Summer School “Parliamentary Democracy in Europe” (July 2012), Rome, LUISS

LUISS School of Government

Rome, 16-20 July  2012

 Applications by 20 April 2012

Especially after the Treaty of Lisbon, the evolution of the European decision-making process towards the full enforcement of the principles of representative and participatory democracy requires to be studied in depth. This summer school untangles these issues and provides its participants with a map of the current state of the European Union democracy by scoping interactions among national legislative bodies, regional and local authorities and civil society when EU decisions are taken. Hence, students will be confronted with the multifaceted dimensions of the principle of subsidiarity within the European Union – both legal and political, linked to the problem of the multilevel government, the constitutional identities of Member States and the principle of proximity – and provided with the experiential knowledge and practical experience for understanding its enforcement challenges.

 The need to combine theory with practice in understanding the future of Europe’s democracy is reflected in the Faculty, which includes world-class academics and experienced officials from European, national and regional institutions.

This intensive summer course is organised in cooperation with Nova Universitas, a well-established Italian university consortium that, by bringing together knowledge and experience of academics and professionals from different fields, aims at generating opportunities for reviving the spirit of the early University in today’s modern society. The consortium is made up of the following universities: Bicocca University – Milan, Federico II University – Naples, Luiss Guido Carli University – Rome, Macerata University, Udine University, Catania University, Second University of Naples.

This summer school is also promoted under the auspices of the International Political Science Association (IPSA). Established in 1949 under the aegis of UNESCO, IPSA fosters the development of political science and public policy by supporting academic networks linking East and West, North and South. Its strategic aim is to create a global political science community allowing everybody to participate.

Full text available at: http://sog.luiss.it/programs/summer-school/