European Studies in Europe and Russia Elena Belokurova June 30, 2012
Plan What are European studies? n Development of European Studies in the European Union: history, theoretical approaches, place in the social disciplines, state of the art n European Studies in Russia: possible perspectives, insfrustructure n
What are European Studies What is Europe? n European integration and European Union n Pragmatic reasons n Academic reasons n
Development of European studies in the EU: disciplinary division and theoretical foundations n International relations studies (realism, liberalism, Marxism) n European integration studies (federalism, functionalism, neofunctionalism, interactionalism, intergovernmentalism) n Comparative politics (political systems and institutions, neoinstitutionalism)
European politics theories IR intergovernmentalism EI neo-functionalism CP state federalism neoinstitutionalism MLG policy networks governance
European studies: theoretical foundations IR European Integration CP policy-analysis EU global governance legal studies PA social problems social constructivism identities
European politics theories Not just EU policies: regional integration studies But states, regions, localities Europeanization Social structures, economy etc. transformation Identity transformation
Questions Does it mean something just for EU and EU countries? N=1 problem Can it be relevant for Russia? What can we study in Russia? How can we study European politics from Russia?
Questions for discussion: European Studies in Russia What can we study in Russia? How can we study European politics from Russia? Why should we study European politics in Russia? What is needed outside of Moscow? What is needed outside of foreign ministry?
Why should we study European politics in Russia? EU-Russian relations – IR? law , economy n European theories (democracy) – CP, sociology n European policies – CP, PA n To understand influences of the EU on Russia n Common problem solving n Common region n Common transformation of identities n
Russia: state of the art European studies: regional studies (regionovedenie) – IR studies Legal studies Economy Moscow-centric approach Institutes (ИЕ РАН, ИМЭМО, МГИМО) Journals alleurope. ru, Современная Европа и т. д. Political science, sociology, humanities: n Russian transition studies n Political institutions and their effects n Russian – centric studies
Russia: needs and perspectives European studies: n Political and social dimensions n Internal politics and policies n Europeanization n European influences for Russia (especially for North-Western regions) Political science: n Comparative perspective n Policy-analysis n Europeanization n Globalization and new regionalism studies Comparison in all disciplines
Agenda for our school Methodology n Comparison n European Identities n European Governance n EU Policies n Different aspects of comparison between Russia and the EU / European countries n
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