Hauptseminar Europe's role

This seminar will look at the manifold dimensions of the European integration process and the role of the EU in world politics as well as other regional integration processes from different theoretical perspectives. In a first step, we will get acquainted with theoretical approaches to analyse European integration and Europeanization and will acquire some background knowledge about the key institutional features of the EU. Furthermore, issues like industrial relations and business lobbying in the EU as well as the European enlargement process will be analysed. We will then focus on the EU as an actor in the field of economic policy/ trade policy (Global Europe strategy, European Partnership Agreements). In subsequent sessions we will broaden the view in order to look in more depth at other regional integration processes (NAFTA, ASEAN, SADC, AU) from a theoretical point of view, but also with reference to the different experiences of regional integration in the Global South. The seminar aims at developing a broader understanding of European and Regional Integration and the political dimensions of these processes from a theoretical point of view. It is therefore designed for 2nd year GPE and 2nd year students of the Master of Political Science programme or advanced students of Magister Politikwissenschaft . Mainly for: MA GPE (MCC V), 6 credits Also open to: MA LPG (E 6), 4 credits Magister Politikwissenschaft (Internationale und intergesellschaftliche Beziehungen und Außenpolitik), Master Politikwissenschaft (Modul 1) (6 credits) FB 05 Gesellschaftswissenschaften Uni Kassel WS 2009/2010 Global Political Economy FB 05 Gesellschaftswissenschaften Junge ehem Dickhaus Barbara