The European political integration and the international political integration process.
The analysis of the ‘internal context’ and the ‘external’ one.
The identification of the most relevant political and economic phenomena for the European integration.
The theoretical debate: International Relations versus Comparative Politics, different methodological and analytical tools and synthesis between the two theoretical approaches.
External policies and domestic security:
The on-going debate on the EU as an international actor
The European foreign and defence policy
The EU in the global system and in the international economy
The transatlantic relations
The area of freedom, security and justice (AFSJ)
The EU Mediterranean Policy:
EU Mediterranean Policy: a volatile approach
The EU faced with regional challenges: the quest for democracy in the Med area
The EU as a divided power in the Med area
The European political integration and the international political integration process.
The analysis of the ‘internal context’ and the ‘external’ one.
The identification of the most relevant political and economic phenomena for the European integration.
The theoretical debate: International Relations versus Comparative Politics, different methodological and analytical tools and synthesis between the two theoretical approaches.
Attinà F. e Natalicchi G. (2010), L’Unione Europea. Governo, Istituzioni, Politiche, Bologna, Il Mulino, capp. 1, 2, 5 e 9.
Attinà F. e Natalicchi G. (2010), L’Unione Europea. Governo, Istituzioni, Politiche, Bologna, Il Mulino, capp. 3, 4
Panebianco Stefania (2012), L'Unione Europea "potenza divisa" nel Mediterraneo, EGEA, Milano, pp. 11-23.
Attinà F. e Natalicchi G. (2010), L’Unione Europea. Governo, Istituzioni, Politiche, Bologna, Il Mulino, capp. 3, 4
Panebianco Stefania (2012), L'Unione Europea "potenza divisa" nel Mediterraneo, EGEA, Milano, pp. 11-23.