Integration Processes in Europe

obligatory courses

Students should be prepared at the grammar school level in the field of general history, history of Europe and contemporary society.

The purpose of the seminar is to familiarize students with the genesis, course, results and perspectives of integration processes occurring in the past and now on the European continent.

As part of the seminar, first introductory issues are presented and analyzed briefly, concerning the genesis of the idea of European unity and various integration projects undertaken on our continent over the centuries. The main part of the course is a more detailed and in-depth analysis of integration phenomena in the period after World War II, including the study of the main institutions, models, goals, stages and especially the individual stages of development and functioning of the European Communities/European Union.

The above issues are presented within the following thematic groups:

1. The origin of integrational processes.

2. Modern integrational processes:

- the character of institutions of European integration,

- stages of integration processes,

- the fundamental models of European integration,

- the main stages of European integration,

- perspectives for development of the European Union.

Student’s workload:

seminar - 30 h

preparing for seminar - 30 h

total – 60 h

- Adler-Nissen R., Opting out of the European Union: diplomacy, sovereignty and European integration, Cambridge 2014

- Barburska O., Jak jednoczyła się Europa – geneza integracji europejskiej [w:] Unia Europejska - istota, szanse, wyzwania, red. E. Latoszek, M. Proczek, A.Szczerba-Zawada, A. Masłoń-Oracz, K. Zajączkowski, Warszawa 2018, s. 13-50; access: http://www.pecsa.edu.pl/sites/default/files/docs/AME2_ksiazka.pdf

- Barburska O., Milczarek D., Historia integracji europejskiej w zarysie, Warszawa 2013

- Blair A., The European Union since 1945, Harlow 2010

- Borner S., Eigmuller M., European integration, processes of change and the national experience, Houndmills 2015

- Dinan D., Ever closer union. An Introduction to European Integration, Basingstoke 2010

- Europeistyka w zarysie, red. A. Z. Nowak, D. Milczarek, Warszawa 2006

- Gilbert M., European Integration. A Concise History, Lanham 2012

- Kelemen D., Menon A., Slapin J. B., The European Union: integration and enlargement, Abingdon 2015

- Krasuski J., Europa Zachodnia: Dzieje polityczne 1945-1993, Warszawa 1995

- Landuyt A., European integration between history and new challenges, Bologna 2014

- Łastawski K., Od idei do integracji europejskiej, Warszawa 2003

- Łastawski K., Historia integracji europejskiej, Warszawa 2011

- Marszałek A., Z historii europejskiej idei integracji międzynarodowej, Łódź 1996

- Milczarek D., Barburska O., Past and Present of European Integration. Poland's Perspective, Warsaw 2015

- Nadolski M., Z dziejów integracji europejskiej, Warszawa 2004

- Nadolski M., Idea integracji europejskiej w: Społeczeństwo i polityka. Zarys wykładu, red. K. A. Wojtaszczyk, W. Jakubowski, Warszawa 2001

- Nelsen B. F., Stubb A. C. G., The European Union: readings on the theory and practice of European integration, Boulder 2014

- Popowicz K., Historia integracji europejskiej, Warszawa 2006

- Wiaderny-Bidzińska K., Polityczna integracja Europy Zachodniej, Toruń-Warszawa 1999

- Wielecki K., Wprowadzenie do problematyki integracji europejskiej, Warszawa 1998

Having completed the course, students are expected:

in the field of KNOWLEDGE to know:

• basic elements of the notion of Europe,

• origins of idea of the European unity,

• main stages of European integration,

• general rules of functioning of the contemporary European Union,

• basic factors determining future developments of united Europe.

in the field of SKILLS to be able to:

• explain origins of the contemporary integrational processes in Europe,

• identify the differences between main models of European integration,

• describe the main instruments and mechanisms of European integration in historical and contemporary perspective,

• analyze publications and media information on the European Union.

in the field of SOCIAL COMPETENCIES to manage to:

• formulate own opinions on functioning and main directions of the European Union,

• make a critical assessments of different information on undergoings in Europe,

• to show independence of thought in constant searching of knowledge and information concerning past and presence of European unity.

Graded pass.

The final assessments is based on following elements:

- student's activity during the course

- making an individual presentation.