POL 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Execution Unit, Democratic Deficit, Maastricht Treaty
6 Dec 2017
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Key political institutions: history of eu, constitutions of the eu, core concepts, regional integration, inter-national relations, a pu le for ir, )hy do )e care about the european union? i. Independent countries agreeing to work together/limit sovereignty: free trade organi ations inspired by eu, south american version of eu ii. iii. iv. Oau, au: eu as an (cid:873)actor(cid:874, economic influence, african nations i. i. ii. As a member of the eu, you must agree to eu trade policies/agreements, you do not sign your own trade agreements. The eu as a whole sign trade agreements. Realists also interpret eu as a way of (cid:873)balancing(cid:874) against the us: from perpetual )ar to perpetual peace, military influence, as a political realist, this is a bad thing i. ii. i. a. b. 1951: european coal and steel community (cid:840)ecsc(cid:841) i. ii. iii. Idea was to have a common market in coal and steel.
