Modern Europe: a regional study
May not be offered in 1995
Dr Geoff Spenceley
6 points * One 3-hour session per week * First, summer semester * Clayton
Objectives On completion of this subject students should understand the broad economic, political and social contexts in which European enterprise has developed in recent times; the development and collapse of the socialist economies and the problems of absorbing the former socialist economies into the capitalist framework; be able to research and communicate their findings in seminar papers, essays and business reports.
Synopsis Topics covered include the impact on Europe of depression and war; development of consensual capitalism; movement towards European economic integration; features of, and attempts to reform, the Stalinist economic and political system; collapse of the socialist economies; problems of transforming the former socialist economies (the problems faced by the European Union); and the prospects for European enterprise in the light of these changes. National case studies are used to highlight issues where appropriate. The course concludes with comparative assessment of Australia's relationship with Europe and Asia.
Assessment Written (5000-word essay): 80% * Seminar participation: 20%
Prescribed texts
Aldcroft D H The European economy 1914-93 Croom Helm, 1993
Nevin E The economics of Europe Macmillan, 1990