Università Roma Tre

The course will debate fundamental dynamics and key issues in the process of European integration, focusing on the main analytical approaches that have shaped the history of the EU, such as federalism, functionalism, and unionism, and on the European Union's evolution from its origins until the Brexit debate.

Required Reading:

Desmond Dinan, Europe Recast: A History of European Union. 2nd edition. (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2014)

or

Mark Gilbert, European Integration: A coincise history (Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2012)

Students are also expected to read the following journal article:

Mark A. Pollack, 'International Relations Theory and European Integration', Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 39, no. 2, 2001, pp.221-244