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Resources: France and European Integration
In addition to the library's hardcopy collection, UC students are also encouraged to make use of the resources available to them via the California Digital Library (CDL), which includes useful electronic journal collections such as
J-STOR and MUSE, or newspapers etc with Lexis-Nexis.
Specific resource pages are available for some courses at the UC Center Program.
Unless otherwise noted (public), the following sources all require access to the California Digital Library (through a proxy server). UC students can set up a proxy script in the browser of their laptop.
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The European Union online (all public) contains a number of links to official documents as well as information on the individual institutions of the EU, current activities, and links to member state websites.
www.europa.eu.int
While the site is quite large, and at times poorly organized, there are a few basic links for general information on:
Institutions
Official
Documents
Issue
Areas
Introductory
Information
Latest
Developments
Latest
Developments at Institutions
The
Europa Newsletter
Database
of Information – organized by subject,
or policy area
Eurunion – delegation
of the EU Commission in the US
European Policy Center – (and online journal Challenge Europe)
Center for European Studies – an independent policy research institute
History of European Union – good break-down of major actors, events and treaties of EU
More Weblinks:
European Integration History Index of:
Institutions – with links back to
the European Union online and to many more official sites.
Document Archives
Databases
Eurozine – netmagazine that publishes original texts on the most pressing issues of our times.
BBC History of the EU – concise history with audio and sound files
Western European Political Systems – Historical Maps of Europe by Dr. Gunther Hega, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Western Michigan University
Maps, Graphs and Tables of Europe – Companion reference material for the book Civilization in the West (Pearson Longman, 2003)
Country Info - Graphical fact-book about European Countries
New York Times
Economist (great for news on European events; good archive of information on past events).
- Search
- Browse
- www.european-voice.com – (public). European Voice is published by the Economist group. The group publishes a weekly news magazine on European Union issues, and claims independent reporting on EU affairs (not related to particular parties or countries, though the Economist itself does have a strong normative stance on economic affairs)
Financial Times
The Guardian ( UK )
Institutions and Research Centers www.robert-schuman.org (public) – The Robert Schuman Center has a series of links to papers and studies regarding current European events, as well as a newsletter which outlines recent activities of the institutions of the European Union.
Eurointernet (public) – collection of EU links and information
ERPA (public) – European Research Papers Archive contains a number of links to academic research institutes and sources on the EU
FrENCH PERSPECTIVE ON EU
www.diplomatie.gouv.fr – French Ministry of Foreign affairs
Dossier Europe – The Ministry’s section on European Affairs
www.rpfrance-ue.org – The French Permanent Representation to the European Union also has a site
www.info-europe.fr – For news regarding the EU from a French perspective
www.rpfrance-ue.org – The Toqueville Connection has English-language news and information of French matters (both political and non)
Academic Research
Academic journal articles can be searched through J-Stor (GET URL), but most recent issues (generally for issues after 2000) need to be searched in specialized journals, such as:
French Politics, Culture, and Society – (2001 on, via CDL)
Modern and Contemporary France – (online access for issues after 2000)
Journal of Common Market Studies or via CDL – (good resource on most recent research on the European Union)
German Politics – (another academic journal) contains some articles on EU integration. The CDL offers online access to issues from December, 2001 to present.
A number of prominent academics studying the EU publish their own websites with links their articles. The following list is by no means complete, and it is often a good idea to check to see if other authors have such sites.
Simon Hix
Liesbet Hooghe
Robert Keohane
Gary Marks
Andrew Moravcsik
Mark Pollack
Fritz W. Scharpf
Philippe Schmitter
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