Workshop
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Essay: Students should write an essay of a maximum of 2000 words in answer to ONE of the questions
shown below. Essays should be properly and fully referenced, and include a full bibliography.

PLEASE NOTE: Essays that are more than 10 per cent above or below the word limit will be penalised
through the deduction of marks, as will essays that are not properly or fully referenced or do not
include a full bibliography. (In text references count towards the word limit. Your list of
references and sources used at the end of your essay does not count towards the word limit.)

ESSAYS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED TO JOHN WILTON BY EMAIL TO jitaly25@hotmail.com OR THROUGH THE MASARYK
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SYSTEM BY 25.11.2024.

PLEASE NOTE: ESSAY S SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN MSWORD OR PDF FORMAT

Workshop
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Essay Questions: (maximum 2000 words):
Deadline: 25 November 2024. To be submitted by email to jitaly25@hotmail.com or through the Masaryk
University Information System
Students will be required to submit an essay in answer to one of the questions shown below. The
essay must be of a maximum of 2,000 words, fully properly referenced, and include a full
bibliography.
PLEASE NOTE: Essays that are more than 10 per cent above or below the word limit will be penalised
through the deduction of marks
(i)In identifying some of the benefits and problems at the beginning and end of the European Union
public policy cycle assess whether the benefits outweigh the problems?
(ii)On what basis is the term ‘Europeanised’ an accurate characterisation of European Union public
policy making? Provide public policy area examples to justify your assessment.
(iii)Are there benefits or difficulties arising from the principles of harmonisation, mutual
recognition and convergence in the E.U Public Policy process?  Use examples from one or more E.U.
Public Policy area to illustrate and critically assess your examination of this question. (PLEASE
NOTE: The Common Agricultural Policy, Security and Defence Policy, and Economic policy concerning
the EU budget are not public policy areas. You should check carefully that your chosen policy area
constitutes ‘public policy’, as if it does not you will not receive the required grade to pass the
course.)

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                     Structure of Essay Answers
Analyse the question – ‘content words’, ‘process words’
Structure of your essay/answer – in what order, and how will you address the question (brief in
introduction)
Theories and Arguments – theories, models and arguments you will employ to analyse, critically
assess, evaluate, compare and contrast
Content and evidence – examples, in terms of information or details you use in order to sustain or
challenge the various theories and arguments you have employed in analysis of the question
Conclusion – your summary of the various points and arguments/theories of explanation, and your
critical evaluation/assessment/comparison of them based on that