INTL 533
POLITICS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
FALL 2007
M 14:00-16:45
CAS B34
Dr. Bahar Rumelili
CASE 143 (ext. 1628)
brumelili@ku.edu.tr
Office Hours: T 11:00-12:00
W 13:00-15:00
and by appointment
Course Description:
The students will undertake a theoretically informed study of the European Union
institutions and policy-making in key issue areas, such as the monetary union,
enlargement, social and environmental policies, redistributive policies, and migration. The
course will introduce students to the most recent literature in European Studies, and to
the pertinent theoretical and policy debates. Upon completion of the course, the students
will have the necessary skills and knowledge base to carry out further academic research
on the European Union.
Readings:
A course reader has been prepared and is available at the University library’s e-reserve
collection.
Course Requirements:
Students are expected to closely read the assigned texts and actively participate in all class
sessions. On the basis of assigned readings, students will be asked to write one analytical
and two reaction papers each. In addition, students will be required to write a research
paper on a topic they will choose in consultation with the instructor.
Course grades will be determined on the following basis:
Participation:
Analytical Paper:
Reaction Papers:
Research Paper:
20%
25%
20% (10% each)
35%
Course Schedule:
During each class session, the students will present their analytical and reaction papers in
pairs. Each set of presentations will be followed by general discussion.
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Sept. 17th: NO CLASS
Sept.. 24th: INTRODUCTION
Oct 1st: Theory
Pollack, Mark A. (2001) ‘International Relations Theory and European Integration’ Journal
of Common Market Studies, 39:2, pp.221-244.
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Jachtenfuchs, Markus (2001) ‘The Governance Approach to European Integration’ Journal
of Common Market Studies, 39:2, pp. 245-264.
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Diez, Thomas (1999) ‘Speaking “Europe”: the politics of integration discourse’ Journal of
European Public Policy 6: 4(special issue), pp. 598-613.
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Oct. 8th: Institutions
Wallace, Helen (2005) ‘An Institutional Anatomy and Five Policy Modes’ in H. Wallace,
Wallace W., and M. Pollack (eds.) Policy-Making in the European Union (5th ed.), pp. 4990. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Pollack, M. A. (2003) ‘Control Mechanism or Deliberative Democracy? Two Images of
Comitology’ Comparative Political Studies, 36: ½ pp. 125-155.
http://cps.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/36/1-2/125
Christiansen, Thomas (2002) ‘The Role of Supranational Actors in EU Treaty
Reform’ Journal of European Public Policy, 9:1, pp. 33-53.
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Kurpas, S. and H. Riecke (2007) ‘Is Europe Back on Track? Impetus from the German EU
Presidency’ CEPS Working Document No. 273/ July 2007.
http://shop.ceps.be/downfree.php?item_id=1524
Oct 15th: Democracy and Legitimacy
Peter van Ham (2001) European Integration and the Postmodern Condition: Governance,
Democracy, and Identity, Routledge, pp. 155-187.
Warleigh, Alex (2003) Democracy in the European Union, London: Sage, pp. 1-57
Crum, Ben (2005) ‘Tailoring Representative Democracy to the European Union: Does the
European Constitution Reduce the Democratic Deficit?’ European Law Journal, 10:1, pp.
452-467.
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Stijn Smismans (2003) ‘European Civil Society: Shaped by Discourses and Institutional
Interests’ European Law Journal, 9:4, pp. 473-95.
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Oct. 22rd: Identity and Cultural Policy
Peter van Ham (2001) European Integration and the Postmodern Condition: Governance,
Democracy, and Identity, Routledge, pp. 58-90.
Kraus, P. A. (2003) ‘Cultural Pluralism and European Polity-Building: Neither
Westphalia nor Cosmopolis’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 41 (4), pp.
665-686.
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Shore, C. (2000) Building Europe: The Cultural Politics of European Integration, London
and New York: Routledge
Sassatelli, M. (2006) ‘The Logic of Europeanizing Cultural Policy’ in Meinhof, U. H. and A.
Triandafyllidou (eds.) Transcultural Europe: Cultural Policy in a Changing Europe,
Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 24-42.
Oct. 29th: HOLIDAY
Nov. 5th: Identity and Enlargement
Cederman, Lars-Erik (2001) ‘Political Boundaries and Identity Trade-Offs’ in
Cederman, Lars-Erik (ed.) Constructing Europe’s Identity: The External
Dimension, pp. 1-32. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Sjursen, H. (2002) ‘Why Expand? The Question of Legitimacy and Justification in the EU’s
Enlargement Poilcy’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 40: 3, pp. 491-513.
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Rumelili B. (2004) ‘Constructing Identity and Relating to Difference: Understanding the
EU’s mode of differentiation’ Review of International Studies, 30, pp. 27-47.
Bu issue YOK
Nov. 12th: Borders and Migration
Zielonka, Jan (2002) ‘Introduction: Boundary making by the European Union’ in
Zielonka, Jan (ed.) Europe Unbound: Enlarging and reshaping the boundaries of
the European Union, pp. 1-16. London and New York: Routledge.
Carrera, S. (2007) ‘The EU Border Management Strategy: FRONTEX and the Challenges of
Irregular Migration in the Canary Islands’ CEPS Working Document No. 261/ March 2007
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Walters, W. (2004) ‘The Frontiers of the European Union: A Geostrategic Perspective’
Geopolitics, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 674-698.
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Boswell, C. (2003) ‘The ‘external dimension’ of EU Immigration and Asylum Policy’
International Affairs 79, 3 pp. 619-638.
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Nov. 19th: Enlargement and Foreign Policy
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Pridham, G. (2005) Designing Democracy: EU Enlargement and Regime Change in Postcommunist Europe, Palgrave, pp. 1-62.
Schimmelfennig, F., Engert, S., and H. Knobel (2003) ‘Costs, Commitment and
Compliance: The Impact of EU Democratic Conditionality on Latvia, Slovakia, and
Turkey,’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 41: 3, pp. 495-518.
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Diez, T., Stetter, S., and M. Albert (2006) ‘The European Union and Border Conflicts: The
Transformative Power of Integration’ International Organization, 60: 3, pp. 563-593.
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Nov. 26th: Beyond Enlargement: Near Abroad
Smith, K. E. (2005) ‘The Outsiders: The European Neighbourhood Policy’ International
Affairs, 81,4 pp. 757-773.
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Christiansen, Thomas, Petito, Fabio and Ben Tonra (2000) ‘Fuzzy Politics around Fuzzy
Borders: The European Union’s “Near-Abroad”’ Cooperation and Conflict, 35: 4, pp. 389415.
http://cac.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/35/4/389
Browning, C. S. and P. Joenniemi (2007) Geostrategies of the European Neighborhood Policy,
DIIS Working Paper 2007/9.
http://www.diis.dk/graphics/Publications/WP2007/WP-2007-9FINAL%20til%20web.pdf
Tassinari, F. (2007) ‘Whole, Free, and Integrated: A Transatlantic Perspective on the
European Neighborhood’, CEPS Working Document No. 271/ June 2007.
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Dec. 3rd: Economic and Monetary Union
Tsoukalis, L. (2005) ‘Economic and Monetary Union: Innovation and Challenges for the
Euro’ in H. Wallace, Wallace W., and M. Pollack (eds.) Policy-Making in the
European Union (5th ed.), pp. 141-160. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Verdun, A. (2000) ‘Monetary Integration in Europe: Ideas and Evolution’ in M. G.
Cowles and M. Smith (eds.) The State of the European Union Vol. 5, pp. 91-109.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Chang, M. (2006) ‘Reforming the Stability and Growth Pact: Size and Influence in EMU
Policymaking’ European Integration 28:1, pp. 107-120.
YOK ama web de makaleyi buldum: http://aei.pitt.edu/3159/01/Chang_2005_EUSA_paper.pdf
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Enderlein, H. (2006) ‘The Euro and Political Union: Do Economic Spillovers from
Monetary Integration Affect the Legitimacy of EMU?’ Journal of European Public Policy,
13:7, pp. 1133-1146.
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Dec. 10th: Redistributive Policies
Rieger, E. (2005) ‘Agricultural Policy: Constrained Reforms’ in H. Wallace, Wallace W.,
and M. Pollack (eds.) Policy-Making in the European Union (5th ed.), pp. 161-190. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
Wyn, G. (2003) ‘The Prospects for CAP Reform’ Political Quarterly, 74:1, pp. 19-26.
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Allen, D. (2005) ‘Cohesion and the Structural Funds: Competing Pressures for Reform?’ in
H. Wallace, Wallace W., and M. Pollack (eds.) Policy-Making in the European Union (4th
ed.), pp. 213-242. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
De Rynck, S. and P. McAleavey (2001) ‘The Cohesion Deficit in Structural Fund Policy’
Journal of European Public Policy, 8:4, pp. 541-557.
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Dec. 17th : Social and Environmental Policies
Leibfried, S. (2005) ‘ Social Policy: Left to the Judges and the Markets?’ in H. Wallace,
Wallace W., and M. Pollack (eds.) Policy-Making in the European Union (5th ed.), pp. 243278. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Lenschow, A. (2005) ‘Environmental Policy: Contending Dynamics of Policy Change’ in
H. Wallace, Wallace W., and M. Pollack (eds.) Policy-Making in the European Union (5th
ed.), pp. 305-328. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Scharpf, F. W. (2002) ‘The European Social Model: Coping with the Challenges of
Diversity’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 40: 4, pp. 645-70.
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Jordan et al. (2003) “European Governance and the Transfer of “New” Environmental
Policy Instruments (NEPIs) in the European Union” Public Administration, 81, 3, pp: 555574
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Dec 24th: EU and Global Politics I
Manners, Ian (2002) ‘Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms’ Journal
of Common Market Studies, 40: 2, pp. 235-58.
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Youngs, R. (2004) ‘Normative Dynamics and Strategic Interests in the EU’s
External Identity’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 42: 2, pp. 415-435.
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Hyde-Price, Adrian (2006) ‘Normative Power Europe: a realist critique’ Journal of European
Public Policy, 13:2, pp. 217-34.
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Van den Hoven, Adrian (2004) ‘Assuming Leadership in Multilateral Economic
Institutions: The EU’s “Development Round” Discourse and Strategy’ West European
Politics, 27: 2, pp. 256-283.
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GUIDELINES FOR ANALYTICAL AND REACTION PAPERS
Analytical Paper:
a) 8 double-spaced pages in length.
b) Due Friday before class by 17:00 PM. Late papers will NOT be accepted.
c)
Your task is to critically analyze the assigned readings. A critical analysis is different
from a summary or a discussion. You are asked to analyze and criticize. DO NOT
SUMMARIZE!
d) In order to analyze, you select two or three themes in the articles and situate the
arguments of the authors and the scholarship discussed in the articles with respect to
those themes. (For ex: How do the scholars approach the role of theory in European
Studies?) Highlight the similarities and differences among authors and scholars discussed
in the articles.
e)
You can engage in three forms of criticism: You can do a theoretical critique and
contend that the arguments of scholars do not flow from their premises, they fail to take
into account this or that aspect of the issue, etc. You can do an empirical critique and show
that the arguments of scholars are not validated by the actual turn of events. Or you can
do a normative critique, and contend that while the arguments of scholars may be
theoretically and empirically valid, their scholarship carries negative normative
implications. (For ex: by silencing certain actors, conflicts, and struggles, it serves to
reproduce certain structures of inequality)
f)
You are writing your OWN analysis and critique. Do not be shy in using phrases
such as ‘I argue’ and ‘I think.’
g)
The papers should be well-organized, with an introduction and a conclusion that
summarizes YOUR main arguments in the paper. You should always back your
arguments with evidence from the texts.
h) If you are taking phrases or sentences directly from the articles, be sure to put it in
quotation marks and indicate the page number in the citation. (Author, pp) Even if you
are making a general reference, you still have to cite the author.
i)
You will be graded on the basis of 1) the sophistication/originality of your analysis,
2) the clarity of your arguments and presentation, 3) the comprehensiveness of your
analysis.
j)
You will also be asked to present your paper orally in class (10 minutes). Since
everyone will have read your paper in advance, do not read the whole paper out loud, but
summarize your arguments.
a)
Reaction Papers:
2 double-spaced pages in length.
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b) Due class-time on Mondays. Late papers will NOT be accepted.
c)
Your task is to respond to the analytical paper. You may agree or disagree with the
arguments, point out the strengths and the weaknesses.
d) Guidelines f, g, h, i, j of analytical papers also apply to reaction papers. Oral
presentation time in class is five minutes.
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