History of European Integration

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01013177
Subject Area
Political Science
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Classes are theoretical-practical in nature, including lectures according to the manual provided by the teacher and student participation, which will allow for an assessment of their ability to assimilate and understand the material taught and skills acquired, as well as their analytical and critical initiative.

Learning Outcomes

This class seeks to provide students with a solid knowledge of history to better understand:
the process of European integration, their motivations and historical contexts near and remote; of the timing and methodology of their evolutionary path, its functional dynamics and its organic development as the progression of the treaties and the increase in the Community/European Union; the evolution of Europe's relations with the world and/or affirmation of a European identity on the international stage (collections or successes, difficulties or failures).

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Introduction The significance and the evolutionary sense of European order (the Roman empire the Second World War)

I. International organization of Europe in post World War II (1945-1949)

II. Successes and failures of federal integration The first European Community (1950-1954)

III. The strategy of economic integration. The Common Market (1955-1968)

IV. Between the expansion and the prospect of reform. Europe and the international crisis (1969-1984)

V. Under the sign of the European Union (1985-1999). From the single market to political ambition (1985-1999)

VI.  Europe's challenges in the 21st century. Expectations and perplexities (2000-2010)

VII. Report on the state of the European Union: political system, politics, strategies and prospects.

Head Lecturer(s)

Dina Sofia Neves Sebastião

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Continuous assessment will, in principle, be the assessment method used, without excluding other forms provided for in institutional policies. Grading criteria will be based on class attendance, participation in discussions, written tests in class and/or final exams.: 100.0%

Bibliography

• Manual para a unidade curricular:

SILVA, António Martins da – História da Unificação Europeia: a integração comunitária (1945-2010). Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra, 2010.

• Bibliografia complementar. Neste livro (manual) são indicados – por conjuntos temáticos e em conformidade com o desenvolvimento do programa –, elementos bibliográficas complementares. Recomendam-se, por exemplo:

– BOSSUAT, Gérard –Histoire de l’Union Éuropéenne, Fondations, Élargissements, Avenir. Paris: Belin, 2009.

– GERBERT, Pierre (dir), BOSSUAT, GROSBOIS, Thierry – Dictionnaire historique de l’Europe Unie. Bruxelles: André Versaille éditeur, 2009.

– GERBERT, Pierre – La Construction de l’Europe, 3ème édit. Paris: Armand Colin, 2007.

– NUGENT, Neil – The Government and Politics of the European Union de Neill Nugent, 7th Revised edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

– SILVA, António Martins da – Sistema Político da União Europeia: arquitetura, funcionamento, teorização. Coimbra: Almedina, 2013.