| CODE | EST5337 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | European Union Cohesion Policy | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | European Studies | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit gives an in-depth understanding of causes and effects of regional economic disparities to provide a critical discussion on the motivation, focus and implementation of regional policy. It provides an updated overview of the workings of EU regional policy and addresses economic and political-economy implications of different aspects of this policy design. Study-Unit Aims: The aim of the study-unit is to provide students with tools to critically analyze EU regional policy from an economic and political-economy perspective. Students are to apply these tools from various angles and discern arguments for and against the current policy stand. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify causes and effects of regional economic disparities; - describe instruments targeting EU regional disparities; - define economic and political-economy implications of EU regional policy. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - critically discuss economic and political-economy aspects of EU regional policy; - present economic and political-economy arguments for the current policy stand; - identify economic and political-economy counterarguments to the current policy stand. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Various sources including textbook chapters and up-to date articles and reports (available at the library, on-line or provided as extracts on VLE). - The European Commission’s web site for regional policy information, INFOREGIO, http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index_en.cfm - The European Commission’s web site for statistics, EUROSTAT, http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home/. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Seminar | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Susanna Thede |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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