Universität Wien

210174 PS G1: The EU as Export Model for Regional Integration? (2007W)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 21 - Politikwissenschaft
Continuous assessment of course work

Erreichbarkeit: per E-mail: nele.noesselt@univie.ac.at - oder im Anschluß an die Lehrveranstaltung

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 10.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 17.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 24.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 31.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 07.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 14.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 21.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 28.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 05.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 12.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 09.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 16.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 23.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock
  • Wednesday 30.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 2 (H2), NIG 2.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The seminar will start with a discussion of the European integration process in historical perspective. Different theories of regional integration e.g. functionalism, neofunctionalism, federalism, intergouvernmentalism, supranationalism will be introduced to explain processes, including stagnation, and structures of European integration.
Having focused on the European integration process itself, the second part of the seminar takes a more comparative approach. In order to define the characteristics of the European Union as a model sui generis, the integration process will be compared to other examples for regional cooperation and regional integration as Mercosur, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization or ASEAN.
Apart from those institutionalized forms of cooperation/integration, more theoretical discussions - how the European experience is perceived by other states or regional communities of states and whether or not the European Union can serve as abstract model for regional integration - will also be analysed. Starting point for this discussion will be the "New Year Address" of the Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian, who referred to the EU as orientation model for integration of mainland China and Taiwan.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grades are based on participation (10%), a (short) presentation in class (30%) and a final paper (60%).

Examination topics

Reading list

Dent, Christopher M. / Huang, David W. F. (eds.) (2002): Northeast Asian Regionalism: Learning from the European Experience. London: Routledge Curzon.

Laursen, Finn (ed.) (2003): Comparative Regional Integration: Theoretical Perspectives. Aldershot: Ashgate.

Rosamond, Ben (2000): Theories of European Integration. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

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