European Integration
GOVT 286
Fall 2015 not offered
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| Certificates: International Relations |
Today's European Union is a study in contrasts. Since its creation in the Treaty of Paris in 1951, the EU has grown from a six-country coal and steel community into a policymaking behemoth whose 28 member states form the largest economy in the world. Along with an unprecedented degree of international integration, however, the Union now also faces growing skepticism from some of its oldest member states and a common-currency project in a state of apparently perpetual crisis. In this course, we will survey the history, theory, and institutions of European integration with an eye to analyzing the present and guessing the future of the EU. Why did the European Union come about? How does it operate? And what will remain of the European project twenty or fifty years from now? |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (GOVT)(GOVT-Comparativ)(GOVT-Intl.) |
Major Readings:
Gilbert, Mark. EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: A CONCISE HISTORY. Rowman & Littlefield 2012. Pbk. ISBN 978-0742566644
Peterson, John, and Michael Shackleton. THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THIRD EDITION. Oxford 2012. Pbk. ISBN 978-0199574988
Beck, Ulrich (translated by Rodney Livingstone). GERMAN EUROPE. Polity 2013. Hbk. ISBN 978-0745665399
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two papers (short reading analysis; longer policy brief); class presentation of policy brief; in-class midterm; take-home final exam. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course was added to the Government Department curriculum during the Summer 2013; it was not available during pre-registration in Spring 2013 for Fall 2013 courses. Students who wish add the course during the Add/Drop period in the Fall 2013 must submit an electronic enrollment request, preferably ranked, and may also contact the instructor by email at jksmith11@wesleyan.edu. |
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