Basic literature: Young 2015; Sbragia 2006
Answer on the following questions in own words using the texts on approx. 2 pages:
1) What are the differences/commonalities between the EU and US political systems regarding: federalism; institutional arrangements; public finances; and, party system? (Sbragia 2006)
2) Which problems in the field of EU legislation are discussed in the text (Sbragia 2006; Chapter 2.2)?
3) Who are the dominant actors in the respective stages of the policy cycle, applied to the EU, and what is their role? (Young 2015)
4) What, according to Scharpf, is meant by the joint decision trap (political interdependence trap) and how can it be circumvented, according to the author? (Young 2015)