LEUSL2030-Economic & Social Integration in Europe

Main themes

1. Definition of economic integration.

2. The process of European economic integration and the construction of the Single Market

3. The functioning of the European Single Market (including an introduction to industrial and competition policies in the EU)

4. The cohesion policies. 

Aims

This course will look into the evolution of economic and social integration within the EU and its immediate prospects.

Evaluation methods

Written or oral examination.

Content

In order to comprehend the process of European integration, this course will look into the economic and institutional integration processes at the root of the creation of the Single Market. It will outline the prospects of integration in the different fields of the European economy. In this respect, this course will provide a short introduction to the tools used by the authorities to deepen the integration level in the European Union. The course will analyze the evolution of social cohesion within the EU and the disparities between the different member countries from the origin of the European integration process to the present times. It will examine the elements and the policies which determine the level of economic and social cohesion within the Union. It will also assess the developments generated by the need to adapt to globalization and by the recent enlargements.

Bibliography

AGLIETTA, Michel: “Un New Deal pour l’Europe ”, Odile Jacob, Paris, 2013

ARTUS, Patrick & GRAVET, Isabelle : « La Crise de l’Euro », Armand Colin, Paris, 2012.

 

BENASSY-QUERE, Agnès & COEURE, Benoît  : «  Economie de l’Euro  », La découverte, Paris, 2010

BEREND, Ivan T  : «  From the Soviet Bloc to the European Union », Cambridge University Press, 2009.

CHESNAIS, François : « Les dettes illégitimes », Raison d’agir, Paris, 2011.

DEFRAIGNE, Jean-Christophe & NOUVEAU, Patricia : « Introduction à l’Economie Européenne », Ouvertures Economiques De Boeck, Bruxelles, 2013.

DEFRAIGNE, Jean-Christophe Eds: «  Which industrial and social policy models for 21st century Europe? Redefining public intervention within the framework of the Lisbon strategy / Quels modèles de politique industrielle et de politique sociale pour l’Europe du 21ème siècle  ? La redéfinition de l’intervention publique dans le cadre de la stratégie de Lisbonne  », Academia-Bruylant, Louvain-la-neuve, 2008. Pp63-129

 

DEGRAUWE, Paul: «  The Economics of Monetary Union  », Oxford University Press, 2012

DINAN, Desmond  : «  Ever Closer Union  : An introduction to European integration”, Palgrave Mc Millan, 2010.

EL AGRAA, Ali. M : « The European Union : Economics and Policies », 7^th edition, Pearson Education, 2012.

GILLINGHAM, John: “European Integration 1950-2003: Superstate or New Market Economy?”, Cambridge University Press, 2003.

JAMES, Harold: “ Making the European Monetary Union”, Harvard University Press, Cambridge Mass, 2012

MARSH, David: “The Euro”, Yale University Press, Yale, 2010.

MORAVCSIK, Andrew: “The Choice for Europe”, Routledge, London, 1999.

PELKMANS, Jacques : « European Integration : Methods and Economic Analysis», 3^rd edition, Pearson Education, 2006.

SINN, Hans-Werner: “The Euro Trap”, Oxford University Press, 2014

 

 

Other information

Prerequisite: introduction to economics, history of European integration.

Supports: multimedia presentation.