INS 591/310, Fall 2001
The European Union:
History, Institutions, Policies and Issues
Monday, 5:00-7:30pm
MM 306
Joaquín Roy
Office: Ferre 300/ 1531 Brescia Ave #144
Tel. 305-284-3266/4303/Fax: 305-284-4406
email: jroy@miami.edu
Home phone: 305-443-3435; Fax:
305-443-2021
Office Hours: Monday: 1-5pm; at Ferre; Tuesday-Wednesday: 2-5pm
Content
This
graduate course, open to qualified undergraduates, will combine six
objectives: (1) to investigate the historical development of Europe
as a civilization and as an idea, as well as through an in-depth review
of a selected number of the main historical and political actors and
ideologies from 1815 until the present; (2) to survey the main
organizations and experiments in European integration before and after World
War II; (3) to analyze the historical development of the European Communities;
(4) to examine in depth the major institutions of the European Union;
(5) to analyze the main EU policies and current issues facing the
European Union, and (6) to reflect upon the future of the nation-state
and the idea of a united Europe, the role of transformed ideologies,
and the rebirth of nationalism, while pondering about future scenarios
for European integration.
Requisites/Grading System
(1)
Ten mini-papers (600-800 words each) based on critical readings of books,
chapters of books, scholarly articles, or video programs, accompanied by a
brief oral report (10 minutes long) which will open discussion on the subject.
(50% of the grade)
(2)
One paper, scholarly project, or long take-home examination (50% of the grade).
Main texts
Priority:
Cini, Michelle. The European Commission: Leadership, Organization,
and Culture in the EU Administration. Manchester/New York: Manchester
University Press/ St. Martin's Press, 1996. 224 p. JN33.5.C56 19966 ISBN 07190
4149 X ^ $
Hayes-Renshaw, Fiona; and Helen Wallace. The Council of Ministers.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. 340 p. JN34.H39 1997 ISBN 0-312-16411-4 ^ $
McCormick, John. The European Union: Politics and Policies.
Boulder, Co.: Westview Press, 1996. jn30.m37 1996 isbn 0-8133-2233 $
Nelsen, Brent F., and Alexander C-G. Stub. The European Union:
Readings on the Theory and Practice of European Integration. Boulder, Co.: Lynne Rienner, 1994. JN15.E88 1994 isbn
1-55587-506-8 $19.95 $
Recommended:
Archer, Clive. Organizing Europe: The Institutions of Integration.
London: Edward Arnold, 1994. Distributed by Routledge/Chapman/Hall. ISBN
0-340-59039-4 $ ISBN 0-8133-2711-3
Baun, Michael J. An Imperfect Union: The Maastricht Treaty and the
New Politics of European integration. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1996.
xvi, 182 p. JN30 .B38 1996. ISBN 0-8133-2711-3 euinst
Craig, Gordon A. Europe since 1815. New York: Holt/ Chicago:
Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, latest edition/alternate. D299.C7 1974 ^ $
Davies, Norman, Europe: a History. Oxford/NY: Oxford University
Press, 1996.
Dinan, Desmond, Ever Closer Union?. London: Macmillan/Lynne
Reinner, 1999. ^ $ hc241.2.d476
Piening, Christopher. Global Europe: The European Union in the World.
Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1997. isbn 1-55587-700-1
d1058.p54 1997.
Readers. Compilation of articles, chapters
of books, and other readings. ^
Note: Detailed syllabus and expanded
bibliographies are available upon request. They will be delivered to
participants during the first meeting of seminar.
General Organization and Structure of the
Course
(Expanded, to be detailed in the following
pages)
Introductory Meeting: August 23
Monday, August 27
Topic #1
The Making of Europe
The origins of the idea of Europe
A Concept of Europe
Topic #2
Europe at War (1914-1945)
The role of ideologies:
World War I
The interwar period
The League of Nations
World War II
Monday, September 10
Topic #3
Organizing and Reorganizing Europe:
The History of European Integration Before and After World War II.
The Experience of the League of Nations
The Organization for European Economic
Cooperation
The European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development
The Council of Europe
The European Free Trade Association
The Nordic Council
NATO
The Western European Union
COMECON and the Warsaw Pact
Monday, September 17
Topic # 4
The birth of the European Community
The European Coal and Steel Community
The European Economic Community and
EURATOM
The development of the European Union
Introduction to the institutions of the
European Union
Monday, September 24
Topic #5
Analysis of the institutions of the
European Union
Theory and Practice
Intergovernmental and Supranational
Cooperation
Monday, October 1
Topic #6
A paradigm of supranationalism:
The European Commission
Monday, October 8
Topic #7
The intergovernmental
"institutions":
The
European Council
The
Council of Ministers of the European Union
Monday, October 15
Topic #8
A Unique Supranational Parliamentary Institution:
The
European Parliament
Monday, October 22
Topic #9:
Legal and Controlling Institutions:
The
European Court of Justice
The
European Court of Auditors
Monday, October 29
Topic # 10:
The Policies of the European Union
Policy processes and the budget
Economic policy
Agricultural policy
Regional policy
Environment
Social policy
Monday, November 5
Topic # 11:
Foreign and Security Policies
External Relations of the European Union
European Security Organizations and Issues
Monday, November 12
Topic # 12
The idea of Europe
The future of European integration
The remaking of the European Union
Culture
Regionalism
Globalism
The evolution of Nationalism
The transformation of ideologies
Monday, November 19
Review
Monday, November 26
Reports
Topic Structure of the Course
The Making of Europe
Europe at War (1914-1945)
The History of European Integration
The development of the European Community
The institutions of the European Union
The European Commission
The European Council and the Council of Ministers
The European Parliament
The European Court of Justice and the
Court of Auditors
The Social and Economic Policies of the
European Union
Foreign and Security Policies
The present and the future of the European
Union