Gordon, Claire

Dr Claire Gordon

Department

Position held

European Institute

Teaching Fellow in East European Politics

Experience keywords:

Central and Eastern Europe; EU enlargement and conditionality; Western Balkans; conflict management; democratisation and state-building; former Soviet Union

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My principal research interests are: EU eastward enlargement and the role of conditionality; European Neighbourhood Policy and the EU’s evolving relationship with the new eastern border states; conflict management in post-communist states and role of international organisations; processes of democratisation in Central and Eastern Europe.

Countries and regions to which research relates:

Central and Eastern Europe; Former Soviet Union; Russia; Western Balkans

Languages:

French [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; German [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; Russian [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Intermediate]

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream press

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7107 5436

LSE email:

c.e.gordon@lse.ac.uk

Publications

2015

Gordon, Claire E and Lankina, Tomila V. (2015) The place of local and regional self-government in eastern partnership policy-making and delivery EU Committee of the Regions, QG-01-15-507-EN-N. European Union, Europa. ISBN 9789289508278

2014

Bartlett, Will and Cino Pagliarello, Marina and Gordon, Claire E and Milio, Simona (2014) South Eastern Europe, Israel And Turkey: trends, perspectives and challenges in strengthening vocational education for social inclusion and social cohesion European Union, European Training Foundation, Turin, Italy. ISBN 9789291576180

2013

Gordon, Claire E and Kmezic, Marko and Opardija, Jasmina, eds (2013) Stagnation and drift in the Western Balkans: the challenges of political, economic and social change Interdisciplinary studies on Central and Eastern Europe, 10. Peter Lang AG , Pieterlen, Switzerland. ISBN 9783034311526

2012

Gordon, Claire E. (2012) The EU as a reluctant conflict manager in Moldova In: Whitman, Richard and Wolff, Stefan, (eds.) The European Union as a Global Conflict Manager. Routledge. ISBN 9780415528559

2011

Bartlett, Will and Benini, Roberta and Gordon, Claire E (2011) Measures to promote the situation of Roma EU citizens in the European Union PE 432.747. European Parliament, Brussels.

2009

Gordon, Claire E. (2009) The stabilization and association process in the Western Balkans: an effective instrument of post-conflict management? Ethnopolitics, 8 (3 - 4). 325-340. ISSN 1744-9057

2008

Gordon, Claire E. (2008) The EU and the Western Balkans: SAP as an instrument of regional stabilisation In: Talani, Leila Simona, (ed.) Eu and the Balkans: Policies of Integration and Disintegration. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 85-126. ISBN 9781847187222

Gordon, Claire E and Sasse, Gwendolyn and Sebastien, Sofia (2008) EU policies in the stabilisation and association process MIRICO EU framework VI report, Work package 4 special report. EURAC, Bolzano, Italy.

Hughes, James and Sasse, Gwendolyn and Gordon, Claire E (2008) How deep is the wider Europe?: elites, europeanization, and euroscepticism in the CEECs In: Szczerbiak, Alex and Taggart, Paul, (eds.) Opposing Europe: the Comparative Party Politics of Euroscepticism. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 181-207. ISBN 9780199258352

Gordon, Claire E and Sasse, Gwendolyn (2008) The European neighbourhood policy: effective instrument for conflict management and democratic change in the Union's eastern neighbourhood? MIRICO EU framework VI report, Work package 5 special report. EURAC, Bolzano, Italy.

2007

Gordon, Claire E (2007) Conflict settlement and the role of human and minority rights: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia MIRICO EU framework VI report, Work package 3 synthetic report. EURAC, Bolzano, Italy.

2004

Hughes, James and Sasse, Gwendolyn and Gordon, Claire E (2004) Europeanization and regionalization in the EU's enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe: the myth of conditionality Palgrave, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9781403939876

Hughes, James and Sasse, Gwendolyn and Gordon, Claire E (2004) Conditionality and compliance in the EU’s eastward enlargement: regional policy and the reform of sub-national governance Journal of Common Market Studies, 42 (3). 523-551. ISSN 0021-9886

2003

Hughes, James and Sasse, Gwendolyn and Gordon, Claire E (2003) EU enlargement and power asymmetries: conditionality and the Commission's role in regionalisation in Central and Eastern Europe "One Europe or several?" programme, 49/03. Economic and Social Research Council, Swindon, UK.

Hughes, James and Sasse, Gwendolyn and Gordon, Claire E (2003) EU enlargement, Europeanisation and the dynamics of regionalisation in the CEECs In: Keating, Michael and Hughes, James, (eds.) The Regional Challenge in Central and Eastern Europe: Territorial Restructuring and European Integration. Regionalism & federalism (vol. 1). Peter Lang, Brussels, Belgium, 69-88. ISBN 9789052011875

Hughes, James and Sasse, Gwendolyn and Gordon, Claire E (2003) Dataset from the ESRC research project on "Elites and institutions in regional and local governance in Central and Eastern Europe 1999-2001" L213252030 (grant number). ESRC.

2002

Hughes, James and Sasse, Gwendolyn and Gordon, Claire E (2002) Saying 'maybe' to the 'return to Europe': elites and the political space for euroscepticism in Central and Eastern Europe European Union Politics, 3 (3). 327-355. ISSN 1465-1165

2001

Hughes, James and Sasse, Gwendolyn and Gordon, Claire E (2001) Enlargement and regionalization: the Europeanization of local and regional governance in CEE states In: Wallace, Helen, (ed.) Interlocking Dimensions of European Integration. One Europe or several?. Palgrave Macmillan, London, 145-178. ISBN 9780333802960