Unit EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
- Course
- International relations
- Study-unit Code
- GP000907
- Curriculum
- Conflitti internazionali, studi strategici e analisi di politica estera
- Teacher
- Milica Uvalic
- Teachers
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- Milica Uvalic
- Hours
- 63 ore - Milica Uvalic
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Caratterizzante
- Area
- Economico
- Academic discipline
- SECS-P/02
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course offers theoretical and analytical foundations for the understanding of the process of economic integration among European countries. The different phases, characteristics and specific policies of economic integration in Europe are analysed, starting from the creation of the European Economic Community until today.
- Reference texts
- Textbook:
Susan Senior Nello (2016), Politica economica nell’Unione Europea, Milano, McGraw-Hill Education, primarily the following chapters:
1, 2, 4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,15,16,17,18
Additional readings will be provided during the course.
For students that do not know Italian, there is an earlier version of the textbook available in English. - Educational objectives
- The course offers theoretical and analytical knowledge on institutions and economic policies in the European Union. The main skills students will acquire are a better understanding of the evolution, fundamental principles and characteristics of the process of economic integration, as well as the ability to analyse current economic problems of the European Union.
- Prerequisites
- Knowledge of basic concepts of macro and microeconomics
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, group discussions and individual students' presentations
- Other information
- Learning verification modality
- For students attending the course the exam consists in two parts: (1) a research on a specific topic, to be presented in class; (2) a written exam consisting of multiple choice and open questions, based on the textbook and additional readings provided on-line (Unistudium). For students not attending lectures the exam is written with multiple choice and open questions based on the indicated textbook and additional readings available on-line (provided at Unistudium).
- Extended program
- The course aims to offer theoretical and analytical foundations for a better understanding of the process of European economic integration. It considers the various phases, forms and characteristics of European economic integration, starting from the creation of the European Economic Community in 1958 until today. The implementation of the “four liberties” is analyzed in detail – the free movement of goods, services, capital and labour – in order to understand the functioning of the Internal Market. The course also analyses the main economic policies applied by the EU in various sectors (Common Agricultural Policy, Regional Policy). Special attention is dedicated to integration processes after the Maastricht Treaty, particularly to the European Monetary Union, the 2004/07 EU enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe and economic policies in Europe after the recent global economic crisis.
The following topics will be covered:
1. Basic definitions, concepts and brief history of European integration
2. The theory of international trade and European integration
3. The Single European Market
4. Long-term strategies of the EU (Lisbon Strategy, Europe 2020)
5. Labour mobility and migrations
6. European economic and monetary union: history, theoretical foundations, institutional structure and current instruments
7. The EU budget
8. The Common Agricultural Policy
9. Regional policies of the EU
10. Social and employment policy of EU
11. EU’s competition policy
12. EU enlargement to Eastern Europe