EU Environmental Policy at 50: Five Decades of Escaping Decision-Traps?

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I am currently teaching “Between Law and Politics: The Constitution and Regulation of the European Single Market” (402170 VU Politikwissenschaftliche Schwerpunktsetzung 1).

From the course description:

Although little discussed, the Single Market is at the heart of European integration, the most deeply integrated of all policy-areas. This advanced seminar explains how the Single Market works in theory and practice. Through different examples, ranging from goods to services and competition policy, it examines when and why the Single Market affects seemingly unrelated policies on the EU and national level, creating tensions that may push toward further integration. The conceptual focus is on the interplay of law and politics in creating and regulating the Single Market. This includes central institutions and actors such as the European Court of Justice and the EU’s legal system as well as the European Commission as guardian of the Treaty and highest competition authority.

Through this advanced class, students will

• know the principles on which the Single Market is built, and be able to identify its major successes and challenges.
• understand how the Single Market affects various policy areas on the national and EU level
• be able to distinguish between legal and political integration
• apply these concepts to compare different policy-areas related to the single market
• be able to research as well as discuss and critically evaluate selected political science literature through different media (writing, graphics, presenting).

Please see lfuonline for details, and check my CV for courses I taught before. I don’t have fixed office hours at the moment, so just send me an email to fix an appointment.