LSE-Bocconi Double Degree in European and International Public Policy and Politics

Bocconi University and LSE are proud to offer high-achieving MSc students this joint programme in European and International Public Policy and Politics. The programme is delivered by world-renowned experts in the field and is split across two years of study.

In the first year, you'll attend Bocconi University in Milan and take part in the MSc Politics and Policy Analysis programme. In the second year, you'll be at the European Institute at LSE, studying the MSc European and International Politics and Policy.

Delivered by world-leading experts, the curriculum of the program focuses on European politics and policymaking in a global context. You'll have the opportunity to take elective courses that critically assess Europe's role in the world, covering various social science fields such as political science, international relations, economics, and social policy.

This programme provides students with a unique opportunity to gain comprehensive knowledge in the field of European and International Public Policy and Politics while studying at two of the most prestigious institutions in the world.

The programme is conducted entirely in English, but you will also be expected to acquire knowledge in other languages as part of your Bocconi degree requirements.

The following reading list indicates the range of literature you'll encounter on the programme. You're encouraged to read some of them before you arrive.

• Putnam, R. (1988). Diplomacy and domestic politics: the logic of two-level. In International Organizations, 42(3), pp. 427-460.
• Tsebelis, G. (2002). Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work. Princeton University Press.
• Pollack, M. (2015). Theorizing EU Policy-Making. In Wallace et al. (Eds). (2015). Policy-making in the European Union. Oxford: OU
• P.Moravcsik, A. (1998). The Choice for Europe: Social Purpose and State Power from Messina to Maastricht. Cornell University Press.
• Hagemann, S., Bailer, S. and Herzog, A. (2019) ‘Signals to their parliaments: governments’ strategic use of votes and policy statements in the Council of the European Union’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 57(3), pp.634-650.
• Boerzel, T., Hofmann, T. Panke, D. and Sprungk, K. (2010). Obstinate and Inefficient: Why Member States Do Not Comply With European Law. In Comparative Political Studies, 43(11), pp. 1363-1390.
• Keohane, Robert. (2005). After hegemony: cooperation and discord in the world political economy. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
• Schneider, C. and Slantchev, B. (2018). The Domestic Politics of International Cooperation: Germany and the European Debt Crisis. In International Organization, 72(1), pp. 1-31.
• Hobolt, S. (2016). The Brexit Vote: A Divided Nation, A Divided Continent. In Journal of European Public Policy, 23(9), pp. 1259-1277.
• De Vries, C. (2018). Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration. Oxford: OUP.