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Learning outcomes

Having completed the study unit, the student will have a very good knowledge of the recent academic literature on European integration. They can independently analyse both the internal integration of the EU and the external relations of the EU by applying relevant theoretical research. In addition, the student has deepened their understanding of some of the specific dimensions of integration, such as security, economy or values, and is able to analyse them from different points of view.

Contents

Theories of European integration, regional integration in the EU and elsewhere, the EU's relations with other regions, integration of EU external relations, EU policies towards the Mediterranean, EU-Russia relations.

Teaching language

Evaluation

Study materials

Two of the following:

Laursen (ed.), Comparative Regional Integration: Europe and Beyond. Ashgate 2010. (e-material) (3 ECTS)

Niemann, Explaining Decisions in the European Union. Cambridge University Press 2006. (e-material) (3 ECTS)

Toje, The European Union as a Small Power. Palgrave 2010. (3 ECTS)

and two of the following:

Bicchi, European Foreign Policy Making Toward the Mediterranean. Palgrave 2007. (2 ECTS)

Buch-Hansen – Wigger, The Politics of European Competition Regulation: A Critical Political Economy Perspective. Routledge 2011. (e-material) (2 ECTS)

Forsberg - Haukkala, The European Union and Russia. Macmillan education, Palgrave 2016, or
Haukkala, The EU-Russia Strategic Partnership. Routledge 2010. (e-material) (2 ECTS)

Hardacre, The Rise and Fall of Interregionalism in EU External Relations. Republic of Letters Publishing 2010. (2 ECTS)

Davis Cross, Security Integration in Europe. How Knowledge-based Networks Are Transforming the European Union. University of Michigan Press 2013. (2 ECTS)

Belongs to following study modules

2016–2017

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

POLKVS32/RES013 Stepping Stones to Working Life in the Field of EU-Russia Relations (STEPIN)

RES014 The EU-Russia Conflict after 2014: Implications for the Baltic Sea Region / CBIR Winter School in St. Petersburg

POLKVS31/32/33 Research Workshop: 'The Practice Turn in International Relations: Emerging Research in Security, Diplomatic, and Peace Studies'

For Open University students only

POLKVS32/RES013 Stepping Stones to Working Life in the Field of EU-Russia Relations (STEPIN)