DAFF 25A85 - The European Union Enlargement Policy

This course examines the dynamics of EU enlargement, its impact on the institutions and policies of the European Union and the incentives and disincentives for EU membership. It analyses the pre accession process and the enlargement negotiations from a legal, economic, and political perspectives - why and how the EU is enlarging, as well as the reasons behind applications for membership from non-member states. The course compares the different rounds of enlargement, and their impact on the institutions and policies of the European Union. The course introduces students to the scholarly debate on Europeanisation and conditionality, with particular attention to the EU's approach to the membership aspirations of current candidates and the need to adapt the EU's institutional structure.
Teuta VODO
Séminaire
English
The course builds on European Political Systems and Institutions. Good knowledge of EU institutions and policies are required.
Autumn 2022-2023
- Individual written exam (50%) - Group written assignement (40%) - Participation (10%)
• Cremona, Marise 2003. The enlargement of the European Union. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Sedelmeier, U. 2010. Enlargement – From Rules for Accession to a Policy Towards Europe, in: Wallace, H., Pollack, M. A., Young, A. R., Policymaking in the European Union, Oxford, Oxford University Press, s. 401-429.
• Börzel, T. A., Dimitrova, A., & Schimmelfennig, F. 2017. European Union enlargement and integration capacity: concepts, findings, and policy implications. Journal of European Public Policy, 24, 157-176.