EU430 Half Unit
Europeanisation: Transformation in Europe and its Neighbourhood
This information is for the 2025/26 session.
Course Convenor
Dr Eva Polonska-Kimunguyi
Availability
This course is available on the MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe, MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Columbia), MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (LSE & Sciences Po), MSc in European and International Politics and Policy, MSc in European and International Politics and Policy (LSE and Bocconi), MSc in European and International Politics and Policy (LSE and Sciences Po), MSc in Political Economy of Europe in the World, MSc in Political Economy of Europe in the World (LSE and Fudan) and MSc in Political Economy of Europe in the World (LSE and Sciences Po). This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit. This course uses controlled access as part of the course selection process.
To apply for a place, ALL students should submit a statement via LSE for You outlining your specific reasons for applying, how it will benefit your academic/career goals, and how you meet any necessary pre-requisites (maximum 200 words).
The first round of offers will be made from 12-noon on Friday 26 September. The final deadline for applications is 12-noon of Friday of Autumn Term week 2.
For queries contact: ei@lse.ac.uk
This course has a limited number of places (it is controlled access) and demand is typically very high. Priority is given to students from the European Institute, so students from outside this department may not get a place.
Course content
The course explores the impact of European Union membership on member states' policies, institutions and societies. It examines how and why EU membership is experienced differently across national political systems and studies Europeanisation through the lenses of states, markets, political parties. It also looks at the limits of Europeanisation, focusing on de-democratization in Central and Eastern Europe, politics of conditionality in Greece and the exclusion of the ‘Other’ Europe, those who are marginalised or have less benefited from the European integration process.
The course also explores how the EU’s political and economic models influence domestic change in its neighbourhood and under what conditions this transformation occurs. It interrogates the concept of ‘Europe’ and its interior/exterior by examining the place of Russia in ‘Europe’ and considering whether Turkey is also ‘Europe’. The course concludes with the exploration of Ukraine’s prospective membership in the European Union. It reflects on how far the EU should stretch to the East and South, and what kind of transformation it could or should encourage in its immediate neighbourhood.
Teaching
10 hours of lectures and 15 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.
This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn Term.
Formative assessment
Presentation
Essay plan (500 words)
Indicative reading
- Sanders, D (2012) The Europeanization of National Polities? Oxford University Press;
- K Featherstone & C Radaelli (Eds) The Politics of Europeanization; Oxford University Press, (2003);
- Ladrech, R. (2010). Europeanization and national politics. Macmillan International Higher Education.
- M Green Cowles, J Caporaso & T Risse (Eds), Transforming Europe: Europeanization and Domestic Change, Ithaca, Cornell UP;
- F. Schimmelfennig and U. Sedelmeier (eds) (2005) The Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe, Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
- Tekin, A., & Güney, A. (2015). The Europeanization of Turkey: Polity and Politics. Routledge.
- Romanova, T., & David, M. (Eds.). (2021). The Routledge Handbook of EU-Russia Relations: Structures, Actors, Issues. Taylor & Francis.
- Rotaru, V. (2018). Russia, the EU, and the Eastern Partnership. BoD–Books on Demand.
- Tyushka, A., & Schumacher, T. (Eds.). (2021). The European Union and Its Eastern Neighbourhood: Whither ‘Eastern Partnership’? Routledge.
Assessment
Essay (100%, 4000 words)
Key facts
Department: European Institute
Course Study Period: Autumn Term
Unit value: Half unit
FHEQ Level: Level 7
CEFR Level: Null
Total students 2024/25: Unavailable
Average class size 2024/25: Unavailable
Controlled access 2024/25: NoCourse selection videos
Some departments have produced short videos to introduce their courses. Please refer to the course selection videos index page for further information.
Personal development skills
- Leadership
- Self-management
- Team working
- Problem solving
- Application of information skills
- Communication