Governance in the EU, Political Systems, Policy implementation & lobbying- 13 PAGES

Required topics: 

1. Governance in the EU, functioning of the EU (ca. 30-40% of the paper). 

2. a. Differences regarding the political and economic system of EU members states and 

b. The impact of the EU on domestic systems of policy making and governance and differences in 

policy implementation (ca. 30-40% of the paper). 

3. Policy formation and lobbying in the EU, by the example of environmental issues (ca. 30-40% of the 

paper)

Literature 

The paper should cover the core argument and key concepts of all of the following literature and show that 

you have understood the argument. Not covering articles will cost points. Not covering the core argument 

or key concepts of articles will also cost points. 

- Bunea (2013) 

- Eising (2007) 

- Guéguen (2007, p.13-17, 63-67, 128-131, 132-138) 

- Hanoteau (2009) 

- Kautto (2009) 

- Knell & Srholec (2007) 

- Kohler-Koch (1998, p.1-15) 

- Schmidt (2003), 

- Schmidt (2006, focus on p.670-675) 

- Schneider and Paunescu (2012), 

- Siaroff, Alan (1999), 

- Di Lucia, Lorenzo, Kronsell, Annica (2010), The willing, the unwilling and the unable – explaining 

implementation of the EU Biofuels Directive, Journal of European Public Policy 17(4), June, p.545-

563 

- Howarth, David (2009), Greening the Internal Market in a Difficult Economic Climate, Journal of 

Common Market Studies 47 (special issue: Annual Review), p.133-150. 

In addition, the following articles may support the argument 

- Beck and Grande (2007, p.50-54) 

- Eising and Kohler-Koch (1999, p.3-7)