Not available in 2022/23
IR320 Half Unit
Europe's Institutional Order
This information is for the 2022/23 session.
Teacher responsible
Prof Karen Smith CLM 4.09
Availability
This course is available on the BSc in International Relations, BSc in International Relations and History and BSc in Politics and International Relations. This course is not available as an outside option. This course is available to General Course students.
Pre-requisites
Students must have completed International Organisations (IR203).
Course content
Europe is the region with the highest density of organisations in the world. This course will analyse the importance of European organisations for both their member states and international relations in general. It will review the development of Europe’s institutional order in the post-war era and its evolution since the end of the Cold War. Much emphasis will be placed on the evolution of West European organisations such as the Council of Europe, the European Union and NATO, but attention will also be given to European organisations in the former communist bloc, trans-European organisations, and sub-regional organisations.
Lecture and class topics:
1. Europe in International Relations
2. Building Europe's Institutional Order I: NATO and the Warsaw Pact
3. Building Europe's Institutional Order II: economic integration in the European Community
4. Building Europe's Institutional Order III: economic cooperation in EFTA and COMECON
5. Europe's Institutional Order and the ending of the Cold War
6. Europe's security and defence institutions after the Cold War I: what is NATO for?
7. Enlarging Europe's institutional order after the Cold War I: NATO
8. Integration in Europe after the Cold War: the European Union since Maastricht
9. Enlarging Europe's institutional order after the Cold War II: the EU
10. Europe's security and defence institutions after the Cold War II: the case of the Ukraine crisis 2014
Teaching
20 hours of classes in the LT.
20 hours of classes in the LT.
In line with departmental policy, students on the course will have a reading week in Week 6.
Independent study based on the readings is required. Classes provide an opportunity to discuss issues in depth in a small group setting. Attendance at classes is mandatory, as is adequate preparation for participation in each class discussion. Students will