Keywords

Learning outcomes

Having completed the course unit, the student knows the most important theories of European integration and is able to apply them in particular to the analysis of the external relations of the European Union. The student will have the capacity to analyse the role of the EU in different geographical contexts and to understand the role of regional cooperation in the EU's neighbourhood.

Contents

Theories of European integration, EU enlargement, external relations of the EU, EU neighbourhood policy, the EU and regional cooperation.

Teaching language

Evaluation

Study materials

Wiener - Diez (eds.), European Integration Theory. Oxford University Press 2009. 2nd edition. (3 ECTS)

and

Bengtsson, The EU and the European Security Order. Routledge 2009 (2 ECTS), or
Keukeleire – Delreux, The Foreign Policy of the European Union. Palgrave Macmillan 2014. 2nd edition. (2 ECTS)

Belongs to following study modules

2018–2019

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

POLKVA21 Euroopan integraation teoria ja ulkosuhteet (kirjatentti/essee)

POLKVA21 European Integration Theory and External Relations (book exam/essay)