This course analyses the historical co-construction of the
political and economic spheres in the European Union from the buildup of
capitalist and imperialist regimes in the XIXth century to the euro
area crisis (2010-2015).
The lectures focus upon the foundations of
European capitalism and imperialism, the interconnectedness between
interwar austerity and fascism, the post war growth model and the 70’s
crisis, the construction of the Single Market, the adoption of the euro,
the first ten years of governance of the Economic and Monetary Union,
the 2010-2015 crisis of the eurozone and the reforms linked to it. The
ecological catastrophe and the economic aspects related to the rise of
far-right wing are two key transversal themes of the class and are
tackled under different aspects in the lectures.
- Enseignant: Fontan Clément