COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

European Studies

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

European Studies

Course Objective

The main purpose of this course is to focus on the conceptual and theoretical framework of enlargement. Membership conditionality; enlargement process will be analysed through neofunctionalism, liberal intergovernmentalism, multi- level governance, new institutionalism, constructivism. Europeanization concept, the impact of past enlargements and the economic and cultural and identity dimensions of the enlargement process will also be covered.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Schimmelfennig, Frank and Ulrich Sedelmeier (eds), The Politics of European Union Enlargement, Routledge, London and New York, 2005.
Nugent, Neill (ed), European Union Enlargement, Palgrave-Macmillan, Hampshire, 2004.
Featherstone, Kevin and Claudio M. Radaelli (eds), The Politics of Europeanization, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Orbie, Jan (ed) (2008) Europe s Global Role: External Policies of the European Union, Aldershot: Ashgate.
Avery, Graham, The Enlargement Negotiations , Fraser Cameron (ed.), The Future of Europe Integration and Enlargement, Routledge, London, 2004.

Brücker, Herbert; Philipp J. H. Schröder & Christian Weise (2004). Doorkeepers and Gatecrashers: EU Enlargement and Negotiation Strategies , European Integration, 26(1), 3 23.

Cameron, Fraser, Widening and Deepening , Fraser Cameron (ed.), The Future of Europe Integration and Enlargement, Routledge, London, 2004.
Diez, Thomas (2001). Europe as a Discursive Battleground. Discourse Analysis and European Integration Studies , Cooperation and Conflict, 36(1), 5 38.
Diez, Thomas (1999). Speaking `Europe : The Politics of Integration Discourse , Journal of European Public Policy, 6(4), 598-613.
Dimitrova, Antoaneta (2002). Enlargement, Institution-Building and the EU s Administrative Capacity Requirement , West European Politics, 25(4), 171 190
The Logic of Enlargement Conditionality and Europeanisation , in Hughes et. al, pp. 10-29.
Karp, Jeffrey, Broadening and Deepening or Broadening versus Deepening: The question of Enlargement and Europe s `hesitant Europeans , European Journal of Political Research, 2006.
Miles, Lee (2004). `Chapter 18. Theoretical Considerations , Nugent, Neil (ed.) European Union Enlargement, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 255-65.
Moravcsik, Andrew & Milada Anna Vachudova (2003). National Interests, State Power, and EU Enlargement , East European Politics and Societies, 17 (1), 42 57.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, discussions, group study.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

written exam method will be applied

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will be fully prepared to discuss reading assignments.
2. The learner will clearly describe the main debates on the Europeanisation concept with particular reference to EU s enlargement strategy.
3. The learner will demonstrate sufficient knowledge on the conceptualisation and theorisation of the enlargement policy.
4. The learner will demonstrate sufficient understanding on economic, cultural and identity dimension of EU enlargement process.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Plagiarism of any type will result in disciplinary action.
2. Attending at least 70 percent of lectures is mandatory.
3. All assignments should be submitted on time. Otherwise will not be accepted.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ilkay.tas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

please make an appointment by e-mail

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes