Analysis of the different stages of political and economic integration in unification of western Europe since the end of World War II. These will be examined within an international context.
Method of presentation:
Lecture and discussion
Required work and form of assessment:
Regular attendance and participation (10%), term paper (25%), mid-term (25%) and final examination (40%).
content:
Introduction: the origin of the European idea prior to 1945
First steps of a rapprochement between Europeans (1945-1950).
From the ECSC to the EEC (1950-57).
Successive enlargements: from Six to Twenty-Seven (soon Twenty-Eight).
At the same time: community competences and difficulties.
EU current operation chart.
From the European currency snake to the current « euro crisis ».
France, leader in the European construction.
The Anglo-Saxon world and Europe.
Euroscepticism.
The European question in the 2012 French presidential election campaign.
Conclusion: Europe's future.
Required readings:
Gauthier, A. La construction européenne, étapes et enjeux. Bréal, 1996.
Montoussé, M. (dir.). 100 Fiches pour connaître l’Union européenne. Bréal, 2006.
Recommended readings:
Angel, B. and J. Lafitte. L’Europe, petite histoire d’une grande idée. Découverte Gallimard, 1999.
Deniau, J.F. Le Marché Commun. Que sais-je?, PUF, 1996.
Dorel, G and A. Gauthier. La CEE de Rome à Maastricht. Bréal, 1995.
Ferreol, G. et coll., Dictionnaire de l’Union européenne, A. Colin, 2000.
Gerbet, P. La construction de l'Europe. Notre Siècle, 1994.
Landuyt, Europe : Fédération ou nations, Sedes, 1999.
Zorgbibe, Ch. Histoire de l’Union européenne. Albin Michel, 2005.
Analysis of the different stages of political and economic integration in unification of western Europe since the end of World War II. These will be examined within an international context.
Lecture and discussion
Regular attendance and participation (10%), term paper (25%), mid-term (25%) and final examination (40%).