Miejsce i rola przedmiotu polityki Unii Europejskiej w dydaktyce europeistyki

Abstrakt

The module that within a traditional curriculum has been entitled “Selected EU Common Policies” still awaits its proper place in the teaching of European studies. Should it primarily be a module emphasising the legal dimension of EU policies, thus focusing on analyzing their legal foundations and rules? Or rather, it should be centred on the economic nature of EU policies, e.g. testing their effectiveness? How to present the role of EU institutions in policymaking? In other words, what place should there be for political sciences? This article develops comparative analysis of the curricula and syllabi of the modules devoted to EU policies at the Polish universities. Three basic approaches to teaching EU policies have been identified: economic, legal and political. The author stresses that where Polish universities still fail is an insufficient comparative analysis of EU policies and unsatisfactory application of the instruments of policy analysis. Based on the author’s teaching experience, the paper concludes with some thoughts on how such approach could be developed.