Abstract
The EU has signed an agreement in principle for a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada, the first of its kind for the EU, entering into force in 2015, opening a renewed market access strategy for the EU and has initiated negotiations with the USA. The EU agreement with Canada has implications on the EU-Canada relations broadening their scope, going beyond the classical trade agreements. For the EU citizens to benefit from this agreement, a more in depth knowledge of Canada would be required, which should be reflected in a comparative approach to European studies. We examine these implications on the need to expand and adapt, the content of and approach to research and teaching European studies. We conclude that the theoretical approach to European and related studies of other countries (including as appropriate in the case of federal countries, the sub-national level) and their practical implications should always be multi and inter-disciplinary in nature and benefit from direct in-situ exposure and should be fully integrated in the university curriculum.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Societies in Transition |
Subtitle of host publication | Economic, Political and Security Transformations in Contemporary Europe |
Editors | S. Katsikides , P. Koktsidis |
Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
Pages | 111-132 |
Number of pages | 22 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319138145 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319138138 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Field of Science*
- 5.2 Economy and Business
Publication Type*
- 3.1. Articles or chapters in proceedings/scientific books indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database