Academic Catalog

IR540 ISSUES IN EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

Course Code: 3140540
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: International Relations
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Once in several years.

Course Content

This course attempts to analyze major issues of European Integration within a theoretical framework. The course begins with an analysis of the major theories of European Integration; such as functionalism, neo-functionalism and federalism. On the basis of this theoretical framework, the course focuses on the two main issues of European Integration, "supranationalism versus intergovernmentalism" and "widening versus depending".