Course Duration :
One semester (monsoon)
Instruction
method : Lectures
Contact Hours : Four per week
The
course begins covering the theories of economic integration and global trends
towards economic regionalism. It
provides an introduction to the evolution and institutional framework of the
European economic integration, its policy framework and covers topics of current economic debate.
Course Content
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Theories
of regional economic integration
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Forms
of integration,
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Global
trends towards regionalism
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WTO
and regional integration
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History
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Institutions
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The
Budget
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Common
Agricultural Policy
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Regional
Policy
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Competition,
Industrial, Transport, Science & Technology Policies
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Social
& Environmental Policy
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Economic
& Monetary Union
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Other
Policies
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Foreign
Trade, Development Policy
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Europe-India
Economic Relations
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History
of Enlargements
Ø
Eastern enlargement of the EU
Reading List
Core Readings
Baldwin,
Richard and Charles Wyplosz , Economics of European Integration (
McGraw Hill, 2003, ISBN:
0077103947)
El-Agraa, Ali
M The European Union : Economics
and Policies, 7th edition ( Harlow (UK) etc. :Financial
Times
/Prentice Hall, 2004, ISBN: 0273679996)
Jones,
Robert A, The Politics and the Economics
of the European Union: An Introductory Text, 2nd Edition
( Cheltenham, Northamptson: Edwar Elgar, 2001 ISBN:
1840640820)
Other Readings
Aggarwal Vinod K and Edward
Fogatry , EU Trade
Strategies : Between Regionalism and Globalism
( UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)
Andreosso-O'Callaghan Bernadette, Economics of European
Agriculture, ( Palgrave McMillan,
2003)
Ardy,
Brian, Iain Begg, Dermot Hodson, Imelda Maher and David G. Mayes, Adjusting
to EMU, ( Palgrave
McMillan, 2005)
Baimbridge, Mark , Jeffrey Harrop and George Philippidis, Current Economic Issues in EU Integration
( UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004)
Artis,
Mike , Frederick Nixson, The Economics
of the European Union: Policy and
Analysis, 3rd edition
(
New York: Oxford University Press,
2001, ISBN: 0198776403).
Grauwe, Paul De, Economics
of Monetary Union, 4th Edition, OUP, 2000)
Hansen, Jorgen and Jorgen Nielsen, An
Economic Analysis of the E.U ( UK : McGraw-Hill, 1997)
Hitiris
Theo, European Union Economics, (Financial Times Prentice Hall, 5th Edition 2003)
Issing
Otmar, Vitor Gaspar, Ignazio Angeloni, Oreste Tristani, Monetary Policy in the Euro Area Strategy
and
Decision-Making at the European Central Bank( Cambridge University Press, 2001)
Jovanovic Miroslav N., The Economics Of European Integration: Limits and
Prospects ( UK: Edwar
Elgar,
2005)
Manzocchi, Stefano , Economics of Enlargement , (
UK: Palgrave McMillan, 2003)
Mcdonald, Frank and Stephen Dearden, European
Economic Integration ( Financial
Times/Prentice Hall,
2004
Mcgiffen
Steven P , The European Union: A Critical
Guide ( London etc:Pluto Press, 2001)
Molle, Willem, The Economics of
European Integration (Aldershot etc:Ashgate, 2001, ISBN: 754621952).
OECD,
Economic Surveys: (all EU countries
and also the Euro Area, yearly.)
Pelkmans, J., European Integration, Methods and Economic
Analyses, 2nd edition ( Finacial Times,
Prentice E Hall, , 2001)
Stevens, Handley , Transport Policy in the European Union ( UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003)
Vinhas Lucio, De
Souza and Bas van Aarle , Euroarea
and the New EU Member States( UK: Palgrave
Macmillan, 2003, ISBN 0-582-40486-X)
Zervoyianni Athina, George Argiros and George Agiomirgianakis, European Integration ( Palgrave
Macmillan, 2005)