The focus on European integration considers four topics: the theory, history, and institutions of European integration; the significance of the common market and monetary union; political communes, particularly in agriculture and business; and other modes of action within the community, both structural and written.
Method of presentation:
Lecture and class discussion.
Required work and form of assessment:
Regular class attendance; mid-term exam (25%); oral presentations on a chosen topic (25%); final exam (50%).
content:
Part I: The basics of European integration. Objectives and methods of the European Union; introduction to the theory of economic integration; origins of integration in Europe. The institutions of the European Union; the judicial aspects; the budget of the European Community.
Part II: The common market and the monetary union. The basic freedoms of the common market;
fundamentals of the Economic and Monetary Union; fiscal systems and political macroeconomics .
Part III: The politics of communes. Business; development; agriculture, fishing; transportation; energy;
defense industries.
Part IV: Other modes of action of the European Community: external structures; internal coherence; social and regional politics; the new politics of the European Union; the role of the European Union in the global economy.
Required readings:
Nieto Sólis, J.A. Fundamentos y Políticas de la Unión Europea. Madrid: Siglo XXI, 1995.
Recommended readings:
FERNÁNDEZ NAVARRETE, D.: Historia y Economía de la Unión Europea. Ramón Areces, Madrid, 1999. Nieto Sólis, J.A. Fundamentos y Políticas de la Unión Europea. Madrid: Siglo XXI, 1995.
The focus on European integration considers four topics: the theory, history, and institutions of European integration; the significance of the common market and monetary union; political communes, particularly in agriculture and business; and other modes of action within the community, both structural and written.
Lecture and class discussion.
Regular class attendance; mid-term exam (25%); oral presentations on a chosen topic (25%); final exam (50%).
Part I: The basics of European integration. Objectives and methods of the European Union; introduction to the theory of economic integration; origins of integration in Europe. The institutions of the European Union; the judicial aspects; the budget of the European Community.
Part II: The common market and the monetary union. The basic freedoms of the common market;
fundamentals of the Economic and Monetary Union; fiscal systems and political macroeconomics .
Part III: The politics of communes. Business; development; agriculture, fishing; transportation; energy;
defense industries.
Part IV: Other modes of action of the European Community: external structures; internal coherence; social and regional politics; the new politics of the European Union; the role of the European Union in the global economy.
Nieto Sólis, J.A. Fundamentos y Políticas de la Unión Europea. Madrid: Siglo XXI, 1995.
FERNÁNDEZ NAVARRETE, D.: Historia y Economía de la Unión Europea. Ramón Areces, Madrid, 1999. Nieto Sólis, J.A. Fundamentos y Políticas de la Unión Europea. Madrid: Siglo XXI, 1995.