INTRODUCTION

The MA in European Politics and Governance is a one-year full-time programme designed to provide students with an advanced understanding of how modern societies are governed through the complex interaction between public and private actors at different levels of government. The ability of national governments to determine domestic policy outcomes is increasingly limited by interdependencies with local and European levels of government. Furthermore, the distinction between governmental and non-governmental organisations is increasingly blurred when the formulation and implementation of policies relies heavily on the cooperation of private actors. Taking a multi-level and governance perspective, the programme offers a distinctive approach to the study of politics and policy-making.

OBJECTIVES

• To provide students with comprehensive knowledge about the roles of governmental and non-governmental organisations in the formulation and implementation of policies at the local, national, and European level.
• To enable students to critically examine theoretical approaches and empirical evidence in the study of government and governance.
• To enable students to design, conduct, and clearly communicate the results of their own independent research.

PROGRAMME CONTENT

Semester 1

Government and Governance: Politics, Policy, and Practice; Institutions and Policies of the European Union; Research Methods; Academic and Transferable Skills Training.

Semester 2

European Public Administration: Actors, Institutions, and Policy Process; Research Methods; two electives from the following (subject to timetabling and faculty availability): Central and Eastern Europe; American Foreign Relations; Partnership and Governance; Issues in International Policy; External Relations of the European Union; Issues in International Development; Political Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Conflict; Comparative Politics; Issues in Contemporary Democratic Theory; Public Policy and Programme Management; Ireland and Globalisation; Russian and Post-Soviet Politics; Mainstreaming Social Inclusion; Political Economy of Ireland; Foreign Aid and Development; Peacekeeping and Peace-building; International Security; Feminist Perspectives on Conflict and Development Issues; Global Justice.

Summer

Dissertation

CAREERS

The programme aims to equip students with the substantive knowledge and analytical and transferable skills necessary to pursue a successful career in civil society and other non-governmental organisations, think tanks, interest groups, media organisations, local, national, and European administrations. The programme also provides the foundations for further doctoral research in the areas of Irish Politics, Comparative Public Administration, and European Union Politics.

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European Politics & Governance - Impressionen vom Masterstudium

Übersicht der Masterstudiengänge - University of Limerick

• Academic Practice
• Advanced Materials
• Aeronautical Engineering
• Applied Physics
• Biomedical Engineering
• Business
• Business Administration
• Business Administration - Corporate MBA (Aviation Management)
• Business Management
• Career Guidance & Counselling
• Chemical Engineering
• Classical String Performance
• Clinical Psychology
• Clinical Therapies
• Community Music
• Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
• Computational Finance
• Computer Aided Engineering Product Design
• Computer Aided Enterprise Performance Modelling
• Computer and Communications Systems
• Computer Engineering
• Computing
• Dance
• Development
• Digital Media Development in Education
• Education Leadership
• Educational Mentoring
• English
• English Language Teaching
• Ethnochoreology
• Ethnomusicology
• European and Comparative Law
• European Integration
• European Politics & Governance
• European Union Politics and Law
• Finance and Information Systems
• Financial Services
• French
• Gender, Culture & Society
• Global Computing and Localisation
• Health Education & Promotion
• Health Informatics
• History
• History of Art and Architecture
• History of the Family
• History of the Family (Online)
• Human Resource Management
• Human Rights in Criminal Justice
• Information and Network Security
• Integrative Psychotherapy
• Interactive Media
• International Commercial Law
• International Entrepreneurship Management
• International Management & Global Business
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• International Tourism
• Irish Traditional Music Performance
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• Language, Culture and Globalisation
• Languages
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• Law (General)
• Local History
• Marketing, Consumption & Society
• Mathematical Modelling
• Mathematics Teaching
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medicine
• Midwifery Studies
• Music
• Music Graduate Diploma
• Music Technology
• Music Therapy
• Nursing (Adult Nursing)
• Nursing (Adult Respiratory Care)
• Nursing (Intellectual Disability Studies)
• Nursing (Palliative Care)
• Nursing (Peri-operative Care)
• Nursing (Psychosocial Interventions in Mental Health Care)
• Nursing (Rehabilitation of the Older Person)
• Nursing/Midwifery
• Occupational Therapy
• Partnership Studies
• Peace and Development Studies
• Physical Education
• Politics
• Project Management
• Psychological Science
• Psychological Science in Social Psychology
• Public Administration
• Quality Management
• Ritual Chant and Song
• Safety and Ergonomics
• Sociology (Applied Social Research)
• Sociology (Youth, Community & Social Regeneration)
• Software Engineering
• Software Engineering and Entrepreneurship
• Sustainable Resource Management: Policy & Practice
• Teaching Physical Education, Sport and Physical Activity
• Teaching, Learning & Scholarship
• Teaching, Learning and Scholarship
• Technical Communication and E Learning
• Technical Writing (Distance Learning)
• Technology
• VLSI Systems
• Work & Organisational Psychology/Work & Organisational Behaviour
• Irish-German Studies
• Risk Management and Insurance
• Speech and Language Therapy

Die Universität Limerick ist eine der renommiertesten Universitäten Irlands und führt die Ranglisten der besten Abschlussergebnisse ihrer Studenten. Aus einer dieser Wertetabellen geht hervor, dass die Absolventen der UL gute Berufsaussichten haben, was nicht zuletzt auf das Bildungsprogramm der Universität zurück zu führen ist.

Verglichen mit anderen Universitäten Irlands ist bei der Universität Limerick ein stetiger Aufstieg in weltweiten Ranglisten zu beobachten.

Die Universitätsarena

Auf dem Universitätscampus steht Irlands größter Sportkomplex: eine eigene Arena.

Seit 2002 ist in der Arena ein Schwimmbecken eröffnet, welches in Größe und Bau den olympischen Standards entspricht und damit eine Besonderheit Irlands darstellt.

Die Indoor Sporthalle der Arena umfasst 3600 m². Neben Sprint-und Joggingstrecken ist in der großzügigen Sporthalle auch eine Weitsprunganlage vorhanden. Sportlich betätigen kannst du dich außerdem im Fitnessstudio, verschiedenen Trainingsräumen und im Aerobicstudio. Auch das Munster Rugby Team nutzt häufig die große Fläche der Sportarena.

Jährlich wird die Arena von mehr als 500 000 Kunden genutzt, so beispielsweise durch Sportteams oder Athleten.

Die Arena der Universität Limerick ist 2010 Gastgeber der Special Olympics Ireland Games.