POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

PSIR501

Course Code: PSIR501
Semester: First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

First Term (Fall)

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Hasan Ünal

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Comprehends the events in European history before the establishment of the EU and makes sense of the process leading to integration.
Gains knowledge of the historical and current crises in the history of the European Union, determines the reflections of this on the EU.
Compares the EU deepening and enlargement processes in the historical process and analyze the difficulties/opportunities encountered in these processes.
Gains knowledge of the main founding treaties, including the founding treaties of the EU.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

This course is designed to enable students to comprehend the events experienced by the European Union (EU) in the historical process and to analyze the effects of these events on the integration, deepening and enlargement processes. Starting from the interwar period, the political, economic and social outlook of Western Europe before the establishment of the EU will be examined in the first weeks, and then ideas for integration will be emphasized. The problems created by the first expansion after the integration phase and the internal debates about expansion-deepening in the historical process will be discussed within the scope of the course. In the last weeks of the course, the institutional transformation of the EU from the 1990s to the present, its policies towards the crises and current debates will be discussed.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	General Introduction of the Course
2^nd Week	General Outlook of Europe in the Interwar Period
3^rd Week	II. The Post-World War II Period
4^th Week	Ideas for European Integration
5^th Week	The Road to the Treaty of Rome
6^th Week	Approaches to the Enlargement and Deepening of the European Union
7^th Week	UK Membership and France's Appeals
8^th Week	Single European Act
9^th Week	Maastricht and Amsterdam: Further Integration Steps
10^th Week	The Big Bang: Central and Eastern European Expansion
11^th Week	European Union Constitution Debates
12^th Week	The Global Economic Crisis and the European Union
13^th Week	Discussions on the Future of the EU After Brexit
14^th Week	Student Presentations

Recommended or Required Reading

Booker, C. ve North, R., The Great Deception: The Secret History of the European Union. Londra: Continuum, 2005
Sander, O, Siyasi Tarih: 1918-1994, Ankara: İmge Kitabevi, 2015
Erhan, Ç. "Avrupa'nın İntiharı ve İkinci Dünya Savaşı Sonrasında Temel Sorunlar", Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 51 (1), 1996, s. 259-273.
Hogan, M. J., "Marshall Planners and the Search for a European Neocapitalism", The American Historical Review, 90 (1), 1985, s. 44-72.
Gareuau, F.H., "Morgenthau's Plan for Industrial Disarmament in Germany", The Western Political Quarterly, 14 (2), 1961, s. 517-534.
Yondorf, W. "Monnet and the Action Committee: The Formative Period of the European Communities", International Organization, 19 (4), 1965, s. 885-912.
Cameron, F., "Widening and Deepening," içinde Cameron, F. (der.) The Future of Europe: Integration and Enlargement. Londra ve New York: Routledge, 2004, s. 1-17.
Akgül Açıkmeşe, S, "Uluslararası İlişkiler Teorileri Işığında Avrupa Bütünleşmesi", Uluslararası İlişkiler, 1 (1), 2004, s. 1-32.
Mercan, S., "Siyasal Bütünleşme Kuramları Işığında AB Genişlemesi", Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi, 10 (1), 2011, s. 67-83.
Schneider, C. J. "A Rationalist Puzzle of EU Enlargement," içinde Schneider, C. J. (der.) Conflict, Negotiation and European Union Enlargement. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, s. 33-54.
Kaiser, W., "What Alternative is Open to Us: Britain," içinde Kaiser, W. ve Elvert, J. (der.) European Union Enlargement: A Comparative History. Londra ve New York: Routledge, 2004, s. 10-33.
Baun, M., "The Maastricht Treaty as High Politics: Germany, France, and European Integration", Political Science Quarterly, 1995, s. 605-624.
Moravcsik, A., "Negotiating the Single European Act: national interests and conventional statecraft in the European Community", International Organization, 45 (1), 1991, s. 19-56.
Tezcan, E., "Maastricht ve Amsterdam Antlaşmaları Çerçevesinde Avrupa Birliği ve Batı Avrupa Birliği İlişkileri", Ankara SBF Dergisi, 54 (1), s. 143-158.
Grabbe, H. (2004) "The Newcomers," içinde içinde Cameron, F. (der.) The Future of Europe: Integration and Enlargement. Londra ve New York: Routledge, s. 63-79.
Dinç, C., "Avrupa Birliğinin Beşinci Genişlemesi: Ana Temalar ve Faktörler", Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi İİBF Dergisi, 6 (2), 2011, s. 201-233.
Moravcsik, A. ve Vachudova, M.A., Bargaining Among Unequals: Enlargement and the Future of European Integration," European Union Studies Association, 15(4), 2002, s. 1-3.
Baykal, S., "Avrupa Birliğinin Geleceği: Meşruiyet Sorunu, Anayasallaşma Süreci ve Bütünleşmenin Nihai Hedefi Üzerine", Uluslararası İlişkiler, 1 (1), 2004, s. 119-153.
Tezcan, E., "Avrupa Birliği Anayasasının Doğşu ve Öngördüğü Yenilikler", Avrasya Dosyası, 10 (2), 2004, s. 231-262.
Best, E., "The European Unions Constitutional Crisis Causes and Consequences", Intereconomics, 2005, s. 180-200.
Baykal, S., "Reform Antlaşması ve Getirdikleri: Kurumsal Yapı Çerçevesinde Genel Bir Değerlendirme", Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi, 7 (1), 2007, s. 45-67.
Öniş, Z. ve Kutlay, M, "Ekonomik Bütünleşme/Siyasal Parçalanmışlık Paradoksu: Avro Krizi ve Avrupa Birliğinin Geleceği", Uluslararası İlişkiler, 9 (33), 2012, s. 3-22.
Yiğit, D., "Küresel Ekonomik Kriz Öncesi ve Krizin Etkileri ile Mücadele Sürecinde Avrupa Birliğinde Ekonomi Yönetimi", Ankara Avrupa Çalışmaları Dergisi, 11 (1), 2012, 135-168
Hall, P., "The Roots of Brexit: 1992, 2004 and the European Union Expansion," Foreign Affairs, 28 Haziran 2016. Erişim Linki: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/hall/files/hall2016_brexitfa.pdf.
Lippert, B., "The EU after Brexit: Renewed Debate about Enlargement and Deepening," SWP Comment, 1 Şubat 2021. https://www.swp-berlin.org/publications/products/comments/2021C12_EUAfterBrexit.pdf

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Assignment	4	30
Project	1	35
Presentation of Article	1	20
Other	1	15
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	4	56
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework	4	30	120
Presentation (including preperation)	1	35	35
Project	1	50	50
Weekly Articles and Resource Research
Total Work Load			303
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.1
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3	LO4
K1	X	X
K2		X	X
K3
K4			X	X
K5
K6			X	X
K7		X	X
K8