Week 2: January 14 & 16

European Common Market

Topics: Lecture 1, Lecture 2 and Website and Sources

• Treaty of Rome and European Common Market (EEC)
• EU Institutions: The Commission
• Website and Sources: Europa

Assigned Readings:

Dinan, Ever Closer Union, ch. 7

The ABC of Community Law, pp. 18-25, 44-47

Assignments:

• Study Europa website. From the website home page, examine “How the EU Works” [Countries, Institutions and Bodies] and “EU by Topic” [All Topics].  Examine several topics, noting especially the layout of the page for each topic and the nature of the links.
• Examine the website of the European Commission. Examine the links under the category “About the European Commission.” Also examine the link Policies under the category “Policies and legislation.” 

Resources:

• Haas, Ernst B. The Uniting of Europe: Political, Social and Economic Forces, 1950-1957
• Lewis, David W. P. The Road to Europe: History, Institutions and Prospects of European Integration 1945-1993 (1993, Peter Lang)
• Lewis, Flora. Europe: Road to Unity (1987)
• Milward, Alan S. The European Rescue of the Nation-State (1992)
• Urwin, Derek. The Community of Europe: A History of European Integration since 1945
• Willis, F. Roy. France, Germany, and the New Europe 1945-1963