Why the European Union? A Brief History of European Integration

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  • From www.futurelearn.com
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  • 6 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Starts on 3 апреля 2016
  • Ends on 9 апреля 2016

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Syllabus

What is the European Union for? On-going European crises have led to a state of confusion about the politics and purpose of the European Union (EU). Many EU citizens have discovered that what they believed the EU was for does not match what EU institutions are actually doing. The lack of proper knowledge about the origins, evolving nature and purpose of European integration is, to a large extent, responsible for many present-day EU problems. This course will help answer many common questions about the EU by: exploring the history of the EU explaining how the set of institutions that form the EU emerged examining how the purpose of European integration has changed since the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community. How did the European Union come about and where is it going? European integration as we know it is the result of a historical process which is not straightforward and often not rational or logical. The European Union — or the Eurozone — was not based on a specific economic rationale or political theory, but is the result of many governments’ actions in the face of diverse situations. This course will teach you how to analyse the complexity of the current European Union and explore what it could look like in the future.

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

  • Fernando Guirao (Lead Educator)
  • Oriol Garcés

Platform

FutureLearn est une plate-forme d'apprentissage proposant des formations en ligne ouvertes à tous (MOOC)

Fondée en Décembre 2012, la société est entièrement détenue par l'Open University à Milton Keynes, en Angleterre.

Elle est la 1ère plateforme offrant des MOOC au Royaume-Uni, avec à son actif plus d'une cinquantaine d'universités partenaires provenant du Royaume Uni mais aussi du reste du monde.

FutureLearn se différencie également par des partenariats avec des entités non-universitaires comme le British Museum, le British Council, la British Library et la national Film and Television School.

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