This course aims to provide the students with a deepened understanding of the European Union and the evolution of democracy in the EU; discuss the EU as an organization by focusing on its institutional set-up, values, and its role as a promoter of democracy; deal with timely discussions such as democratic backsliding, democratic deficit, inequality, and justice; scrutinize the theoretical approaches regarding the normative power of Europe.
Issues of democracy in EU governance will be discussed by looking at the body of rules, procedures, and practices associated with how powers are exerted in the European Union. Students will be able to explain the values of the European Union and identify and analyze the core aspects of democracy in Europe and the relations of democracy with the EU institutions.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Programme Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1) Students will be able to consolidate their knowledge about the European Union. | 1,2,4 | 1,2,3 | B, D |
| 2) Students are provided with in-depth knowledge of concepts such as democracy, democracy promotion, democracy deficit, and democratic backsliding. | 1,10 | 1,2,3,10 | B,D |
| 3) Students are equipped with critical thinking skills, and analytical and interpretive skills to understand the relationship between the European Union and Democracy, they are provided to read and write selected texts. | 1,2,3 | 1,2,3 | D |
| 4) Students will have comprehensive information about the historical development process of the European Union. | 1,2 | 1,2,3 | A,D |
| 5) It is ensured that students are aware of the policies implemented to promote the understanding of democracy in the European Union countries. | 1,2,3 | 1,2,3,10 | D |
| 6) Through various case studies, students are encouraged to look critically at democratization processes and practices and to strengthen their analytical skills. | 1,2,3 | 1,2,3,10 | B,D |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 |
Introduction:
What is the EU?
How does the EU define democracy?
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Olsen, J. (2020). The European Union: Politics and Policies (7th ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429440724 (Chapter 1-2)
Schmidt, V. A. (2005). Democracy in Europe: The Impact of European Integration. Perspectives on Politics, 3(4), 761–779.
Innerarity, D. (2018) Democracy in Europe: A Political Philosophy of the EU, Palgrave Macmillan. ( Introduction, pp.1-18)
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| 2 |
The evolution of democracy in the European integration
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Sara Binzer Hobolt (2006) Direct democracy and European integration, Journal of European Public Policy, 13:1, 153-166, DOI: 10.1080/13501760500380825
Ruth Dassonneville, Alexandra Jabbour, Michael S. Lewis-Beck, More ‘Europe’, less Democracy? European integration does not erode satisfaction with democracy, Electoral Studies, Volume 70, 2021,102291, ISSN 0261-3794. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102291
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| 3 | Theoretical approach |
Manners, Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction In Terms?, “Journal of Common Market Studies”, No. 2(40)/2002,
Diez, T. (2013). Normative power as hegemony. Cooperation and Conflict, 48(2), 194–210. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836713485387
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| 4 |
Institutional set-up:
European Parliament and national parliaments |
Auel, K. and Raunio, T. (2014) ‘Connecting with the Electorate? Parliamentary Communication in EU Affairs’. Special Issue of the Journal of Legislative Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1
Nathalie Brack & Olivier Costa (2018) Democracy in parliament vs. democracy through parliament? Defining the rules of the game in the European Parliament, The Journal of Legislative Studies, 24:1, 51-71, DOI: 10.1080/13572334.2018.1444625
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| 5 | Multilevel governance |
Paul Stephenson (2013) Twenty years of multi-level governance: ‘Where Does It Come From? What Is It? Where Is It Going?’, Journal of European Public Policy, 20:6, 817-837, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2013.781818
Hurrelmann, A., & DeBardeleben, J. (2009). Democratic dilemmas in EU multilevel governance: Untangling the Gordian knot. European Political Science Review, 1(2), 229-247. doi:10.1017/S1755773909000137
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| 6 | Deliberative democracy |
Firat Cengiz (2018) Bringing the citizen back into EU democracy: against the input-output model and why deliberative democracy might be the answer, European Politics and Society, 19:5, 577-594, DOI: 10.1080/23745118.2018.1469236 Blockmans, S. & Russack, S. (Eds.) (2020). Deliberative Democracy in the EU: Countering Populism with Participation and Debate. Brussels: CEPS, Rowman & Littlefield International. Retrieved April 06, 2020 from https://www.ceps.eu/download/publication/?id=26605&pdf=Deliberative-Democracy_2CU_Vol3.pdf
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| 7 | Mid-Term Exam | |
| 8 |
Spreading the democratic experience:
Democracy promotion in the EU Enlargement |
Frank Schimmelfennig, F. and Ulrich Sedelmeier (2004), ‘Governance by conditionality: EU rule transfer to the candidate countries of Central and Eastern Europe’, Journal of European Public Policy, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 661–679.
Frank Schimmelfennig & Ulrich Sedelmeier (2019): The Europeanization of Eastern Europe: the external incentives model revisited, Journal of European Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2019.1617333
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| 9 | Spreading the democratic experience: Democracy promotion in the external relations |
Smith, K. E. (2008), “Democracy and Good Governance” in European Union Foreign Policy in a Changing World(Second Edition), 142-168, Cambridge: Polity Press.
Tseng, H. and Krog, R. (2017) No Strings Attached: Chinese Foreign Aid and Regime Stability in Resource-Rich Recipient Countries. Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, Chicago, IL, January 6–8 Aydın-Düzgit, S. (2020) Can non-democracies support international democracy? Turkey as a case study, Third World Quarterly, 41:2, 264-283, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2019.1636643
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| 10 | Democratic Deficit in the EU |
Petr Kratochvíl & Zdeněk Sychra (2019) The end of democracy in the EU? The Eurozone crisis and the EU’s democratic deficit, Journal of European Integration, 41:2, 169-185, DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2019.1569001 Sorace M. The European Union democratic deficit: Substantive representation in the European Parliament at the input stage. European Union Politics. 2018;19(1):3-24. doi:10.1177/1465116517741562
Kelemen, R.D. (2017), “Europe’s other democratic deficit: National authoritarianism in Europe’s Democratic Union”, Government and Opposition, Vol. 52 No. 2, pp. 211–238.
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| 11 | Democratic Backsliding in the EU |
Digdem Soyaltın Colella (2020) The EU’s ‘actions-without-sanctions’? The politics of the rule of law crisis in many Europes, European Politics and Society,https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23745118.2020.1842698
Kelemen, R. D. (2020) The European Union's authoritarian equilibrium, Journal of European Public Policy, 27(3): 481-499
Ulrich Sedelmeier (2016) Anchoring Democracy from Above? The European Union and Democratic Backsliding in Hungary and Romania after Accession, JCMS Volume 52. Number 1. Pp. 105–121 |
| 12 | Civil society and public sphere in Europe |
Kohler-Koch, Beate & Quittkat, Christine. (2013). De-Mystification of Participatory Democracy. EU Governance and Civil Society. 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199674596.001.0001.
Hänska, M., & Bauchowitz, S. (2019). Can social media facilitate a European public sphere? Transnational communication and the Europeanization of Twitter during the Eurozone crisis. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 173–188. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877916674751
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| 13 | Gender justice and equality in Europe |
Hoewer, Melanie and Riley, Heidi, Gender Justice in EU Crisis Management Missions (May 27, 2020). GLOBUS Research Paper 17/2020, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3611586 orhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3611586
ClaveroS, GalliganY.Delivering gender justice in academia through gender equality plans? Normative and practical challenges. Gender Work Organ. 2021;28:1115–1132. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.126581132-CLAVEROANDGALLIGAN
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| 14 | Epistemic justice in Europe |
Ayhan Kaya & Ayşenur Benevento (2022) Epistemic Justice as a Political Capability of Radicalised Youth in Europe: A Case of Knowledge Production with Local Researchers, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 23:1, 73-94, DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2021.2004096
Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert (2018) Taking minority women’s activism seriously as epistemic justice, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41:13, 2310-2317, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2018.1487567
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Recommended Sources
| RECOMMENDED SOURCES | |
| Textbook | - |
| Additional Resources | - |
Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents | Relevant documents provided in the reading list |
| Assignments | Discussions will be held in the planned weeks |
| Exams | Midterm exam will be held online |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Online Mid-Term | 1 | 30 |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 |
| Attendance | 1 | 15 |
| Final | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Online Mid-Term | 1 | 30 |
| Presentation | 1 | 15 |
| Attendance | 1 | 15 |
| Final | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total
Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (14X Total course hours/week) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice, review/week) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Presentation | 1 | 25 | 25 |
| Mid-term | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Final | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Work Load | 144 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 3.0 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 5 | ||