This course is designed for graduate students by providing a general mastery of regional studies and permit them to do research. The course aims to give students an insight into what the study of regions, as well as comparative regional studies. A special focus will be placed on how the discipline of international relations can be enriched through the analysis of regional level and how regional actors shape and expand their influence by undertaking projects of regional integration.

1. Farrel, M. Hettne, B. and Luk Van Langenhove (eds) (2005) Global Politics of Regionalism: Theory and Practice (London: Pluto Press).

2. Rosamond, B. (2000) Theories of European Integration (London: Palgrave Macmillan).

3. Acharya, A. and Iain Johnson (eds) (2007) Crafting Cooperation: Regional International Institutions in Comparative Perspectives (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).