Political Economy of European Integration (U00189)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : SPS-3-POPEEI

This course explores European economic integration and the major economic policies of the European Union - with particular emphasis upon EMU - from the different perspectives of international and comparative political economy: from applications of public choice theory, to liberal intergovernmentalist and neo-Marxist analyses. European integration has both embodied the principles of economic liberalism - for example, market integration and Competition Policy - and distorted these principles - for example, the Common Agricultural Policy and level playing field legislation in social and environmental policy.

A basic knowledge of economic concepts is a useful, but not strictly necessary, background for students taking this course.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : It is strongly recommended that students have either: 1) taken a course on the European Union (either through the Politics or Law subject areas); or 2) taken a course on International Political Economy (through the Politics subject area); or 3) some background in economics (including, at least, the first year economics core course).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Politics, (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	11:10	12:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course students should be able to do the following:
- show a good basic knowledge of the major features of European economic integration, from market integration, to the Common Agricultural Policy, to EMU;
- understand the major theoretical approaches applied to understand economic integration and understand the varied insights that these approaches provide;
- demonstrate a capacity to appraise economic integration critically (from a political science perspective as well as in terms of the stated economic objectives of integration);
- understand how European economic integration is shaping EU member states as well as the very different national responses to integration.