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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies)

Postgraduate Course: Political Economy of European Integration (PGSP11062)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed International Political Economy (PGSP11171)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Howarth
Tel:
Email: v1dhowa5@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk
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