Economic System of the European Union. Between Particularism and Universalism

Authors

  • Tomasz Kubin Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

Abstract

Abstract: Though the concept of economic system is usually described and analysed in rela­tion to the state, it seems that because of the level of integration and a number of exceptional features, it is worthwhile trying to analyse it with regard to the European Union. Therefore, the paper contains a description and a brief analysis of the European Union as an economic system. The main axis of considerations is the simultaneous occurrence in the system of the particular features peculiar to the individual EU member states, and the universalistic ones, resulting from the integration process.

The first part of the article indicates specific features of the EU as an economic system. This is useful and necessary in order to understand the uniqueness of the EU as an economic system. The second part of the article concerns the theoretical aspects of the EU as an eco­nomic system. Subsequently, the selected aspects how the EU works in practice as an eco­nomic system are contained in the third part. To this aim, statistical data relating to about ten different criteria have been used. The summary and the main conclusions are at the end of the article.

Key words: economic system, the European Union

Author Biography

Tomasz Kubin, Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

adiunkt w Zakładzie Stosunków Międzynarodowych, kierownik Pracowni Integracji Europejskiej. Doktor habilitowany w dziedzinie nauk społecznych w dyscyplinie nauk o polityce; ukończył również studia podyplomowe na kierunku handel zagraniczny (Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach) oraz prawo Unii Europejskiej (Uniwersytet Jagielloński). Zainteresowania naukowe: stosunki międzynarodowe, szczególnie integracja europejska (m.in. takie zagadnienia jak: system instytucjonalny Unii Europejskiej, Polska w Unii Europejskiej, Unia Gospodarcza i Walutowa, stosunki zewnętrzne UE, zróżnicowanie integracji w UE) oraz problematyka dotycząca Białorusi. Autor dwóch książek (Polityczne implikacje wprowadzenie unii walutowej w Europie, Katowice 2007 oraz Legitymizacja systemu instytucjonalnego Unii Europejskiej, Katowice 2014) oraz kilkudziesięciu artykułów naukowych opublikowanych w czasopismach specjalistycznych (,,Athenaeum. Polskie Studia Politologiczne”, ,,Current Politics and Economics of Europe”, ,,Investigaciones Históricas. Época Moderna y Contemporánea", ,,Politeja”, ,,Polski Przegląd Dyplomatyczny”, ,,Progress in Economics Research”, ,,Przegląd Politologiczny”, ,,Przegląd Zachodni”, ,,Rocznik Integracji Europejskiej”, ,,Stosunki Międzynarodowe”, ,,Studia Ekonomiczne. Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego w Katowicach”, ,,Studia Europejskie”, ,,Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis”, ,,Teka Komisji Politologii i Stosunków Międzynarodowych”, ,,Yearbook of Polish European Studies”) oraz w publikacjach zbiorowych.

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Kubin, T. (2017). Economic System of the European Union. Between Particularism and Universalism. Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis, 14. Retrieved from https://trrest.vot.pl/ojsus/index.php/SPUS/article/view/5455

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Vol. 14 (2015): Studia Politicae Universitatis Silesiensis

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Political and economic systems

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