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Identical coursesThe Origins and Development of European Integration (B-KUL-HBA48C)
Segers Yves (coordinator) | Segers Yves Aims
This course aims at a comprehensive presentation and analysis of European (dis-)integration history in the context of European and international relations. It examines to what extent, how and why European countries cooperated, integrated and competed in the last two centuries with a focus on the poiltical, social, economic and institutional origins of present-day European Union, its institutions and policies. Students will understand key concepts of European integration such as supranationalism, intergovernmentalism, regional integration, international organisations, balance of power, acquis communautaire, enlargement, widening and deepening, etc. Students will understand the origins of today's European Union and the historical development leading to current European instittuions and policies.
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Is included in these courses of study
- Bachelor of Business Administration (Brussels) 180 ects.
- Bachelor of Business Administration: Double Degree Kedge (incoming) (Brussels et al) 242 ects.
- Bachelor of Business Engineering (Brussels et al) 180 ects.
- Courses for Exchange Students Faculty of Economics and Business (Brussels)
- Bachelor of Business Administration: Double Degree Galway (outgoing) (Brussels et al) 240 ects.
Activities
6 ects. The Origins and Development of European Integration (B-KUL-HBA48c)
Content
The course's content includes both the construction of a European order (the increased cooperation between EC/EU Member States) and the historical place of Europe in the world. Chronologically, it looks into:
- The changing European political and social landscapes after 1815
- Industrial Revolution, Balance of Power and other key processes in 19th century Europe
- International relations in Europe from the Congress of Vienna to World War I
- European cooperation in the Inter-War Period
- World War 2 and its afthermath in Europe
- East-West Divisions and the Cold War
- Early integration efforts in the 1940s and 1950s
- The European Communities and the decade of De Gaulle in the 1960s
- Euro-optimism and eocnomic crises in the 1970s
- Slow revival and relaunch of European integration in the 1980s
- The end of the Cold War and the consequences for European integration
- Eastern enlargement, the Schengen Area and the Euro
- Current issues in European integration and their historical origins
Course material
Textbook:
DINAN, Desmond (2014) Europe Recast. A History of European Union, 2nd Edition, Palgrave Macmillan.
Main literature:
MAZOWER, Mark (2000) Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century.
JUDT, Tony (2006) Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, Penguin.
PASTURE, Patrick (2015) Imagining European Unity since 1000 AD, Palgrave.
Additional reading might be requested.
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English language program
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Lectures and group excursions to European institutions and museums in Brussels.
Evaluation
Evaluation: The Origins and Development of European Integration (B-KUL-H75299)
Explanation
Written exam in the examination period (open questions)
Information about retaking exams
Exam in the retake examination period (multiple-choice and open questions).