Regionalism & Regional Integration- Course Outline

COURSE CODE AND TITLE: IRL 423: Regionalism & Regional

Integration

COURSE LECTURER:  OLUFEMI. P. ADELUSI (PhD)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course has been designed to assist the students in

·       Exploring the Origins, Nature and Evolution of Regional Cooperation and /or Integration among States in the International System.

·       Analyzing the types of international regionalism, theories of integration and regionalism, contemporary trends and issues in regional politics.

·       Examining the various approaches to integration ,

·       Discussing some regional organizations like the EU. AU, NATO, ECOWAS, ASEAN, SADCC

METHOD OF TEACHING/TEACHING AIDS:

The method of Teaching is mostly participatory. The teacher outlines the major points of discourse on the topic. He talks to these points so outlined.   Students are encouraged to participate

by raising questions. The Teaching Aid employed is the Overhead Projector where transparency containing the printed matter for the course is projected on the screen during the contact hours.

COURSE OUTLINE

MODULE 1.

Week 1.  -   Concepts Clarification

Week 2     - Regionalism, and Integration

Week 3.   -

MODULE  II

Week 4.   – Theories of Regionalism

Weeks 5

Week 6

MODULE  III.

Week 7   - Theories of International Integration

Week  8

MODULE IV

Week 9 -  Theory of Alliance System

Week 10  -

Week 11.   -  Case Studies of Regional Organizations

Week 12.

Week 13   -   Revision

METHOD OF GRADING:

10%  Attendance + Class Participation

20%  Mid-Semester Exam

10%  Class Test

Total Continuous Assessment- 40%

End of Semester Exam-           60%

CLASS BEHAVIOUR

Listening to Teacher as He talks to Bullet Points on the Screen. The class copies Bullet Points on the screen.

TOPIC FOR TERM PAPER/ASSIGNMENTS:

The relationship between Regionalism and International Integration.

RECOMMENDED READING:

1.    David Mitrany, A Working Peace System.Chicago.1966

2.    James E.Dougherty & Robert.L.Pfaltzgraff, Contending Theories of International Relations.2^nd Edition. 1981

3.    Hans Morgenthau, Politics among Nations: The Struggle for Peace and War.

4.    Raimo Väyrynen Regionalism: Old and New International Studies Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar., 2003), pp. 25-51

5.     Edward D. Mansfield, Helen V. Milner, The New Wave of Regionalism International Organization, Vol. 53, No. 3 (Summer, 1999), pp. 589-627

6.    Milica Uvalic, Regional Cooperation and the Enlargement of the European Union: Lessons             

                      Learned?    International Political Science Review / Revue international de science    

                      politique, Vol. 23, No. 3, Sage Publications, Ltd.

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