ASTK12570U SEMINAR: Eastern Europeanization

Årgang 2013/2014
Engelsk titel

SEMINAR: Eastern Europeanization

Kursusindhold

The aim of this seminar is to provide students with the necessary analytical tools for understanding the process of Europeanization with respect to the institutional/legal and political structures of EU’s new member and candidate states. By conceptualizing Europeanization as the domestic impact of European integration, the seminar exclusively deals with the relationship between European integration and domestic institutional change. Whereas New Institutionalism forms the theoretical backbone of this seminar, the empirical focus is limited to  the EU member states of the 2004-2007 enlargement wave, the newest member Croatia and EU's current candidate countries who are at different stages of integration with the European polity.

Prior to the last decade, it was almost common wisdom for students of Europeanization to focus on EU-15 in order to comprehend the processes of domestic change in the context of European integration. However, the introduction of accession conditionality, the subsequent ‘Eastern enlargement’ and prospects for further enlargement have provided a fertile ground for exploring the extent of Europeanization beyond the conventional focus. By making use of this recent yet rich literature, the seminar intends to guide students through the relevant theoretical claims, major research findings and debates in order for them to be able to critically assess the dynamics, paths and mechanisms that define the changes that have been taking place in the wider European region for the past two decades. 


The seminar aims to balance theoretical and empirical analysis. It commences by introducing different theoretical approaches to Europeanization and goes on to critically assess to what extent these current tools are suitable for understanding and explaining the contemporary changes experienced by the recent member and candidate states of the EU.  The rest of the seminar schedule will be devoted to analyzing different policy domains in a selection of countries.   

Målbeskrivelser

On the completion of the seminar, students will be able to identify and make use of different theoretical approaches to the relationship between Europeanization and domestic change. The specific emphasis will be on the suitability of these models for explaining the political and institutional changes undergone by the group of countries in focus. At the empirical level, students will develop familiarity with a number of cases in key policy domains which may complement their knowledge gained through other courses on Europeanization, institutional change, regional integration and EU enlargement. 

Undervisningsmateriale

Rachel A. Epstein, Ulrich Sedelmeier (eds.) (2009) International Influence Beyond Conditionality: Postcommunist Europe after EU Enlargement, Routledge

K. Featherstone and C. Radaelli (eds.) (2003) The Politics of Europeanization, Oxford University Press

K. Goetz & S. Hix (eds.) (2001) Europeanised Politics? European Integration and National Political Systems, Frank Cass

H. Grabbe (2006) The EU's Transformative Power: Europeanization through Conditionality in Central and Eastern Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave

M Green Cowles, J Caporaso and T Risse (eds.) (2001), Transforming Europe: Europeanization and Domestic Change, Ithaca, Cornell University Press

P. Graziano, and M. P. Vink (eds) (2006) Europeanization: New Research Agendas, Palgrave Macmillan

Héritier, A. et al. (2001) Differential Europe: The European Union Impact on National Policy-Making, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield

Journal of Public Policy, 2010, Volume 30, Special Issue 01:Performing to Type? Institutional Performance in New EU Member States

Frank Schimmelfennig, ‪Ulrich Sedelmeier (eds.) (2005) The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe, Cornell University Press

Onis, Ziya (2009) "The new wave of foreign policy activism in turkey: Drifting away from Europeanization?", DIIS Report 2009:5. Available online here: http:/​/​www.econstor.eu/​bitstream/​10419/​59827/​1/​593490118.pdf

M. A. Vachudova (2005) Europe Undivided: Democracy, Leverage, and Integration after Communism, New York: Oxford University Press

Treib, O. (2008) 'Implementing and Complying with EU Governance', Living Reviews in European Governance, 3(5): http:/​/​europeangovernance.livingreviews.org/​Articles/​lreg-2008-5/​.

Börzel, T.A., Hofmann, T., Panke, D. and Sprungk, C. (2010) 'Obstinate and Inefficient: Why Member States Do Not Comply with European Law', Comparative Political Studies, 43(11): 1363-90.

Frank Schimmelfennig and Ulrich Sedelmeier (2002) ‘Theorising EU Enlargement: Research Focus, Hypotheses, and the State of Research’, Journal of European Public Policy, 9:4, pp. 500-28.

Frank Schimmelfennig and Ulrich Sedelmeier (2004) ‘Governance by Conditionality: EU Rule Transfer to the Candidate Countries of Central and Eastern Europe’, Journal of European Public Policy, 11(4): 661-79

Schimmelfennig, F. (2005) 'Strategic Calculation and International Socialization: Membership Incentives, Party Constellations, and Sustained Compliance in Central and Eastern Europe', International Organization 59(4): 827-60

Epstein, Rachel and Ulrich Sedelmeier (2008) ‘Beyond Conditionality: International Institutions in Postcommunist Europe after Enlargement’, Journal of European Public Policy 15:6, pp. 795-805.

Falkner, G., and O. Treib (2008) 'Three Worlds of Compliance or Four? The EU-15 Compared to New Member States', Journal of Common Market Studies 46(2): 293-313

Levitz, P. and Pop-Eleches, G. (2010) 'Why No Backsliding? The European Union's Impact on Democracy and Governance before and after Accession', Comparative Political Studies, 43(4): 457-85.

Erin K. Jenne and Cas Mudde (2012) ‘Hungary’s Illiberal Turn: Can Outsiders Help?’, Journal of Democracy Volume 23, Number 3, pp. 147-155.

Eli Gateva (2010) ‘Post-Accession Conditionality: Support Instrument for Continuous Pressure? KFG Working Paper No. 18, October 2010

There are no prerequisites for enlisting in the seminar. All BA and MA level students with an interest in comparative politics and Europeanization in the wider European region are welcome to take par
The seminar is a combination of lectures, student presentations and class discussions. Students' active participation is key and therefore each student is required to act as a presenter and discussant at least once during the seminar sessions. Class discussions will be formulated according to weekly seminar questions prepared by the lecturer or of the students' own choosing.
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Kriterier for bedømmelse
  • Grade 12 is for students with excellent performance, and full or almost full mastery of the content of the course materials and the literature and an excellent ability to discuss, analytically and with critical insight, the role of ideas in politics and international relations
     
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