授業科目名

（英文名）

外国報道の分析

Economic integration in the EU

単位数

2単位

担当者所属・職・氏名

経済学研究科・講師・ディミター　ヤルナゾフ

Instructor: Dr. Dimiter Ialnazov (Graduate School of Economics　Kyoto Univrersity)

期間

後期

教科書

授業で教材のコピーを配付します。

Copies of the required readings will be distributed before each class.

参考書

Recommended readings :
A. Warleigh, European Union: The Baiscs , Routledge, 2004.
W. Moon and B. Andreoso-OCallaghan, eds., Regional Integration: Europe and Asia Compared , Ashgate, 2005.

特記事項

Assessment : the students will be evaluated on the basis of class attendance, participation in the discussions, oral presentations, and the quality of a term paper on a topic approved by the instructor. The term papers can be written either in English or in Japanese.

授　　業　　内　　容

Course description

The aim of the course is to understand the driving forces behind economic integration in the EU and analyze some of the current problems faced by the Union. In particular, we will find out why and how the EU was established after WWII, how it has evolved over the past 50 and more years, and how it managed to achieve the single market, the single currency (the euro), and the freedom of movement of people and capital across national borders. The course also addresses issues such as the future EU enlargement and the controversy on the adoption of the European Constitution (the failure to ratify the European Constitution at the 2005 referendums in France and the Netherlands). Finally, we will compare European economic integration with recent efforts to strengthen regional economic cooperation in East Asia.

Course outline

The course is composed of mini-lectures followed by student presentations and discussion.
1. Introduction and overview of the main issues to be discussed during the semester. Basic data about the EU and comparison with other regional economic blocs (NAFTA, MERCOSUR, ASEAN + 3).
2. Brief history of the economic integration in Europe. Theories about regional economic integration and its main stages (FTA, customs union, single market, economic and monetary union).
3. The main institutions of the EU: the Commission, the Council, the Parliament, the Court (ECJ). Decision-making at the EU level (QMV, the distribution of votes, etc.).
4. The road to the single market: the role of the Commission and the ECJ.
5. Monetary integration I (the Werner plan, the “snake”, the EMS, currency crises of 1992-93).
6. Monetary integration II (the Maastricht criteria, the Stability and Growth Pact, ECB, the euro). How will the new EU member states adopt the euro?

(mid-November) The students have to submit the titles and structure of their term papers after consulting with the instructor.

7. EU enlargement (accession conditionality, the Copenhagen criteria, the acquis communautaire ). The controversy around Turkeys accession. Where does Europe end?
8. Main EU policies I: the common agricultural policy (CAP)
9. Main EU policies II: the regional and cohesion policies (the structural funds)
10. Main EU policies III: the competition policy
11. East Asian economic integration I (ASEAN, ASEAN+3, East Asian summit, etc.)
12. East Asian economic integration II (comparison between Europe and Asia)

(early January) The students have to submit the first drafts of their term papers.

13. 14. Student presentations based on the first drafts of the term papers and related discussions.
15. Review of the studied material

(end of January) The students have to submit the final versions of their term papers.

The course will basically be conducted in English. Therefore, ability to read English texts and communicate in English during the classes is desirable. Depending on the English language abilities of the students, in-class communication and oral presentations can be done in Japanese too.

For further details and any other inquiries about this course, please feel free to e-mail Dimiter Ialnazov at ialnazov@econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp. The web site is http://www.econ.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~ialnazov/ .