SOAN 245 - European Politics and Society

(POL 245) FDR: SS4
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2013 and alternate years

A comparative analysis of European political systems and social institutions. The course covers the established democracies of western and northern Europe, the new democracies of southern and east-central Europe, and the post-Communist regimes in eastern and southeastern Europe. Mechanisms of European integration are also discussed with attention focused on institutions such as European Union, NATO, OSCE, and Council of Europe. Jasiewicz.