| Title | Regional Developments in the Global Environment: Europe |
| Code | GST5560 |
| School | RBS |
| Module Level | 5 |
| Module Code | GST5560 |
| Available Summer | N |
| Semester | 1 |
| Credits | 12 |
| ECTS Credits | 6 |
| Contact Hours | 48 |
| Course Length (wks) | 12 |
| Course Leader | Janusz Jasinski |
| Lecturers | Janusz Jasinski |
| Course Aims | The module aims to:
Provide an understanding of the changing economic and political environment of Europe.
Explain the major economic and political implications of membership of the European Union.
Analyse the role of economic and political institutions in the European Union.
Explain the main economic and political policies of the European Union and the rest of Europe and how they may change in the future.
Enable students to understand monetary union, agricultural and regional development within the European Union.
Enable students to appreciate the implications for business trading with and within the European Union.
Allow students to appreciate changing political and economic relationships between Europe, the USA, China, Japan, third world countries and the World Trade Organisation.
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| Course Content | The skills introduced in Economic for Business and Introduction to Global Political Economy will be extended and deepened when applied to the economic and political topics discussed in this module. Emphasis will be placed on ensuring that the students have the necessary skills to enable them to take part in discussions of European issues in a self-confident manner. The module should also help students develop their general writing, oral, data collection and analytical skills.
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| Learning Outcomes | On completion of this module, students should be able to:
LO1 Understand the changing geographical, economic and political environment of Europe;
LO2 Understand the present and future implications of European integration;
LO3 Appreciate the impact on business of doing trade with and within Europe and understand how management policies should be devised to take account of such trade;
LO4 Understand monetary union in the Eurozone countries;
LO5 Understand economic and political policies adopted in European countries;
LO6 Understand and critically evaluate the current literature published on European integration.
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| Presentation | Teaching will consist of four hours of formal lectures together with class discussion and problem solving, where students will be given the opportunity to apply the knowledge they have gained from lectures and class discussion to real world European scenarios.
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| Reading Recommended | CAMERON, C. (2004) The future of Europe Integration and enlargement.1st edition. Routledge.
DINAN, D. (2005) Ever closer Union: an introduction to European integration. 1st edition. Pallgrave Macmillan.
NELSEN, B. F. AND STUBB, A. (2003) The European Union: Readings on the theory and Practice of European Integration. 3rd edition. Palgrave Macmillan.
NUGENT, N. (2006) The Government and politics of the European Union, 6th edition. Palgrave Macmillan.
NUGENT, N. (2004) European Union Enlargement. 1st edition. Palgrave Macmillan.
MCDONALD, F. & DEARDEN, S. (2005) European Economic Integration. 4th edition. Financial Times Prentice Hall.
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| Reading Required | ELIZABETH BOMBERG AND ALEXANDER STUBB (2003)The European Union: How does it work? 1st edition. Oxford University Press.
TIMOTHY BAINBRIDGE AND ANTHONY TEASDALE (2004) The Penguin Companion to European Union. 3rd edition. Penguin Books.
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| Pre-Requisites | GST4400 Foundations of Global Political Economy, or Equivalent. |
| Asseseement Methods | Mid-term essay - Week 6 - 25% Group project/presentation - Week 9-10 - 25% Written exam - Exam week - 50% |
| Weekly Schedule | A brief political and economic history and background of the European Union, tracing the origins of the European communities from the post-war period, the Treaty of Rome, formation of EFTA, the emergence of the European Monetary System and the Euro.
The E.U.’s institutions.
An examination of the present members of the European Union and future enlargement.
An examination of the European countries not in the European Union. Changes in the economic and political environment of Europe resulting from the enlargement of the European Union.
Policies and policy making. An examination of the common agricultural and fisheries policies, environment policies, regional policies and industrial policies within the European Union and how they may change in the future.
Organised interests and lobbying in the European Union.
An examination and analysis of the proposed future changes in the constitution of the European Union and how this will affect the present and future political and economic operation of the Union.
The changing economic and political relationships between the European Union and the rest of Europe, the Third World, the United States, Japan and China. |