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European Union studies or EU studies[1][2] is an interdisciplinary academic field within social sciences which is concerned with the study of European Union.[3] The discipline is often described as a subfield of European studies. Over the time two dominant geographical centres in EU studies developed in United States and European Union itself.[4]
History
[edit]The early development of the field was influenced by the beginning of European integration in 1950s in the aftermath of World War II.[5] The French Commission for the Study of the European Communities was established in 1965 followed by West German Arbeitskreis für Europäische Integration in 1969.[6]
Stronger academic interest in European Economic Community and European integration developed in 1980s.[7] Various national organisations in the field established the European Community Studies Association in 1987.[6] Over the time, some 500 institutions from 39 countries joined the association.[8]
See also
[edit]- History of the European Union
- European Union Studies Association
- Central European studies
- Balkan studies
- Scandinavian studies
- Yugoslav studies
References
[edit]- ^ Chris Rumford; Philomena Murray (2003). "Do We Need a Core Curriculum in European Union Studies?". European Political Science. 3 (1): 85–92.
- ^ Ben Rosamond (2007). The political sciences of European integration: disciplinary history and EU studies (Report). European Union Studies Association.
- ^ Alasdair R. Young (2016). "An inflection point in European Union studies?". Journal of European Public Policy. 23 (8): 1109–1117.
- ^ Mads Dagnis Jensen; Peter Marcus Kristensen (2013). "The elephant in the room: mapping the latent communication pattern in European Union studies". Journal of European Public Policy. 20 (1): 1–20.
- ^ Mads Dagnis Jensen; Peter Marcus Kristensen (2018). "The Babel of European Union Studies: Beyond the Trans-Atlantic Divide". European Political Science. 17 (3): 437–465.
- ^ a b Lucie Chamlian (2019). "European Union Studies as power/knowledge dispositif: Towards a reflexive turn" (PDF). Culture, Practice & Europeanization (CPE). 4 (2): 59–77.
- ^ Steven Kennedy (2015). "What's changed in European (Union) Studies?". Journal of Contemporary European Research. 11 (2): 156–161.
- ^ Abraham L. Newman (2018). "Global European Union Studies: sometimes normal is a little weird". Journal of European Public Policy. 25 (7): 959–968.
Further reading
[edit]- Kennet Lynggaard; Ian Manners; Karl Löfgren, eds. (2015). Research Methods in European Union Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137316967. ISBN 978-0-230-36305-2.
- Michelle Cini; Angela K. Bourne, eds. (2005). Palgrave Advances in European Union Studies. Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9780230522671. ISBN 978-0-333-99762-8.