POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES

Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: Stefania Paola Ludovica PANEBIANCO

Expected Learning Outcomes

Students analyse and critically discuss the EU as a divided power in the Mediterranean. Migration will be  adopted as a case-study.

Course Structure

This teaching relies upon a teaching methodology that has students at the centre. Traditional teaching methods (i.e. lectures) are accompanied by seminars and training courses. Students are involved in 'active learning', therefore they are invited to read beforehand the selected readings and comment them in class. Moreover, they are invited to present in class via PPT or PREZI's slides the content of selected readings. The key aim of this teaching is to analyze problems, cooperation processes and conflicts in the Mediterranean area.

Required Prerequisites

Political science basic concepts.

Attendance of Lessons

Attending classes is not compulsory but strongly recommended.

Detailed Course Content

This teaching course applies approaches and methods of Political Science in order to understand institutions, problems and processes affecting the Mediterranean area. Specific attention will be devoted to the European Union, an international actor playing distinct regional role(s). Perspectives and challenges of the EU as a 'normative power' will be critically investigated. Mediterranean migration governance will be analyzed as a crucial regional problem.

Textbook Information

Panebianco Stefania (a cura di) (2016), Sulle onde del Mediterraneo, EGEA, Milano.

Panebianco Stefania (2012), L'Unione Europea "potenza divisa" nel Mediterraneo, EGEA, Milano.

Course Planning

 SubjectsText References
1The EU as international actorPanebianco (2012)
2The EU as political systemPanebianco (2012)
3The external relations system of the EUPanebianco (2012)
4The EU as democracy promoterPanebianco (2012)
5The European Mediterranean policyPanebianco (2012)
6The volatile regionalism in the Mediterranean Panebianco (2012)
7MNB-PEV-UfM -Panebianco (2012)
8Le proteste della primavera 2011Panebianco (2012)
9Democracy and democratization.Panebianco (2012)
10EUMS as veto players Panebianco (2012) 
11Migration crisis in the Mediterranean Panebianco  (2016)
12The European migration policyPanebianco (2016) 
13The Italian reaction to the Euopean integration. Panebianco (2016)

Learning Assessment

Learning Assessment Procedures

Attending students are subject to class evaluation, via class debate and oral presentations. Non-attending students are evaluated via an oral exam on the entire programme.

Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises

The EU as an international actor: theoretical debates. The main paradigms that explain the European integration process. Mediterranean migration governance. 

The EU as democracy-promoter in the Mediterranean. Democratization processes in the Mediterranean: between liberalization, blocked democracy and persistent authoritarianism.