The Political Economy of the European Union

Level: 
Doctoral
Course Status: 
Core
CEU code: 
POLS 6648
CEU credits: 
4
Academic year: 
2009/2010
Semester: 
Winter
Start and end dates: 
11 Jan 2010 - 2 Apr 2010
Stream/Track/Specialization/Core Area: 
Political Economy
CEU Instructor(s): 
László Csaba
Full description: 

This is a Ph.D course, open also for MA students addresses the history, institutional evolution as well as the core policies of the enlarged European Union, focusing on those relating to money and decision making on areas involving national and community spending. It analyzes the evolution of the major policy areas and institutions, with special emphasis on how the Lisbon Treaty, and the already ongoing elaboration of the Financial Perspective for 2014-2020 will change the face and functioning of the EU and its policies against available theories to date.