POL SCI 51A Lecture 5: Week 5 lec Th
25 Mar 2016
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(cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (th) lecture week 5. The european union has been around since 1951. History that leads up to this: europe from napoleonic wars had been fighting each other (france and germany were fighting, ripping the entire continent) Notions of european federalism: why cant we be like the united. They decided to become federalism after nazi: put out before but had been seen as a cooky idea. After wwii europe was divided east and west (us was here) How can you keep germany and france from ever fighting again that was the core idea. French needed germans for . (recording 13:10: in democracy, people vote, if german and france tied together, why would they fight, capitalism is peaceful trade produces peace. Coal and steel: needed to regulate both so that there is stability, regulate the production, don"t leave to the open market, problem! France, need to regulate more than just steel and coal.
