this module. In case of requiring any complement from the teaching team, the necessary bibliography will be provided.
Objectives
- To know the capacities and instruments of the EU to act in the international arena.
- To examine from a practical perspective the potentialities and limits of the institutional architecture in the external sphere in specific cases.
- To analyze the main dimensions of the EU's external action, both in its traditional dimension (trade policy and development cooperation) and its strategic dimension in geographical areas (Russia, USA, Latin America, Maghreb, etc.) and material areas (energy and environment, human rights, immigration).
Learning outcomes
- Continue the learning process, to a large extent autonomously
- Seek out information in the scientific literature using appropriate channels, and use this information to formulate and contextualise a research topic.
- Analyse, synthesise, organise and plan projects and assignments related to the area of study.
- Integrate knowledge and use it to make judgements in complex situations, with incomplete information, while keeping in mind social and ethical responsibilities.
- Communicate and justify conclusions clearly and unambiguously to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Clarify the EU's status within other international organisations and multilateral frameworks.
- Identify the results of EU action in other international organisations and multilateral frameworks.
- Identify EU policies in the principal regional frameworks in which it carries out its external action.
- Assess the strategy and results of EU external action.
Contents
Session 1: Presentation and methodology module.
Inaugural lecture.
Session: Neighborhood Policy. Eastern Dimension and EU-Russia relations.
Session 3: Neighborhood Policy. Eastern Dimension and EU-Russia relations.
Session 4: Neighborhood Policy. Eastern Dimension and EU-Russia relations.
Session 5: Development cooperation policy and Latin America.
Session 6: Development cooperation policy and Latin America.
Session 7: Development cooperation policy and Latin America.
Session 8: EU trade policy.
Session 9: EU trade policy.
Session 10: EU Trade Policy.
Session 11: EU immigration policy.
Session 12: EU environmental policy.
Session 13: EU environmental policy..
Session 14: EU Human Rights and External Action.
Session 15: EU Human Rights and External Action.
Final Lecture.
External lectures. (1 ECTS)
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practical classes | 30 | 1.2 | 1, 3, 4, 7, 9 |
| Theoretical classes | 20 | 0.8 | 4, 5, 7 |
| Simulations | 186 | 7.44 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
The sessions will combine a lecture-type presentation with active participation by the students. For this purpose, the documents that must be previously prepared for each session will be indicated and practical cases must be carried out, which will be delivered and discussed in class.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commentary on Immigration and Human Rights | 20 | 3 | 0.12 | 2, 3, 7 |
| Neighborhood and Rusia Policy. | 20 | 3 | 0.12 | 5, 8, 9 |
| Neighborhood Policy. | 20 | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 3 |
| Environmental policy analysis | 20 | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Informe sobre política de cooperación al desarrollo y América Latina | 20 | 3 | 0.12 | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 |
The final grade will be obtained from the arithmetic average of each of the indicated activities. In case of not passing the module, the coordinator will indicate the exercises to be reevaluated.
Bibliography
Bibliografia básica
Hill, C.; Smith, M., International Relations and the EU, 2nd ed. 2011, Ed. Oxford
Cardwell, J.P., EU external Relations Law and Policy in the Post-Lisbon Era, T.M.C. Asser Press, Springer, 2012.
Koutrakos, P., (Ed), The European Union’s external relations: a year after Lisbon Treaty, CLEER Working Papers, 2011/3.
FRASER, Cameron: An Introduction to European Foreign Policy, 2nd. ed., Routledge, New York, 2012.
Cremona, M., Developments in EU external Relations Law, Oxford Scholarship Online, 2009.
Specific readings and documents will be indicated for each of the sessions.
Internet Resources
http://ec.europa.eu/world/index_es.htm
http://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de
http://www.notre-europe.asso.fr
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TEm) Theory (master) | 1 | Spanish | second semester | afternoon |