Europeanisation – Theory and Practice

obligatory courses

The course is re devoted to Europeanization, both in theoretical and practical terms.

Classroom

Theoretical achievements in the field of studies on Europeanization will be presented, especially theoretical findings, what in fact Europeanization is, what are its mechanisms, methods and dimensions. Then, selected empirical examples of Europeanization that we deal with in the political, economic and international dimensions will be presented.

Topics discussed during the lecture:

1. What is Europeanization

a. material content of the term

b. components

c. typology of Europeanization

d. Europeanism, meta-Europeanization, post-Europeanization, de-Europeanization

2. Theories explaining the mechanism of Europeanization

a. intergovernmentalism - logic of consequences

b. institutionalism - isomorphism

c. constructivism - logic of appropriateness, socialization

d. neofunctionalism - spill-over

e. sociofunctionalism - institutional durability

f. multi-level management

g. posting (PAT)

h. the concept of the center / peripheries / ultra-peripheries

i. transformation

3. Practical mechanisms of Europeanization - rules in force in the EU

a.General principles of EU law

b. principles of the EU regional policy

4. Methods of Europeanization

a. hard methods

b. soft methods

c. mixed methods

5. Classic trajectories of Europeanization

a. bottom-up and the forms of its impact

b. top-down and the forms of its impact

c. integrated bottom-up / top-down model

6. Trajectories of the Europeanization of the new generation

a. ad extra

- external security management

- levels of external management

- forms of influence ad extra

b. ad intra and the forms of its influence

c. ad personam and the forms of its influence

7. Examples of Europeanization in the political dimension

a. Influence of Europeanization on the processes of democratization

b. Europeanization of political parties

c. MEPs as "agents" of Europeanization

8. Examples of Europeanization in the economic dimension

a. Europeanization of structural policy in Poland

b. Two standards for managing the Europeanization in rural areas

c. Influence of Europeanization on low-carbon economy policy

d. Europeanization as a power mechanism - the example of the euro area

9. Examples of Europeanization in the international dimension

a. Example of the "European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region"

b. Europeanization of the eastern dimension of the European Neighborhood Policy

I.

A. Cianciara i in., Europeizacja partii politycznych i grup interesu, Warszawa 2015.

T. G. Grosse, W objęciach europeizacji, ISP PAN, Warszawa 2012.

A. Pacześniak, Europeizacja polskich partii politycznych, Scholar, Warszawa 2014.

A. Pacześniak, R. Riedel (red.), Europeizacja. Mechanizmy, wymiary, efekty, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2010.

J. Ruszkowski, Europeizacja. Analiza oddziaływania Unii Europejskiej, Difin, Warszawa 2019.

II.

P. Burgoński, Europeizacja polskiej polityki równościowej i antydyskryminacyjnej, „Przegląd Europejski” 2(25) 2012, s. 145-167.

P. Burgoński, Europeizacja w czasach kryzysu, w: A. Skolimowska, K. Grzybowska-Walecka (red.), Dlaczego Europeistyka? Europa w czasie kryzysu, Instytut Politologii UKSW, Warszawa 2016, s. 44-51.

J. Olsen (2002): Many Faces of Europeanization, JCMS, vol. 2, no 5, 921-52.

Peter Mair (2007): Political Opposition and the European Union, Government and Opposition, vol. 42, nr 1, s. 1-17.

Alina Polyakova, N. Fligstein (2016): Is European integration causing Europe to become more nationalist? Journal of European Public Policy, vol. 23, no 1, 60-83.

Vachudova, Milada A.(2008): Tempered by the EU? Political parties and party systems before and after accession', Journal of European Public Policy,15:6,861 — 879.

Gergana Noutcheva, Societal Empowerment and Europeanization: Revisiting the EU’s Impact on Democratization, JCMS 2016 Volume 54. Number 3. pp. 91–708.

John Bachtler, Carlos Mendez & Hildegard Oraže (2014): From Conditionality to Europeanization in Central and Eastern Europe: Administrative Performance and Capacity in Cohesion Policy, European Planning Studies, 22:4, 735-757.

Scott James (2010): Adapting to Brussels: Europeanization of the core executive and the ‘strategic-projection’ model, Journal of European Public Policy, 17:6, 818-835, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2010.486985.

Urszula Jaremba & Juan A. Mayoral (2018): The Europeanization of national judiciaries: definitions, indicators and mechanisms, Journal of European Public Policy, DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2018.1433708.

Andreas Nölke, Arjan Vliegenthart (2009): Enlarging the Varieties of Capitalism The Emergence of Dependent Market Economies in East Central Europe, World Politics 61, no. 4, 670–702.

Rachel A. Epstein (2014): Overcoming ‘Economic Backwardness’ in the European Union, JCMS Volume 52. Number 1. pp. 17–34.

Gergo Medve-Bálint: The Role of the EU in Shaping FDI Flows to East Central Europe, JCMS 2014 Volume 52. Number 1. pp. 35–51.

Dorothee Bohle (2018): European Integration, Capitalist Diversity and Crises Trajectories on Europe’s Eastern Periphery, New Political Economy, 23:2, 239-253, DOI: 10.1080/13563467.2017.1370448.

Michael Blauberger & Rike U. Krämer (2014): Europeanisation with Many Unknowns: National Company Law Reforms after Centros, West European Politics, 37:4, 786-804,

Aleksandra Lis (2014): Strategies of Interest Representation: Polish Trade Unions in EU Governance, Europe-Asia Studies, 66:3, 444-466.

Nikolay Vasev (2017): Divergent resources and convergent transposition strategies – the East–West cleavage and its implications for transposition, Journal of European Integration, 39:3, 271-286.

Benjamin Werner (2017): National responses to the European Court of Justice case law on Golden Shares: the role of protective equivalents, Journal of European Public Policy, 24:7, 989-100.

Nathaniel Copsey & Karolina Pomorska (2014): The Influence of Newer Member States in the European Union: The Case of Poland and the Eastern Partnership, Europe-Asia Studies, 66:3, 421-443.

Csaba Törő, Eamonn Butler & Károly Grúber (2014): Visegrád: The Evolving Pattern of Coordination and Partnership After EU Enlargement, Europe-Asia Studies, 66:3, 364-393.

Paul Copeland (2014): Central and Eastern Europe: Negotiating Influence in an Enlarged European Union, Europe-Asia Studies, 66:3, 467-487.

Anna Michalski (2013): Europeanization of National Foreign Policy: The Case of Denmark’s and Sweden’s Relations with China, JCMS Volume 51. Number 5. pp. 884–900.

Karen E. Smith (2017): EU Member States at the UN: A Case of Europeanization Arrested? JCMS Volume 55. Number 3. pp. 628–644.

Knowledge: K_W07, K_W09

Skills: K_U02

K_W07: the student knows the components of the phenomenon of Europeanization, knows the types, trajectories, areas and methods of Europeanization; knows the ways of explaining (theoretical and practical mechanisms) of Europeanization

K_W09: the student knows and understands the process of interaction between the European Union and its interior and exterior; can identify the subjects of these interactions, their activities, effects and impact at various levels of the EU (supranational, national and regional) and in various dimensions (political, administrative, economic and international)

K_U02: the student is able to analyze specific cases of Europeanization and forecast the processes of Europeanization in the political, administrative, economic and international dimensions

I. Assessment methods:

Written exam during the examination session.

II. Assessment criteria:

1) Knowledge: the student should know the definitions, components, types, mechanisms, methods and trajectories of Europeanization; should know what Europeanization looks like in practice, i.e. how it works, why and with what consequences in relation to political parties, democratization processes in Central Europe, structural policy in Poland, management of rural areas, low-emission economy, management of the euro area, EU strategy for the region The Baltic Sea, the European Neighborhood Policy

2) Skills: the student should be able to explain, using the theory, specific cases of Europeanization in the field of Europeanization of political parties, democratization processes in Central Europe, structural policy in Poland, management of rural areas, low-emission economy, management of the euro area, EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, European Neighborhood Policy

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