2013-2014 Academic Catalog

Jun 03, 2024

2013-2014 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSCI 243 - European Union

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the emergence, construction, evolution and future of the most prominent example of “pooled sovereignty” in the international system: the European Union. The course critically examines and evaluates the political, cultural, economic, social and normative factors that have propelled the process of European integration forward. Through course readings as well as lecture and discussion, students will assess the “European project” from both a historical and contemporary standpoint. This assessment requires examination of the implications of constructing a single market, currency, foreign and defense policy, regulatory structure, legal infrastructure, legislature and citizenship from both a European and a wider global perspective. Students should come away from this course with extensive knowledge of the core concepts, actors, approaches and issues involved in the economic and political development of the European polity from its founding in the 1950s through the treaty on European Union and into the 21st century.

Anticipated Terms Offered: Offered every other year