CHAPTER 10 Integration INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Seventh Edition Joshua

CHAPTER 10 Integration INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Seventh Edition Joshua S. Goldstein Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006

Integration Theory u Supranational institutions u The European Union u NAFTA u WTO u Neofunctionalism u Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006

Levels of Economic Integration u Free trade area u Customs union u Common market u Economic union u Monetary union Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006

Evolution of the EU u 1952, European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC): France, Italy, W. Germany, BENELUX u 1957, Treaty of Rome: Euratom, the European Atomic Energy Community, and a Common Market Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006

Membership of the EU u Original Members: France, Italy, West Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg u UK vetoed by France u 1973: UK, Denmark, and Ireland admitted u 1981: Greece u 1986: Spain and Portugal Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006

Broadening the EU u 1995: Austria, Sweden and Finland u 2004: 10 new members: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, and Cyprus Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006

Structure of the European Union (EU) Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006

Overlapping Memberships of European States Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006

The Power of Information u www. Wiring the World. com u Information as a tool of governments u … as a tool against governments u International culture? u Cultural imperialism u Transnational communities Pearson Education, Inc. © 2006