Studying Europe - a small continent with incredible diversity and a turbulent history....

This page provides information and links for students of the European Union,
particularly my courses GOVT 343 European Union Politics and GOVT 332 Modern European Politics.
The site will be updated frequently.


map of europe



What is Europe?

Are these the borders?


Portugal, Monastery of Batalha    Batalha                 uncontroversial



Tsarskoje Selo Palace, St. Petersburg    tsarskoje    geographically uncontroversial


Istanbul - Bridge over the Bosporus     istanbul                   very controversial


Etretat - French Normandy, facing the channel       etretat                              just a joke, of course!!



LINKS:

Essential starting point for every research into EU matters is the EU website: http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm.

Check out the different institutions:     The Council of Ministers  http://ue.eu.int/showPage.ASP?lang=en
                                                           The European Commission http://europa.eu.int/comm/index_en.htm
                                                           The European Parliament http://www.europarl.eu.int/home/default_en.htm
                                                           The European Court of Justice  http://curia.eu.int/en/index.htm
                                                            The European Central Bank  http://www.ecb.int/home/html/index.en.html
                                                                            (How is the Euro doing vis-a-vis the dollar? http://www.ecb.int/stats/exchange/eurofxref/html/eurofxref-graph-usd.en.html)

                   Public opinion: How do Europeans feel about the EU and other political matters? Use the Euro-Barometer polls:
                   http://europa.eu.int/comm/public_opinion/index_en.htm

Research on the European Union
check these journals