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Saturday School on parliamentary democracy and European integration for A-level pupils and their teachers.

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Saturday School on parliamentary democracy and European integration for A-level pupils and their teachers


Speakers:

Dr Dionyssis G. Dimitrakopoulos (Birkbeck)

 

Part I

  • 9.15-9.45: History of European integration since 1945
  • 9.45-10.15: The operation of the EU as a political system


Break

  • 10.30:11.00: The UK and the EU: from rejection to accession to membership until 2016


Part II

  • 11.15-11.45: The causes of Brexit (a review of the academic literature)
  • 11.45-12.30: Post-referendum negotiations and the final agreement
     

Suggested readings include excerpts from:

Dinan, Desmond, ed. 2006. Origins and Evolution of the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Usherwood, Simon, and John Pinder. 2018. The European Union: A Very Short Introduction. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Wall, Stephen. 2008. A Stranger in Europe: Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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