DUE in 3H

Integration

Realism v. Liberalism Nationalism v. Supranationalism

Integration T Defined

Integration

forms Functionalism Neofunctionalism

examples of

The European Union

History 1950 - Schuman Plan 1952 – European Coal and Steel Community 1957 – Treaty of Rome 1967 – European Community 1985 – Single European Act, to create Europe 1992 1991 – Maastricht Treaty – EC becomes EU Euro and Justice and Home Affairs Political and Military Integration Qualifying

EU Enlargement

THE EU

Collective goods Free-Riders Some institutions of and results European Court of Justice http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_6999/

Euronews http://www.euronews.net/ story: http://www.euronews.net/2009/11/04/eu-court-tells-italy-to-take-crosses-down/ http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_16799 Can integration happen elsewhere? “The EU model and Cross-Strait Integration”

http://www.springerlink.com/content/f4yxhvxkjplbgg6l/

Information Age

Technological advances From radio, TV, Shortwave, Cable, Internet, Satellite Information as a tool of government Information as a tool against government Consequences

Satellites Social Media

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te0smBBDvp4&feature=player_embedded

http://www.journalism.org/index_report/iran_and_%E2%80%9Ctwitter_revolution%E2%8 0%9D

Information and Globalization

The McDonaldization of the World Regional reactions Islam vs. the West The West vs. the Rest