- •International Economic Integration. Course of lectures
- •Introduction
- •1.1. Evolution of the global integration process
- •1.2. Traditional approaches to the scientific study of international economic integration.
- •1.2.1.Rynkova (liberal) school
- •1.2.2. Market-institutional direction
- •1.2.3. Dyryzhystskyy direction of integration theories
- •1.2.4. Theories of regional integration
- •1.3. Alternative theory of modern economic and political integration
- •1.3.1. Communication concept
- •1.3.2. "Functional Concept"
- •1.3.3. Neofunktsionalna concept
- •1.3.4. "Unifikatsiyna" concept
- •1.3.5. The concept of "regional integration ˮ
- •2.1. International economic and political integration and deepening of the internationalization of economic life
- •2.2. Preconditions and principles of international economic integration
- •2.3. International economic integration and globalization of world economy
- •3.1. The main stages of the European Union
- •3.1.1. European Coal and Steel
- •3.1.2. The system of the European Communities
- •3.1.3. Single European Act
- •3.2. Institutional and political super structure of the eu
- •Institutional and political
- •3.3. Maastricht Treaty
- •4.1. Integration trends in post-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
- •4.2. Strategy of the eu integration.
- •4.3. Features of the integration of post-socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe into the European Union.
- •4.4. Problems of integrating cooperation within the European Union.
- •Lecture 5. Ukraine in international integaration process
- •5.1. Integration points and priorities of Ukraine
- •5.2. “Associated” membership in the Commonwealth of Independent States
- •5. 3. Ukraine - bsec
- •6.1. Peculiarities of integration in North America.
- •6.1.1. General|common| description of integration.
- •6.1.2. Specific features of the North-american free trade zone
- •6.1.3. Areas of trilateral cooperation
- •6.2. The interests of parties in the integration process
- •6.3. Nafta in the world integration process
- •Lecture 7. Integration Processes in Latin America.
- •7.1. Peculiarities of integration process in Latin American region
- •7.2. Models of the South American economic integration
- •7.2.1. Andean Community of Nations
- •7.2.2. Mercosur
- •7.3. Central America and Caribbean
- •7.4. Prospects for the integration development of Latin America
- •Lecture 8. Integration processes in Asia
- •8.1. Place of Asia in the world economic relations.
- •8.2. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (asean).
- •8.3. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
- •Lecture 9. Integration processes in Africa
- •9.1 The integration processes in Africa
- •9.2. Integration connections characteristics of the African countries.
- •9.3. Arab Maghreb Union
- •9.4. Iinternational integration process in the pool of the Indian Ocean
- •10.1. The system of United Nations Organization
- •10.2. Economic and Social Council
- •10.3. Factors of indirect influence on the global integration process
3.1. The main stages of the European Union
International economic integration originates from that group of countries, combined with the effective implementation of joint socio-economic, political, cultural and other interests. Such interests are formed gradually as a result of long cooperation of neighboring countries. On the basis of their changing nature of multilateral relations. Because the relationship between treaty-based integration mechanisms: agreements and contracts include not only bilateral or multilateral cooperation, mutual and gradual integration of national economies.
An example of the most complete and consistent process of economic integration is the western European integration process during the second half of XX century obumovlyuvav forming a single economic space sub-regional scale, in which gradually formed the only economic conditions, free movement of factors of production - labor, capital, technology, created optimal mechanisms for their regulation.
Signs of the classical model of integration in the EU:
• existence of conditions of integration
• strict adherence to the principles of international integration
• certainty of common interests
• consistent determination of the contents of each stage of integration
• completeness of economic integration
• solve problems of political integration
Western model of economic integration to some extent be regarded as a classic. It found expression in practice, mainly those milestones, that he had been scientifically proved representative of market-institutional school, the American economist B. Belashi. In addition to objective factors that caused the Western European economic integration, including such as rapid deployment of STC, the role and influence of MNEs, internationalization of production and capital, the globalization of economic links, they also reinforce the idea of a united Europe, expressed and justified by scientists community leaders, politicians of different eras and generations.
Western Europe had to pass through the fire of two world wars, before it concluded that policies need to integrate their countries on the new basis. Back in 1944, Prime Minister of Great Britain Mr. Churchill said the need for a union of Western European countries like the United States of Europe.
Integration in Western Europe was "the first impulse ˮ from the Marshall Plan, which was carried out by accelerating the revival of national economies of several countries of postwar Europe. In order to provide implementation of the Marshall Plan in 1948 founded the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, which later became influential Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development - OECD, which operates to this day. It should be noted that the OECD does not become the core of Western European integration process, its functions spread far beyond the European continent.
Precedent to the effective economic integration in Europe, the customs union of Benelux, around which in 1948 joined Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. For a short period of association rather convincingly demonstrated the effectiveness and benefits of economic integration. Then in 1949 created the Council of Europe, which included 40 European countries to regulate mainly on education and cultural cooperation. 1949 began operating an intergovernmental economic organization of Eastern and Central Europe and the Soviet Union - the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, whose goal was to deepen and improve cooperation and development of socialist economic integration. However, CEA was not constructive and integrated community ceased functioning after the collapse of the Soviet Union.