Area-Studies
Reading Lists on Europe and Advanced Industrial Democracies
Students who wish to be examined on
European countries much choose either the "Western/Central Europe and
the European Union" list or the "Advanced Industrial Democracies"
list. These two lists overlap, as indicated in Figure 1:
Figure 1
In other words, those who choose
Western/Central Europe and the EU are tested on the European Union as a
political system and on any two member countries. Currently
(2004), the member countries of the EU are
Austria, Belgium,
Cyprus,
Czech
Republic, Denmark,
Estonia,
Germany,
Greece,
Finland,
France,
Hungary,
Ireland,
Italy,
Latvia,
Lithuania,
Luxembourg,
Malta,
Poland,
Portugal,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,
Spain,
Sweden,
The Netherlands,
and the United Kingdom. Those who wish to include the US, Canada,
Australia, or New Zealand must choose the "Advanced Industrial
Democracies" list. Japan can be selected on either the "Advanced
Industrial Democracies" list or the "East and Southeast Asia" list.
Those
who choose the "Advanced Industrial Democracies" list are tested on
three countries and not on the EU as a political system. The three
countries can be any of the older members of the EU or any other
advanced industrial democracy. Therefore, these students choose three
countries from the following list: Austria,
Belgium,
Denmark,
Germany,
Greece,
Finland,
France,
Ireland,
Italy,
Luxembourg,
Portugal,
Spain,
Sweden,
The Netherlands,
the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New
Zealand.
Although
technically any selection of countries from these lists is permissible,
in some cases students will be better prepared for the examination if
they choose countries that have been well researched or that are well
known to our faculty. Students should consult with the field
chair and Europe specialists on the faculty as they choose their region
and countries.