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The European Union as a regional and global player

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Course ID: 2100-MON-09
Erasmus code / ISCED: (unknown) / (unknown)
Course title: The European Union as a regional and global player
Name in Polish: The European Union as a regional and global player
Organizational unit: Faculty of Political Science and International Studies
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.

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Language: English
Type of course:

elective monographs

Short description:

The lecture is designed to acquaint students with the topic of the European Union as an international actor, with emphasis on the EU tools and its external policies, as well as successes and challenges regarding EU presence on regional and global scene. The focus is put on: EU external relations, Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Neighbourhood Policy, EU diplomacy, EU Global Strategy.

Bibliography:

- Charlotte Bretherton and John Vogler, The European Union as a global actor, Routledge 2006.

- Bart Van Voren and Ramses A. Wessel, EU external relations law : text, cases and materials, Cambridge University Press, 2014.

- Michelle Cini, Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán (eds.), European Union politics, Oxford University Press 2016.

- Federiga Bindi, Irina Angelescu (eds.), The foreign policy of the European Union : assessing Europe's role in the world, Brookings Institution Press 2013.

- G.R. Berridge, Diplomacy : theory and practice, Palgrave Macmillan 2010.

- Thomas Renard and Sven Biscop (eds.), The European Union and emerging powers in the 21st century : how Europe can shape a new global order, Ashgate 2012.

- Frauke Austermann, European Union delegations in EU foreign policy : a diplomatic service of different speeds, Palgrave Macmillan 2014.

- Paula Marcinkowska, The European Union as a Regional Power and Its Potential to Become an Effective Global Player, Stosunki Międzynarodowe-International Relations, No. 2, vol. 51, 2015.

- Paula Marcinkowska, The EU as a Global Player in Times of Crises - Challenges and Limitations [in:] Global Politics in the 21st Century. Between Regional Cooperation and Conflict, (eds.) A. Mania, M. Grabowski, T. Pugacewicz, Peter Lang 2019.

Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Attendance and final written exam.

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