GEOG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Industrial Revolution, Common Agricultural Policy, Nordic Countries
6 May 2018
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GEOG 1000
November 6, 2017
Dissolving Borders: Social Inequality in the EU
Week in Review:
● Emergence of the EU comes out of the destruction of Europe after WW2
○ Women hauling rubble, Europe in shambles
● Ukraine is not part of the EU, considered part of Europe in the textbook
● EU is a partially successful project of integration
● Which of the EU countries allowed migration without restriction from eastern
countries: UK
● Four Freedoms
Making the EU:
● Process of Geographical expansion
● European Coal and Steel Community, 1951
○ Grows into a customs union that includes all goods in Europe
○ European Economic Community, 1968
■ Customs union
■ Common Agricultural Policy
■ Regional Development Funds; Ireland benefits most from this
● Becomes European Union in 1993
● Schengen, implemented in 1995
● Eurozone, implemented in 2002
● Created to prevent war by economic/political integration
● Customs Union - NAFTA is a customs union; two states agree to trade without
implementing import taxes
● EU Passport, EU Parliament buildings on top of state Parliament
Contemporary Challenges
● Boarders threatened on the East through pipeline and energy security
● Migration poses challenges to EU policies and its very existence, ex. Brexit;
threatens security in the south
Today’s Topics
● Geographies of inequality in the EU
● Factors creating inequality
● Impacts of inequality
Inequality in EU
● Inequality refers to how evenly income is distributed; increasing in different rates in
different countries
● PIIGS: Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain
● Nordic Countries: Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Finland
Document Summary
Emergence of the eu comes out of the destruction of europe after ww2. Ukraine is not part of the eu, considered part of europe in the textbook. Eu is a partially successful project of integration. Which of the eu countries allowed migration without restriction from eastern countries: uk. Grows into a customs union that includes all goods in europe. Regional development funds; ireland benefits most from this. Created to prevent war by economic/political integration. Customs union - nafta is a customs union; two states agree to trade without implementing import taxes. Eu passport, eu parliament buildings on top of state parliament. Boarders threatened on the east through pipeline and energy security. Migration poses challenges to eu policies and its very existence, ex. Inequality refers to how evenly income is distributed; increasing in different rates in different countries. Reflected in income inequality; not a perfect association. Greece and spain in high levels of unemployment due to the recession.
