77760 - History of European Integration

Academic Year 2016/2017

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Forli
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in International relations and diplomatic affairs (cod. 8783)

Learning outcomes

Il corso ha per obiettivo di fornire un'adeguata conoscenza della storia del processo di integrazione europea. Al termine del corso lo studente conosce cause e contenuti che hanno dato vita alle Comunità Europee; utilizza gli strumenti idonei ad un’analisi in prospettiva storica delle relazioni esterne dell’Unione europea attraverso gli strumenti commerciali, la condizionalità e le alleanze sistemiche.

Course contents

Advanced Course. The course will analyse in depth the History of European integration through some specific issues. In the lectures will be presented the European Studies, expounded the main historical stages of the European construction and the main historiographic cores. In the institutional and central part of the course will be deepened the external role of the European Community and his great changes, from his origin with the Treaties of Rome, through his increasing influence on the politics and economy of third countries; how is evolving the Community place in the international system; the fundamental role of the policies in the relations with the third countries (with a special focus on the environmental policy and common agricultural policy). In the seminar part of the course , will be deepened some items of the external relations of the Community, both with the help of experts and researchers, and through the reading and analysis of archive documents of the mail European institutions, which will be given to the students from the teacher.

Readings/Bibliography

Attending Students:

Giuliana Laschi, L'Europa e gli altri. Le relazioni esterne della Comunità dalle origini al dialogo Nord-Sud, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2015; e su una monografia a scelta.

Not attending Students: Elena Calandri, Maria Eleonora Guasconi, Ruggero Ranieri, Storia politica e economica dell'integrazione europea, dal 1945 a oggi, EDISES 2015; Giuliana Laschi, L'Europa e gli altri. Le relazioni esterne della Comunità dalle origini al dialogo Nord-Sud, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2015; Una monografia a scelta.

Monografie a scelta: Alessandra Bitumi, Un ponte sull'Atlantico, Il Mulino, 2014; Calandri E. (a cura di), Il primato sfuggente. L'Europa e l'intervento per lo sviluppo (1957-2007), Milano, Franco Angeli, 2009; Garavini G., Dopo gli imperi. L'integrazione europea nello scontro Nord-Sud, Le Monnier, 2009; Laschi G. (a cura di), Oltre i confini. L'UE tra integrazione interna e relazioni esterne, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2011; D. Mockli, European Foreign Policy during the Cold War, London, Tauris, 2009; A. Varsori e G. Migani, Europe and International Arena during the 1970, Bruxelles, Peter Lang, 2011.

Teaching methods

Archive documentation Power point Audiovisual instruments

Assessment methods

The students will be attending if they won't be absent more than three times, will present a final paper. After the introductive section on History of European Integration, students are required to pass (18/30) a wrote exam. At the end of the course, attending students will produce a paper (15.000 characters, included spaces) about an issue decided with the teacher. Non attending students will take a written exam and then an oral exam. Every exam will count a 50% of the final vote.

Teaching tools

Archive documentation Power point Audiovisual instruments

Office hours

See the website of Giuliana Laschi