CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES

SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY

 

M.A. Course

 

 

Course Title                 :       Politics and Institutions of the European Union

Course Teacher            :       Rajendra K. Jain

Credits                         :       Four

Instruction Method      :       Lectures and Seminars

Evaluation Method      :       Sessional Work and End-Semester Examination

Course Duration          :       Monsoon Semester

Contact Hours             :       Four per week

 

Course Content

 

1. The Political and Economic Dynamics of European Integration

 

2. Theories of European Integration

 

3. Institutions and Decision-making in the EU

 

4. The Single Market: Evolution and Significance

 

5. The Maastricht Treaty on European Union, Amsterdam Treaty, Treaty of Nice,

Draft EU Constitutional Treaty

 

6. Common Agricultural Policy: Formation, Crisis, Reform

 

7. Germany, France, and European Integration

 

8. Enlargement of the EU

 

9. European Monetary Union

 

10. Future of European Integration