Supranational Integration Processes

History, Politics & International Studies Program
Madrid, Spain

Dates: early Sep 2025 - mid Dec 2025

History, Politics & International Studies

Supranational Integration Processes

Supranational Integration Processes Course Overview

OVERVIEW

CEA CAPA Partner Institution: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Location: Madrid, Spain
Primary Subject Area: International Relations
Instruction in: English
Course Code: 16652
Transcript Source: Partner Institution
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42

DESCRIPTION

-Nation, Federation, Confederation. Integration of States.
-Postcolonial associations of States: the British Commonwealth.
-Free trade areas, customs unions, common markets, economic unions.
-Europe and the European Union: from the medieval universalism to the Treaty of Westphalia; the age of European empires; eurocentrism and colonialism; nationalisms versus the pan-European movement; the two world wars and the crisis of European consciousness; first attempts of integration: the Council of Europe; BENELUX; the birth of the European Communities: ECSC, EEC and EURATOM; institutional problems and successive enlargements; the Single European Act and the treaties of Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice.
-The economic logic of political and institutional integration.
-Other models of integration: OEEC, COMECON, EFTA.
-Europe to globalization. Integration processes in the American context: LAFTA, LAIA, Mercosur, the Andean Group, NAFTA.
-Integration processes in Africa and Asia.


Get a Flight Credit worth up to $500 when you apply with code* by January 1, 2025