Arcadia Center
Study in Greece Program
Spring Semester 2006
GREECE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
Instructor: Dr. Blanca Ananiadis
Class meets on Mondays and Wednesdays 11.30 – 13.30
Office Hours: before/after class or by appointment
E-mail: ananiadi@hol.gr
Course description
This is a course about contemporary Greece, focusing on the country’s process of integration
in the European Union (formerly European Community, EC). From her original application
for associate status in the late 1950s and her membership in 1981 through the present,
Greece’s politico-economic development has been profoundly shaped by the exigencies of
European integration. The course offers an opportunity for students interested in politics,
economics, law or sociology to learn about the prospects and problems facing present day
Greece in tandem with the EU. It examines both the history of European unification and the
development and scope of contemporary European Union institutions and common policies.
The process of ‘europeanization’ of national politics and socio-economic policies is also
assessed.
Greece offers a particularly interesting case study of the dynamics of integration, as it exposes
the dilemmas of, and opportunities accrued to, small member-states; weak economies,
historical legacies, social-political structures and foreign policy concerns diverge significantly
from the North European ‘core.’
The course begins with an introduction to the EU followed by a brief historical overview of
Greece’s process of integration in the EC/EU. The third unit explores the country’s
Europeanization, concentrating on state institutions and government policies. Finally, the
fourth section of the course looks at present and future challenges of EU integration and their
relevance for Greece. In outline form, these four thematic sections are as follows:
Part I: The origins of the European Community (EC) / European Union (EU)
Part II: The process of accession and integration: Greece’s European itinerary
through the present.
Part III: The Europeanization of Greece: institutions and policies.
Part IV: Present and future challenges of European integration
 Evaluation and Grading
♦Grading ranges from A [100-95] to D [56-59])
- Term paper 20%
- Class participation/contributions, group work and attendance record 20 %
- Oral presentation 10 %
- Mid-term Examination 25%
- Final Examination 30%
♦ All assigned work must be completed to receive a grade. A's are reserved for the
outstanding or exceptional student.
♦ Each student is responsible for performing academic tasks in such a way that honesty is not
in question. All tests, term papers, oral and written assignments, and other academic efforts
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are to be the work of the student presenting the material. Any use of wording, ideas, or
findings of other persons, writers, or researchers requires the explicit citation of the source;
use of the exact wording requires a 'quotation' format.
Class Activities, Exams and Term Paper
♦ In-class group assignments add to (+) or subtract from (-) class participation (CP) scores.
Absent students receive the grade obtained by their groups. In-class writing activities include
short summaries of group discussions. In order to encourage the engagement of reserved
students, the instructor grades the content, organization and completeness of individual/group
presentations rather than the oral skills of the presenters.
♦ Participation is not just about talking, giving opinions or exercising critical capacities. It
should also involve giving evidence of reading either the material assigned or other sources
relevant to the subject matter.
♦ Both exams are predominantly essay-based and cover roughly half of the term’s material.
The quality of the writing is taken into consideration.
♦ The final paper should be approx. 3000 words and it is due on the 13th week of the term.
♦ American Political Science Association, American Psychological Association, Modern
Language Association, or other university-approved style manual should be used in all
papers. Papers are graded taking into account content, development and the quality of the
bibliographical sources and annotation (50%), organization (25%) and language use and
format (25%).
♦ In-class oral presentations
Each student is required to do one in-class oral presentation on a topic pertaining to the
assigned readings during the semester.
Class presentations of policy areas would normally develop into the ‘first draft’ of the final
written assignment. The draft should be submitted (and discussed with the instructor) during
the weeks following the mid-term examination. The final deadline for handing in the term
paper is the eleventh week of term. Students should expect a one-grade penalty for late
submission.
♦ Readings
You are responsible for all assigned readings, which are found in your reading package. You
are expected to do the readings prior to the class for which they are assigned. In addition, you
are also required to read regularly the English section of the daily Kathimerini, to which
Arcadia subscribes, specifically the news that pertain to the theme of this course.
Weekly Schedule
Part I: The Origins of the European Community (EC) / European Union (EU)
Class 1: Introduction to the EC/EU: Origins, Aims and a Brief History
- Derek Urwin “The EC: From 1945 to 1985”, in Michele Cini (ed.), European Union
Politics (OUP, 2003).
- David Phinnemore, “Towards European union”, in Michele Cini (ed.), European Union
Politics (OUP, 2003).
Class 2: From Economic to Political Integration: Theoretical Approaches and Actual
Developments
- Stephen George, Politics and Policy in the EU 35-56
- Ben Rosamond “New Theories of European Integration”, in M. Cini (ed.), op.cit.
Classes 3 & 4: Structures, Institutions and Policy-making
- Stephen George, op. cit. 20-34
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McCormick, The EU – Politics and Policies
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Part II: The process of accession and integration: Greece’s European itinerary through the
present
Class 5: Negotiating for Association
- Tsalicoglou, Negotiating for Entry 9-21
- Loukas Tsoukalis, The EC and Its Mediterranean Enlargement 28-49
Suggested reading: Yannopoulos, “The First Decade of a Troubled Association,” 5-21
Class 6:The Greek Dictatorship and the Debate on the EU as a Supporter of Democracy
- Koumoulides, “Greece 1960-1980: The Road to the EC” 29-42
- Loukas Tsoukalis, The EC and Its Mediterranean Enlargement 106-115
- Susannah Verney, “To be or not to be within the European Community: the party debate
and democratic consolidation in Greece” in G. Pridham (ed.), Securing Democracy:
Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Southern Europe (London and New
York: Routledge, 1990), 203-223
Suggested reading: “Susannah Verney and Theodore Couloumbis, “State-International
Systems Interaction and the Greek Transition to Democracy in the mid-1970s”; Konstantina
Botsiou, “Greece in the EU: A Historical Account” in Greece in the EU: The New Role and
the New Agenda (Athens 2002).
Class 7 Accession: Pressures and Constraints
- Loukas Tsoukalis, The EC and Its Mediterranean Enlargement 132-162 [on reserve]
- Tsalicoglou, Negotiating for Entry 29-47
Suggested reading: Zolotas, The Positive Contribution of Greece to the EC; European
Commission, Opinion on the Greek Application for Membership 7-19.
Class 8 The Impact of the Common Market on a less Developed Economy
- Michele Egan “The Single Market” in Cini, op. cit. 28-45
- Panos Kazakos and P.C. Ioakimidis, Greece and EC Membership Evaluated, chapter by
Giannitsis
- Loukas Tsoukalis, The New European Economy Revisited, chapter 4.
Class 9 1980s: The First Decade of Membership: Adjusting to the EC
- Susannah Verney, “From Special Relationship to Europeanism” (zerox)
- Kazakos in Kariotis, The Greek Socialist Experiment 257-278 (zerox)
Suggested readings: Nikiforos Diamandouros, “Cultural Dualism and Political Change in
Post-Authoritarian Greece,” Working Paper, February 1994.
Class 10 Akward Partner: Greece and the Common Foreign and Security Policy
- Tsakaloyannis, “Greece: The Limits to Convergence” (xerox)
- McCormick, The EU – Politics and Policies 263-281
- Christodoulides, “Greece and the EPC: The Intractable Partner” (xerox)
Class 11 Pragmatic Shift and the Emergence of a European Consensus
- K. Featherstone, “Political Parties” in Panos Kazakos and P.C. Ioakimidis, Greece and
EC Membership Evaluated.
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P.C. Ioakimidis, “Contradictions between policy and performance” in Greece in a
changing Europe, K. Featherstone & Kostas Ifantis (eds).
Class 12 After Maastricht: Greece’s Adjustment in the 1990s
- Susannah Verney, “A New Era” (xerox)
- Panos Kazakos, “Greece: Stabilization and Reform in the 90s”, in Greece in the EU – The
New Role and the New Agenda (2002).
- Susannah Verney, “The End of Socialist Hegemony: Europe and the Greek Parliamentary
Election of 7th March 2004”
Suggested readings: Kevin Featherstone, “Europeanization”and the Centre Periphery: The
Case of Greece in the 1990s” in SESP 3/1 (Summer 1998); G. Moschonas, “The Path of
Modernization: PASOK and European Integration”, Journal of Southern Europe and the
Balkans, Vol.3, No.1 (2001).
Part III: The Europeanization of Greece: structures and policies
Class 13 Europeanization in South Europe
- Kevin Featherston and George Kazamias, “Introduction: Southern Europe and the Process
of ‘Europeanization’”, SESP 5/2 (Autumn 2000).
- Blanca Ananiadis “Europeanization and the Political Constraints of Reform in Southern
Europe” Italian Politics and Society 45 (1996).
Class 14 The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Greek Agriculture
- Even Fouilleux, “The Common Agricultural Policy”, in Michele Cini (ed.)
- Pavlos Pezaros, “The CAP in the Greek context”, in Dimitrakopoulos and Passas (eds),
Greece in the European Union (2004).
Suggested reading: Panos Kazakos and P.C. Ioakimidis, Greece and EC Membership
Evaluated, chapter by Maraveyas ; J.Josling, “Can the CAP Survive Enlargement to the
East?” in The Expanding EU: Past, Present and Future (1998).
Class 15: Mid-term Test
Class 16 Structural Funds: Economic Cohesion in Southern Europe
- Loukas Tsoukalis, The New European Economy Revisited, chapter 9.
- Eleni Andrikopoulou and Grigoris Kafkalas, “Greek regional policy and the process of
Europeanisation, 1961-2000”, in Dimitrakopoulos and Passas (eds), Greece in the
European Union (2004).
- Gabriel Tondl “Regional Policy” in Mike Artis & Frederick Nixon The Economics of the
European Union
Suggested reading: Dia Anagnostou, “Breaking the Cycle of Nationalism: the EU, Regional
Policy and the Minority of Western Thrace, Greece” in SESP 6/1 (Summer 2001).
Class 17 The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and the debate on the economy
- Loukas Tsoukalis, What Kind of Europe? (2003). Chapter “EMU: A Unifying Factor”
[on reserve]
- George Andreou and Nikos Koutsiaras, “Greece and EMU”, in Dimitrakopoulos and
Passas (eds), Greece in the European Union (2004).
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George Pagoulatos, “Economic Adjustment and Financial Reform: Greece’s
Europeanization and the Emergence of a Stabilization State” (Xerox)
Suggested reading: Loukas Tsoukalis, What Kind of Europe? (2003). Chapter 5, “Economic
Governance and Policy Choices”
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Class 18 Industrial and Competition Policies: How does Greece Fare?
- Stephen Martin “Competition Policy” in M. Artis & F. Nixon The Economics of the
European Union, OUP (2001).
- Loukas Tsoukalis What Kind of Europe 109-116
- OECD Economic Survey ‘Greece’ (2005)
Class 19 Justice and Home Affairs, Minorities and Inmigration
- Emek M. Ucarer ‘Justice and Home Affairs’ in M. Cini, op. cit.
- Adamantia Pollis, “Greek National Identity: Religious Minorities, Rights and European
Norms”, J or Modern Greek Studies (1992)
- Stephanos Stavros, “Citizenship and the protection of minorities” in Greece in a changing
Europe, K. Featherstone & Kostas Ifantis (eds).
- Nicos Mouzelis and George Pagoulatos, “Civil society and citizenship in post-war
Greece”, in Faruk Britek and Thalia Dragona (eds.), Citizenship and the Nation-State in
Greece and Turkey (Routledge 2005)
Suggested reading: Dia Anagnostou, “Deepening democracy or defending the nation? The
Europeanization of minority rights and Greek citizenship”, West European Politics (March
2005)
Class 20 EU Social Policy and the Greek Welfare State
- Gerda Faulkner “The EU’s Social Dimension” in M. Cini, op. cit.
- Maria Petmesidou “Social Protection in Greece in the Nineties: Reforming the ‘Weak’
Welfare State” in Mitsos & Mosialos Contemporary Greece and Europe.
Suggested reading: G. Andreou & N. Koutsiaras “The Greek Welfare System in the European
Context” in Greece in the European Union: the New Role and the New Agenda
Class 21: Between the Balkans and the EU: the shifting priorities of Greek Foreign
Policy
Karen Smith, “EU external relations”, in Michele Cini (ed.)
- Yannas, “Greece’s Policies in the Post-Cold War Balkans” (xerox)
- Sotiris Wallden, “Greece, the EU and the Balkans”, in Greece in the EU – The New Role
and the New Agenda (2002); or chapter by Wallden in Mitsos & Mossiaios (eds.)
Suggested reading: Thanos Dokos, “Greece in a Changing Strategic Setting”, in Theodore
Couloumbis et al. (eds.), Greece in the 20th Century (2004) [on reserve]
Part IV: Present and Future Challenges of European Integration
Class 22: The EU-Cyprus-Turkey Triangle
- Panos Kazakos and P.C. Ioakimidis, Greece and EC Membership Evaluated, chapter by
Yannas.
- Theodore Couloumbis, “Greek-Turkish Relations in a European Setting”, in Greece in the
EU – The New Role and the New Agenda (2002)
Suggested readings: Kasoulides, “Accession of Cyprus to the EU – Prospects and
Challenges,” Thesis Vol.1, No.2 (journals section); Harris Georgiades, “Greece and the EUTurkish Relationship” in Achilleas Mitsos and Elias Mossiaios (eds.) Contemporary Greece
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and Europe (2000); Van Coufoudakis, “The Cyprus Question”, in Theodore Couloumbis et
al. (eds.), Greece in the 20th Century (2004).
Class 23: Expanding the EU to Southeast Europe
- John Glenn, “EU enlargement”, in Michele Cini (ed.)
- Geoffrey Pridham, “EU Enlargement and Consolidating Democracy in Post-Communist
States – Formality and Reality”, J of Common Market Studies 40/5, 2002.
- Dimitris Triandaphyllou, “The Wider Europe – The Balkans between stabilization and
membership”, unpublished paper.
Class 24: Towards the 21st Century: What Kind of Greece and What Kind of Europe?
- Richard Whitman, “No and after: options for Europe”, International Affairs 81/4 (2005).
- Loukas Tsoukalis, What Kind of Europe? chapter 8 “What is at stake?”
- Nicos Yannis, “Greece: On New, European Tracks?”, in SESP 9/1 (Summer 2004)
Class 25: Final Exam
Useful websites to consult on the EU:
EUROPA – The official web site of the EU
http://europa.eu.int.index_en.htm
EPERN (European Parties Elections and Referendums Network). Site of Sussex
European Institute where you can find working papers and useful material on the impact
of European integration on parties, elections and public opinion.
www.sussex.ac.uk/sei/1-4-2.html
The Federal Trust for Education and Research. Think Tank that studies the EU and
particularly Britain’s place in it. You can find several on-line papers and commentaries on
EU-related issues
www.fedtrust.co.uk
EUROSTAT – The EU’s statistical office on-line
http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int
www.cec.org.uk
UK representation: policy news in English.
www.eib.org
Gate of the European Investment Bank
www.ekem.gr
Hellenic Centre of European Studies
www2.echo.lu/edic/ EURODICAUTOM: multilingual dictionary of EU terminology.
citizens.eu.int
Jargon-free information to the ordinary citizen.
www.oecd.org
Useful for comparisons with other industrialized OECD countries.
www.cordis.lu
Research, industry, technology, innovations, tenders.
www.singlesourceeurope.com Access to publications from Central and Eastern European
think tanks.
sosig.ac.uk
UK Social Sciences gate providing a portal for EU studies sources.
notreeurope.asso.fr Bilingual site of the J. Delors’ led think tank Notre Europe.
www.theepc.be & http://www.ceps.be are the sites of Belgium-based European policy
analyses centres.
www.eurofound.eu.int Research on social and employment policies.
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