著者
宮本 光雄
出版者
日本EU学会
雑誌
日本EU学会年報 (ISSN:18843123)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.2006, no.26, pp.285-308,439, 2006
被引用文献数
7

Quo vadis Europa? When the Cold War ended and the EU accession of the East European countries seemed certain, it arose widely this very question in Europe. Now that the EU, having been enlarged eastwards and southwards, consists of twenty-five member states, everyone who is interested in European integration would give much consideration to what would result from the enlargement. This article does that through analysing the European and security policy of Poland, which is the most influential among the ten newcomers.<br>In Poland people regard the EU as a good organisation for Poland to get a chance for better future, in expectation that it would give Poland a lot, especially economic and financial benefits, so the support of the people for the EU is always wide and solid.<br>But there exists also a notion that the EU is dominated by two big member states, Germany and France. Accordingly the Polish government seeked in the Intergovernmental Conference 2003/2004 to secure a &ldquo;strong position&rdquo; in the Union so as to be able to carry out its demand and not to be voted down easily, and succeeded in the end. Poland holds now a position of a &ldquo;not easy to handle partner in the Union&rdquo;, as foreign minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz formulated in the Sejm in January 2004. Consequently, a possibility is stronger than ever that a decision-making in the Council will become still more difficult, as a result of Polish sticking to its standpoint.<br>Polish security policy is based first and foremost on bilateral relations with and the firm loyalty towards the USA. Looking upon Washington as the only reliable power in the world, Warsaw prefers NATO to CSDP. This inclination roots not only in realism but in precautious mentality against so-called franco-german dominance. In particular Poland tends to look at Germany with suspicion, because of its memories of the past.<br>As for the future shape of Europe, the dominant Polish view is based on the intergovernmentalism. All the major political parties in Poland define the EU as the organisation of <i>solidarnosc narod&oacute;w</i> (solidarity of the nations). The definition reminding us of that of Charles de Gaulle implies little supranational integration, so there won't be much initiative or activeness in the deepening of European integration on the part of the Polish government.<br>That has been the case with the SLD government until recently, and so will be it with a new one led by PiS, the winner of the Sejm election in September 2005. Nevertheless, it must not be ignored that a geopolitical position could play a decisive role. Poland by self-definition, unlike Great Britain, is a European state and its future lies in Europe, which Poles themselves realize. Herein can be seen room for a chang of Warsaw's European policy.<br>And, what is a noteworthy thing, Polish public opinion on foreign and security policy has been undergoing a fundamental change since the Iraq war began, that is, from enthusiastic Atlanticism to pro-Europeanism. Polish people these days is in favour of an autonomous European security power and Europe's role of a world player. Taking into consideration all the factors mentioned above, a conclusion could be drawn: Poland's accession to the EU would not contribute much to the deepening of European integration in the short or medium terms, but in the long run Poland could help the construction of &ldquo;strong&rdquo; Europe, aligning itself with big powers like Germany and France.
著者
宮本 光雄
出版者
公益財団法人 史学会
雑誌
史学雑誌 (ISSN:00182478)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.91, no.7, pp.1099-1139,1235-, 1982-07-20 (Released:2017-11-29)
著者
原田 一孝 前田 健悟 岡崎 宏光 宮本 光雄 吉永 誠吾 杉 哲
出版者
熊本大学
雑誌
基盤研究(C)
巻号頁・発行日
2004

子ども達の興味・関心が高く,実用的価値の高い製作教材を種々検討し,ワンチップコンピュータを用いた"電子オルガン"を開発した.これはドレミ...の音階(下のソから上のソまで)2オクターブを発生できる.また,振動数と音の高さとの関連性を調べたり,非音階の音(風の音,幽霊の音など)を発生するために,連続音(496Hz〜4kHz)を発生する機能も付加した.さらに,子ども達に人気のあるメロディー6曲を自動演奏する機能も付加したものが得られた.作る喜びを体験するために,木材の切断・仕上げ・塗装,プリント基板の切断・穴あけ・部品取り付け・ハンダ付け,紙コップを使ったスピーカ部やタッチセンサ部などの組立てにおいてホットボンド接着・ネジ取り付けなど,多くの作業場面を取り入れた授業計画を開発した.夏休みには開発中の"電子オルガン"や昨年度開発した"ヤジロベー"や"崇城博士"の工作教室を熊本市博物館,熊本市中央公民館および天草郡の小学校で実施し,多くの小学生に喜んでもらうと同時に,子ども達の工作スキル並びに指導法の検討を行った.中学校での研究授業は2学期に天草郡本渡市教良木中学校,3学期に水俣市久木野中学校で実施した.この時は"電子オルガン"と"崇城博士"の2教材を用いた.中学生の工作スキルのレベルを見込んで作業場面を増やしたが,実質は小学5・6年生と大差ないように感じられた,知識の面では確実に高レベルにあることが予想されるので,この事を生かした指導法の開発が望まれた.以上の研究授業から"ものづくり"の体験は"総合的に学習する時間"の優れた教材に成り得ることが判明したが,これらの準備・実施に要する手間・暇を考えた場合,現場教師に対する外部援助があって初めて実現可能であると感じる.このため,今後はホームページでノウハウを提供したり,ボランティアグループで援助活動等を計画して行きたい.