Courses

European Union and European Economic Integration

General

Course Contents

  • European unification in the first post-war decade – The first efforts to unify Europe.
  • The creation of the EEC and the enlargements of the EEC and the EU.
  • Theories of European integration and integration.
  • The architecture of the European Union and its evolution.
  • The institutional structure and the legislative process in the European Union.
  • The organization of the European Union.
  • The economics of European integration: from customs union to single market.
  • The economics of European integration: from single market to monetary union.
  • The European Banking Union.
  • European policies: The common foreign and security policy – the European defense policy.
  • European policies: The common commercial policy, the European competition policy, the common agricultural policy.
  • European policies: European social policy, European cohesion policy, European knowledge policies: Education, training, research and innovation.
  • The prospect of EU enlargement.

Educational Goals

The subject of the course is the analysis of the European Integration process and its correlation with the operation and political importance of the institutions of the European Union. The purpose of the course is to familiarize students with the institutions and policies of the European Union.

Upon completion of the course students will be able to:

  • Identify the most important historical moments in the course of development of the EU.
  • Know the architecture of the European Union and the institutions and procedures of institutional formation and legislative process in the European Union.
  • Analyze the main components of European integration/unification theories.
  • Understand and interpret the economic issues of European integration in relation to the various phases of integration.
  • To know and be able to make use of European policies in relation to various issues (economy, business, education).
  • To know and evaluate the prospects of EU enlargement.

General Skills

to be filled

Teaching Methods

Face to face

Use of ICT means

  • Online guidance.
  • Slides Projection in the classroom.
  • Use of E-mail and onlne communication systems.
  • Use of e-learning system (moodle).

Teaching Organization

ActivitySemester workload
Lectures39
Project50
Personal Study56
Total145

Students Evaluation

to be filled

Recommended Bibliography

  1. Μαραβέγιας Ν. (επιμ.) (2016) Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση. Δημιουργία, εξέλιξη προοπτικές. Αθήνα: Κριτική.
  2. Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, Μούσης Ν. ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΠΑΠΑΖΗΣΗ, 16η ενημερωμένη, 2018. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 77118094.
  3. Οικονομική της Νομισματικής Ένωσης, De Grauwe P., ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΠΑΠΑΖΗΣΗ, 3η Ελληνική έκδ., 2018. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 77114206.

Related Research Journals

  1. Journal of European Studies.
  2. European Union Politics.
  3. Journal of European Public Policy.
  4. Journal of European Integration.
  5. Journal of European Studies.
  6. European Journal of Political Research.
  7. European Political Science.
  8. European Political Science Review.
  9. Journal of the European Higher Education Area.
  10. Comparative European Politics.
  11. European Constitutional Law Review.
  12. European Law Journal.
  13. European Law Review.
  14. European Review.
  15. European Societies.
  16. Journal of Contemporary European Studies.
  17. Journal of Contemporary European ResearchJournal of European Competition Law and Practice.