Regional And European Integration In Northern Europe

Timetable

Wednesday, 09:45-11:15

Faculty of Political Science and Journalism
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland

ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 5

61-614 Poznań

Room 125

Module aim (aims)

Equipping students with knowledge and competences allowing them to understand current political processes in Northern Europe, with a special focus on European Integration and regional integration among the states.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

Fluency in English

Syllabus

Week 1: Introduction

Week 2: The idea and history of the Nordic Region

Week 3: Economy and social structures in the Northern Europe

Week 4: Political Systems of the Nordic Countries

Week 5: Theoretical approach to European and regional integration

Week 6: Interwar period in the North - cooperation institutionalization and international tension

Week 7: Cold war cooperation in Scandinavia - EFTA, Nordic Union, etc.

Week 8: First northern enlargement of the Communities

Week 9: Security in the North - Neutrality and NATO

Week 10: Finland and Sweden in the Union

Week 11: Northern Dimension of the EU

Week 12: Nordic cooperation inside the EU

Week 13: Nordic presidencies

Week 14: The future of the Nordic States in the EU - euro, integration deepening, sovereignty, CFSP, etc.

Week 15: Summary and conclusion

Reading list

• P. Luif, On the Road to Brussels. The Political Dimension of Austria’s Finland’s and Sweden’s Accession to the European Union, Wien 1995;
• J. Paasivirta, Finland and Europe. International Crises in the Period of Autonomy 1808-1914,
• P. Pesonen and U. Vesta, Finland, Sweden and the European Union, Tampere 1998; Londyn 1981;
• P. Salomon, Scandnavia and the Great Powers 1880 – 1940, Cambridge 1997;
• European Integration and National Identity: The Challenge of the Nordic States, L. Hansen, O. Weaver (eds.), London and New York 2012;
• J. Kaute, Warming up for the EU: Iceland and European Integration, Norderstedt 2010.