INTL 4640 - The Politics of the European Union

Spring 2009

Jan. 13: The early years: lecture outline.
Jan. 15: De Gaulle and the first enlargement: lecture outline.
Jan. 20: Eurosclerosis: lecture outline.
Jan. 22: Revitalization: lecture outline.
Jan. 27: Enlargement and Constitutional Change: lecture outline.
Additional reading: The European Union, a Guide for Americans -- produced by the EU Delegation to the USA. Overlaps a bit with Dinan's introduction, but a good overview well worth skimming. Find it here.
Additional viewing: 50 Years of EU in the World (7:51), a brief official overview of the history of the EU
What is the nature of the EU? (5:40), a discussion by EU Commission president Barroso

Jan. 29: Functionalism and Neofunctionalism: lecture outline.
Feb. 3: Intergovernmentalism and Liberal Intergovernmentalism: lecture outline.
Feb. 5: Constructivism: lecture outline.
Feb. 10: Review & current theoretical debates: lecture outline.

Feb. 17: The Commission: lecture outline.
Commission website.
Feb. 19: The Council of Ministers: lecture outline.
Consilium (Council) website.
Feb. 24: The European Parliament: lecture outline.
EP website.
Feb. 26: The Court of Justice: lecture outline.
Curia (Court of Justice) website.
Additional links: Co-decision procedure -- a flowchart produced by the European Union.

Mar. 3: Common Agricultural Policy: lecture outline.
An interesting AJC series on agricultural subsidies (5 parts): 1, 2, 2a, 3, and 4.
Mar. 5: Economic and Monetary Union: lecture outline.
Mar. 17: Security and Foreign Policy: lecture outline.
Mar. 19: A European Constitution: lecture outline.
Mar. 24: Democratic Deficit: lecture outline.
Mar. 26: National & European Identity: lecture outline.

Apr. 16: Turkey and the European Union: lecture outline.
Apr. 21: Does the EU still work?: lecture outline.
Apr. 23: European Parliament elections 2009: Websites and party manifestos for the main EP party groupings
(in declining order of current seat allocation in the EP):
EPP (European People's Party) - manifesto
PES (Party of European Socialists) - manifesto
ELDR (European Liberal Democrats) - manifesto & campaign website
UEN (Union for Europe of the Nations - charter (they don't seem particularly interested in the upcoming elections)
European Green Party - manifesto
European Left - manifesto
Independence/Democracy Group - program (also not too interested in the elections)
Some other, fringe groups: the EUdemocrats, the Newropeans, the European National Front, and the European Anticapitalist Left.
For an interesting blog on the upcoming elections, with analyses of some of these party platforms, see Julien Frisch's "Watching Europe".
Apr. 28: Is there a final destination?: lecture outline.

UGA writing center
See also the useful writing resources at Princeton's writing center -- especially the sections on "Advice on Academic Writing" and "Nuts and Bolts".

INTL 4640 - The Politics of the European Union / maurits@uga.edu
Last updated 15 April 2009.