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授業の概要・計画 |
【Outline】
In a globalized world, it is rare to find a country which is not a member of any international or regional organization. It is also rare to find a national decision or a policy entirely free from international contexts. Thus, the governing system of a nation state is transforming itself toward a more multi-lateral as well as multi-leveled structure. A prevailed example of an institutionalized multi-level governance is found in the EU system. However, the EU is recently challenged by persisting assertion of sovereignty. What is the implication of the phenomena that we are observing? What are at stake in multi-level or multi-lateral governance?
In this course, we will examine the legitimacy of multi-lateral governance via the EU, for it is practically the only functioning example of multilateralism composed of varieties of complex sub systems such as Open Method of Coordination (OMC). The relevant articles and chapters of books will be used as reading materials in order to gain accurate knowledge of the EU system, and to understand the meaning of the on-going anti-EU arguments.
The purpose of this course is to obtain:
1. Enhanced ability to read and analyse critically
2. Better understanding of a concept of “multi-lateral governance”
3. A basic understanding of the EU decision making system
4. A skill of presentation in public
References:
Robert Thomson, Resolving Controversy in the European Union – Legislative Decision Making Before and After Enlargement, C.U.P., 2011
Diedrichs, Reiners and Wessels (eds.), The Dynamics of Change in EU Governance,
Edward Elgar, 2011
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