Postgraduate Course: Analysing European Governance and Public Policy (PGSP11412)
Course Outline
School School of Social and Political Science College College of Humanities and Social Science
Summary This course aims to provide an overview of the various analytical, conceptual and theoretical approaches to the study of European Governance (institutions, structures, decision-making processes within the EU institutions, and between organisational entities of the EU and other actors) and Public Policy (policy-making, multi-level dynamics, competence-sharing, differentiated integration, budgeting, implementation and compliance). 

It follows an interdisciplinary approach, which consciously integrates the European integration literature with relevant frameworks and approaches drawn from International Relations and other strands of political analysis. By bringing together insights from various disciplines the course invites students to tap into the full range of possible theoretical and analytical lenses in the study and research of European Governance and Public Policy. The course specifically aims to help students develop a comprehensive analytical toolkit that enables them to tackle research questions in a more rounded and original manner.

"Analysing European Governance and Public Policy" serves as a compulsory core course for the MSc International and European Politics (in conjunction with the "Institutions and Policies of the EU") but is also available as an option to students on other taught postgraduate degree programmes within the School (permitting a quota of 40 students).
 
Contacts
Course organiser Dr Carmen Gebhard
Tel: (0131 6)50 4622
Email: C.Gebhard@ed.ac.uk Course secretary Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk