INTL 533
POLITICS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
FALL 2008
M 14:00-16:45
CAS B34
Dr. Bahar Rumelili
CASE 143 (ext. 1628)
brumelili@ku.edu.tr
Office Hours: T 10:00-11:00
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. 15th: INTRODUCTION
Sept.. 22nd: Theory
Schmitter, Philippe (2003) ‘Neo-Functionalism’, in Diez, Thomas and Antje Wiener (eds.)
‘European Integration Theory’, Oxford University Press, pp. 45-73.
Schimmelfennig, Frank (2003) ‘Liberal Intergovernmentalism’ in in Diez, Thomas and
Antje Wiener (eds.) ‘European Integration Theory’, Oxford University Press, pp. 75- 94.
Jachtenfuchs, Markus and Beate Kohler- Koch (2003) ‘Governance and Institutional
Development’ in Diez, Thomas and Antje Wiener (eds.) ‘European Integration Theory’,
Oxford University Press, pp. 97-115.
Risse, Thomas (2003) ‘Social Constructivisim and European Integration’ in Diez, Thomas
and Antje Wiener (eds.) ‘European Integration Theory’, Oxford University Press, pp. 160176.
Sept. 29th : Bayram Holiday
Oct. 6th: 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.
Thomson, Robert and Madeleine Hosli (2006) ‘Who Has Power in the EU? The
Commission, Council and Parliament in Legislative Decision-making’ Journal of Common
Market Studies, 44:2, pp. 391- 417.
http://0-web.ebscohost.com.libunix.ku.edu.tr/ehost/pdf?vid=3&hid=5&sid=5c3547c7ae9b-4ab8-8326-10ed18e12e0c%40sessionmgr3
Tallberg, Jonas (2008) ‘Bargaining Power in the European Council’ Journal of Common
Market Studies, 46:3, pp. 685- 708
Lewis, Jeffrey (2005) ‘The Janus Face of Brussels: Socialization and Everyday Decision
Making in the European Union’ International Organization, Vol: 59, pp. 937- 971.
Oct 13th: Democracy and Legitimacy
Moravcsik, Andrew (2002) ‘In Defence of the “Democratic Deficit”: Reassessing
Legitimacy in the European Union’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 40:4, pp. 603- 624.
Warleigh, Alex (2003) Democracy in the European Union, London: Sage, pp. 1-57
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Zielonka, Jan (2007) ‘Plurilateral Governance in the Enlarged European Union’ Journal of
Common Market Studies, 45:1, pp. 187- 209.
Etzioni, Amitai (2007) ‘The Community Deficit’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 45:1, pp.
23- 42
OCT. 17TH: FINALIZATION OF RESEARCH PAPER TOPICS –MEETINGS WITH
INSTRUCTOR
Oct. 20th: Constructing European Identity: Internal and External Dimensions
Shore, C. (2000) Building Europe: The Cultural Politics of European Integration, London
and New York: Routledge , pp. 15- 86 (chapters 1-3).
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.
Rumelili, Bahar (2007) Constructing Regional Community and Order in Europe and Southeast
Asia, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 50-103 (chapters 3&4).
Oct. 27th: Enlargement post-2004
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.
Schimmelfennig, Frank (2008) ‘EU Political Accession Conditionality After the 2004
Enlargement: Consistency and Effectiveness’ Journal of European Public Policy, 15:6, pp.
918- 937.
Nugent, Neill (2007) ‘The EU’s Response to Turkey’s Membership Application: Not Just a
Weighing of Costs and Benefits’ European Integration, No:4, pp. 481- 502.
Müftüler- Baç, Meltem (2008) ‘Turkey’s Accession to the European Union: The Impact of
the EU’s Internal Dynamics’ International Studies Perspectives, 9, p. 201- 219.
Diez, Thomas (2008) ‘Expanding Europe: The Ethics of EU- Turkey Relations’ Ethics &
International Affairs, 21:4, pp. 415- 422.
Nov. 3rd: 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.
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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
Walters, W. (2004) ‘The Frontiers of the European Union: A Geostrategic Perspective’
Geopolitics, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 674-698.
Boswell, Christina (2003) ‘The ‘external dimension’ of EU Immigration and Asylum
Policy’ International Affairs 79:3, pp. 619-638.
Nov. 10th: Conditionality and Effectiveness
Pridham, Geoffrey (2008) ‘The EU’s Political Conditionality and Post-Accession
Tendencies: Comparisons from Slovakia and Latvia’ Journal of Common Market Studies,
46:2, pp. 365- 387.
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.
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.
Rumelili, B. ‘Transforming Conflicts on EU Borders: The Case of Greek-Turkish Relations’
Journal of Common Market Studies, 45: 1, pp. 105-126
Nov. 17th: Beyond Enlargement: Near Abroad
Smith, K. E. (2005) ‘The Outsiders: The European Neighbourhood Policy’ International
Affairs, 81,4 pp. 757-773.
Pace, Michelle (2007) ‘Norm Shifting From EMP to ENP: the EU as a Norm Entrepreneur
in the South?’ Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 20:4, pp.659- 675
Lavenex, Sandra (2008) ‘A Governance Perspective on the European Neighbourhood
Policy: Integration Beyond Conditionality?’ Journal of European Public Policy, 15:6, pp. 938955.
Browning, Christopher S. and Pertti Joenniemi (2008) ‘Geostrategies of the European
Neighbourhood Policy’ European Journal of International Relations, 14:3, pp.519- 551.
Nov. 24th: Economic and Monetary Union
McNamara, Kathleen (2005) ‘Economic and Monetary Union: Innovation and Challenges
for the Euro’ in William Wallace, Hellen Wallace and Mark Pollack, eds., Policy Making in
the European Union, 5th Edition, Oxford University Press.
Verdun, A. (2000) ‘Monetary Integration in Europe: Ideas and Evolution’ in M. G.
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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.
Johnson, Juliet (2008) ‘The Remains of Conditionality: the Faltering Enlargement of the
Euro-zone’ Journal of European Public Policy, 15:6, pp. 826- 841.
Dec. 1st: 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.
Daugbjerg, Carsten and Alan Swinbank (2007) ‘The Politics of CAP Reform: Trade
Negotiations, Institutional Settings and Blame Avoidance’ Journal of Common Market
Studies, 45:1, pp. 1-22
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.
Dec. 8th: Bayram Holiday
Dec. 15th : 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.
Heidenreich, Martin and Gabrielle Bischoff (2008) ‘The Open Method of Co-ordination: A
Way to the Europeanization of Social and Employment Policies?’ Journal of Common
Market Studies, 46:3, pp. 497- 532
Bomberg, Elizabeth (2007) ‘Policy Learning in an Enlarged European Union:
Environmental NGOs and New Policy Instruments’ Journal of European Public Policy, 14:2,
pp. 248- 268.
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Dec 22nd: 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.
Youngs, R. (2004) ‘Normative Dynamics and Strategic Interests in the EU’s External
Identity’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 42: 2, pp. 415-435.
Hyde-Price, Adrian (2006) ‘ ‘Normative Power’ Europe: a realist critique’ Journal of
European Public Policy, 13:2, pp. 217-234.
Scheipers, Sibylle & Daniela Sicurelli (2007) ‘Normative Power Europe: A Credible
Utopia?’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 45:2, pp. 435- 457.
Dec 29th: EU and Global Politics II
Smith, Michael E. (2004) ‘Institutionalization, Policy Adaptation and European Foreign
Policy Cooperation’ European Journal of International Relations, 10:1 , pp. 95- 136.
Stetter, Stephan (2004) ‘Cross-pillar Politics: Functional Unity and Institutional
Fragmentation of EU Foreign Policies’ Journal of European Public Policy, 11:4, pp. 720- 739.
Groenleer, Martjin L. P. & Louise G. Van Schaik (2007) ‘United We Stand? The European
Union’s International Actorness in the Cases of the International Criminal Court and the
Kyoto Protocol’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 45:5, pp. 969- 998.
Young, Alasdair R. (2007) ‘Trade Politics Ain’t It Used to Be: The European Union and the
Doha Round’ Journal of Common Market Studies, 45:4, pp. 789- 811.
Jan 5th: Review
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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.
Reaction Papers:
a) 2 double-spaced pages in length.
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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