European Integration
The aim:
1. Student acquires basic knowledge in the field of international economic integration.
2. Student assesses the current state of European Integration and explains the course of this process in various member states.
3. Student is able to indicate what conditions must be met by an economic entity operating in the single internal market.
Acquired knowledge:
1. Student learns about the forms of international economic integration.
2. Student learns the dominant theories of economic integration.
3. Student learns about the integration process within the European economic communities and the EU.
Acquired skills:
1. Student assesses the state of construction of the single internal market.
2. Student assesses the possibilities of creating an economic and monetary union in all EU countries.
3. Student compares the state of the economies of EU member states.
Acquired social skills:
1. Student is able to indicate what requirements products and services should meet in the single internal market.
2. Student is able to explain what procedures products and services are subject to in the single internal market.
3. Student is able to determine what funds a farmer in the EU countries can benefit from under the common agricultural policy.
Course contents:
1. The concept of European integration. Benefits and costs of regional integration.
2. The customs unions and free trade areas.
3. From European Community to the European Union. Coordination of mational policies.
4. The rules single market.
5. Migration of labour in Europe.
6. Opitmum currency area. Monetary integration in Europe.
7. European rich and developing regions. Regional Policy in Europe.
8. Integration versus desintegration. Poland and UK experiences.
Recommended reading:
1. The Economics of European Integration, R. Baldwin, Ch. Wyplosz, . New York 2006.
2. The Economics of European Integration. Theory, Practise, Policy, R.Molle, . Darmouth 1999.
Additional reading:
1. Poland in the Process of European Integration, J.Kundera, . Warszawa 2014.
2. The crisis in the euro area, J. Kundera, . Warszawa 2017.
