• History, Structure and Functioning of the EU (MC: 335, Compulsory Course, Spring Semester)
    Department of International, European and Area Studies
    School of International Studies, Communication and Culture

    Co-teaching with Professor Dimitris N. Chryssochoou

    General Description and Learning Outcomes: This course is a comprehensive introduction to the history, the structure and the functioning of the European Union (EU). It analyzes the historical development of European integration, its modern conception as an “answer” to globalization and supremacy of the markets, the general and institutional characteristics of the EU, the major revisions of EU Treaties (from the Single European Act to the Treaty of Lisbon) and the relations between the EU and its member states. It further considers issues such as state sovereignty and democracy in the EU, the nature of EU competences, the foundations of European integration, the organizational principles of the EU, decision-making processes at EU level and the political and institutional system of the EU. The intent of the course is to familiarize students with the debate on the nature, the evolution, the structure and the functioning of the EU and offer a framework of understanding its institutional and political system.

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  • Democracy and Polity in Europe (MC: 499, Optional Course, Fall Semester)
    Department of International, European and Area Studies
    School of International Studies, Communication and Culture

    Co-teaching with Professor Dimitris N. Chryssochoou

    General Description and Learning Outcomes: This course examines in detail two manifestations of the European public civilization: democracy and polity. It traces the origins to their intellectual and institutional “maturity” and discusses different models of democracy/polity and the formation process towards a European ‘demos’ and polity. Drawing on the theories of republicanism and liberalism, it looks at core concepts such as sovereignty, representation, legitimacy, citizenship, accountability, governance and constitutionalism. The course is designed to familiarize students with the nature and dynamics of democracy and polity in Europe and present alternative viewpoints of (a) the European civilization in terms of values, institutions and polity and (b) the relation of values and institutions vis-à-vis a coordinated collective 'symbiosis' in Europe.

  • The Organization of the European Union, Jean Monnet Course (MC: 510072, Optional Course, Fall Semester)
    Department of Social Policy
    School of Political Sciences

    General Description and Learning Outcomes: . Historical background and integration theories: from the European Communities to the European Union. The method, objectives and goals of European integration 2. The Organization and Functioning of the EU: the guiding principles, the division of competences, subsidiarity and proportionality, the general principles and sources of EU Law, the relationship between EU Law and National Law, EU institutions and decision-making processes 3. The relations between the EU and its member states, member state representation in EU institutions and the role of the state in shaping EU policies, implementation of EU policies, policy paradigms (e.g. social policy) with an emphasis on the Greek administrative ‘praxis’. The objective of the course is to equip students with substantive knowledge of European integration in its historical perspective, acquaint them to the organization and functioning of the EU and keep them up-to-date with the current developments in EU affairs after the Treaty of Lisbon.

  • European Union: Theories, Institutions, Policies, Jean Monnet Course (MC: 110444, Optional Course, Spring Semester)
    Department of Political Science and History
    School of Political Sciences

    General Description and Learning Outcomes: The course studies the phenomenon of European integration from a historical perspective, aiming to familiarize students with the organization and functioning of the EU, as well as providing them with up-to-date knowledge in EU affairs (e.g. Treaty of Lisbon). The topics of the course are:

    • Historical background and integration theories: from the European Communities to the European Union. The method, objectives and goals of European integration.
    • The organization and functioning of the EU: EU institutions, the EU policy process (principles, stages, stakeholders and decision-making processes), EU Law (general principles and sources of EU law, the relationship between EU law and national law), the economics of European integration.
    • The relations between the EU and its member states: member state representation in EU institutions and the role of the state in shaping EU policies, implementation of EU policies, policy paradigms (e.g. social policy) with an emphasis on the Greek administrative 'praxis'.