Workshop
COURSE ASSESSMENT
Essay: Students should write an essay of a maximum of 2000 words (6 sides of A4 paper) in answer to
ONE of the questions shown below. Essays should be properly and fully referenced, and include a
full bibliography. They should be word-processed.

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 20.05.2024.

PLEASE NOTE: ESSAYS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN MSWORD OR PDF FORMAT

Workshop
COURSE ASSESSMENT : Essay Questions:(maximum 2000 words/6 sides of A4 paper):
 Submit an essay in answer to one of the questions below. The essay must be of a maximum of 2,000
words, fully correctly 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)What are the benefits and problems that arise from the processes of agenda-setting and policy
implementation at the beginning and end of the European Union public policy cycle? Provide examples
from E.U. public policy areas to illustrate your analysis.
(ii)Evaluate in what ways, and to what extent, European Union public policy can be described as
Europeanised. Provide evidence and examples drawn from E.U. public policy areas to support your
assessment.
(iii)Identify benefits and problems within the E.U. public policy process in one or more public
policy areas in respect of the principles of harmonisation, mutual recognition and convergence.
(PLEASE NOTE: For  your ‘public policy’ area examples  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.) If necessary check with John Wilton by
email.
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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