RC03 - European Unification

BOOK: "Ethnic Citizenship Regimes: Europeanization, Post-war Migration and Redressing Past Wrongs" (2011), by Aleksandra Maatsch

Palgrave Macmillan

http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/?sf1=id_product&st1=478710

Abstract: National citizenship is still the last bastion of states' sovereignty, meaning that EU institutions cannot exercise any direct influence on national citizenship legislation in the EU member states. On the other hand, the process of political integration in the EU, international human rights' development and globalization are claimed to have indirectly challenged states' exclusive competences in that legal area. As a consequence of these processes a number of questions arise: what kind of national citizenship has developed in the member states of the European Union? Which principles have informed it? Which factors have triggered the legislative reforms? This book sheds light on the processes that have transformed national citizenship of the European Union's member states and explains the legislative changes that have taken place since the mid-1980s in Germany, Hungary and Poland.

Call for Papers EUSA EU-LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN INTEREST SECTION, Boston - March 5-7, 2015

The EU-Latin American and Caribbean Section Interest Section of EUSA will organize two panels at the EUSA annual meeting in Boston, MA, to be held on March 5-7, 2015. The section is suggesting two panels on the following topics: a) Security in the EU-Latin American Relationship, and b) EU’s trade relationship with the Western Hemisphere after the financial crisis. We invite you to submit a paper proposal.

To learn more about EUSA and its EU-Latin American Section Interest Section see: https://eustudies.org/interest-sections/latin-america-caribbean

To submit a proposal, please send your paper title, abstract (500 word limit), affiliation(s), and contact details to Roberto Dominguez, robdomri@yahoo.com by Monday, 29 September 2014.

"European citizenship in a time of crisis" (2014), by Carlos Closa and Daniela Vintila

In "The State of the European Union: How European citizens deal with these times of crisis", Madrid: Fundación Alternativas and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, p. 19-31

http://www.falternativas.org/la-fundacion/documentos/libros-e-informes/the-state-of-the-european-union-2014-how-european-citizens-deal-with-these-times-of-crisis

"After the Euro Crisis: A New Paradigm on the Integration of Europe", by Sergio Fabbrini

ARENA Working Paper 05/2014

This paper examines the constitutional system of the European Union, and how it has radically been called into question by the euro crisis. Fabbrini argues that the EU has entered a constitutional conundrum, and that a paradigm shift is required in order to escape from it.

http://www.sv.uio.no/arena/english/research/publications/arena-publications/workingpapers/working-papers2014/wp5-14.xml

The Lisbon Treaty is the outcome of several constitutional compromises. These compromises were considered the price to be paid for preserving the unitary character of the project of integration. The euro crisis has dramatically called into question these multiple constitutional compromises. The balance between supranational and intergovernmental views has been upset in favour of the former. The approval of new intergovernmental treaties has made crystal clear the separation of interests between the European Monetary Union and the opt-out member states. The European Union has entered a constitutional conundrum, and a paradigm shift is required in order to escape from it. The historical challenge facing Europeans is to promote the integration of the continent in the context of a plurality of institutional and legal arrangements.

"La transición a un nuevo ciclo migratorio: evaluando el diseño y los resultados de las políticas de reagrupación familiar en España y en Europa/ The transition towards a new migration cycle: evaluating the design and outcomes of family reunification policies in Spain and Europe", by SANTIAGO PÉREZ-NIEVAS and DANIELA VINTILA

Revista de Estudios Políticos, no. 161, 2013, p. 171-206

https://www.academia.edu/8371982/La_transicion_a_un_nuevo_ciclo_migratorio_evaluando_el_diseno_y_los_resultados_de_las_politicas_de_reagrupacion_familiar_en_Espana_y_en_Europa_The_transition_towards_a_new_migration_cycle_evaluating_the_design_and_outcomes_of_family_reunification_policies_in_Spain_and_Europe

Abstract: In recent decades, family-related migration has become a relevant social process that encouraged a significant increase of foreign born population flows into the European societies. Drawing on the literature related to the rise of this phenomenon during the seventies, this article analyzes the governmental policy response towards family reunion in Spain, and compares it with the diversity of European policies in this area. Subsequently, the study focuses on the results of the family reunification policy making, by exploring the intensity of family migration flows towards Southern European countries in comparison with those to Central and Northern Europe countries with a longer experience in receiving substantial migration inflows.

En las últimas décadas, la reagrupación por razones familiares se ha convertido en un fenómeno de creciente intensidad, contribuyendo al incremento del flujo poblacional extranjero en las sociedades europeas. Retomando la literatura sobre el auge de este fenómeno en los años setenta, el presente artículo analiza las respuestas políticas del gobierno español en materia de reagrupación, contrastándolas con la diversidad de normativas europeas vigentes en este ámbito. Con posterioridad, el análisis se centra en los resultados de dichas políticas, reflexionando sobre el peso actual de los flujos de carácter familiar en el conjunto de flujos migratorios hacia los nuevos países receptores del Sur de Europa, en contraste con sus vecinos del Centro-Norte del continente que cuentan con mayor tradición migratoria.

Two Junior Research Fellowships at the Carlos III-Juan March Institute, Spain

http://www.march.es/ceacs/convocatorias/?l=2

The Carlos III-Juan March Institute (IC3JM) in Madrid invites annual applications for postdoc research fellowships in the Social Sciences. This year the IC3JM is offering two junior research positions in the field of political science, one for three years, the other for one year.

The Institute seeks candidates working in comparative politics, political economy or international relations, although it is open to consider other subfields in the discipline.

Candidates must have obtained a PhD degree after 1st January 2012 and before 1st September 2015, the date on which the employment contract commences.

Junior research fellows are expected to teach (in English) one undergraduate course during the academic year. Salary will be € 42,000 per year. In addition, there is an annual research fund of € 2,500 for research expenses (conferences, fieldwork, etc.).

Applications should consist of a cover letter, curriculum vitae, at least one sample of academic work, and at least two letters of reference. The cover letter should specify whether the applicant is interested in the three-year position, in the one-year position, or in both (in this case, the options should be ranked).

Applications should be sent by e-mail to Magdalena Nebreda (secretaria@march.uc3m.es) before November 7th.

Reference letters should be sent separately to the same e-mail address.

"Turkish Cultural Identity: A European Identity¨, by Nilay Baycar

Turkish Journal of Politics Vol. 4 No. 2 Winter 2013

http://www.researchgate.net/publication/264156541_Turkish_Cultural_Identity_A_European_Identity

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to review the nature of Turkish cultural identity and, in that context, answer the question: Does Europe consider Turkey an opportunity or a threat? The author will put forward a definition of the term ‘Europeanness’, discuss the character of Turkish cultural identity, and argue the Europeanness of that identity. In doing this, the author will provide some background: to the historical influence of Europe on Turkey; to Turkey’s influence, and the influence on it, by virtue of its unique geographic link between East and West; as well as, to the border-lines of European civilisation. From this, the broad similarities between the Turkish culture and the European culture will be discussed. Finally, the importance of Istanbul will be addressed, both as the cultural and artistic heart of Turkey and as the European Capital of Culture in 2010.

"Troubled Membership: Dealing with secession from a member state and withdrawal from the EU", edited by Carlos Closa

EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2014/91, EUI, Global Governance Programme

https://www.academia.edu/8346345/Troubled_Membership_Dealing_with_secession_from_a_member_state_and_withdrawal_from_the_EU

Abstract

This paper summarizes the debates held at a Round Table in the European University Institute on withdrawal from the Union and secession from an EU member state. The approach is not to look at domestic debates but to seek a European view on the topic. Four issues articulated the discussion: the normative arguments for and against secession/independence within the EU, withdrawal and its effects, the effects of secession/independence for EU member states and the impact for EU citizens of both processes of withdrawal and secession. The paper seeks no final conclusion but rather it aims at conveying different standpoints on the issues.

‘Teaching Citizenship: What if EU Is the Solution and not the Problem?’ (forthcoming December 2014), by Hans Lödén, Malin Stegmann McCallion and Peter Wall

Journal of Political Science Education

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/upse20/current

A Faustian Bargain or Just a Good Bargain? Chinese Foreign Direct Investment and Politics in Europe, by Sophie Meunier - Asia-Europe Journal

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10308-014-0382-x?sa_campaign=email%2Fevent%2FarticleAuthor%2FonlineFirst

Abstract

This article explores the political challenges posed by the recent influx of Chinese outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) into the European Union (EU), which has become in 2011 the top destination for Chinese investment in the world. The central political question facing European states welcoming the influx of Chinese capital is whether this is a good bargain—a positive-sum game where both investor and investee benefit—or instead a Faustian bargain—a zero-sum game in the long term where capital is accompanied by implicit conditionality affecting European norms and policies, from human rights to labor laws. The novelty of Chinese FDI has the potential to affect politics in Europe in three different venues: inside European countries, between European countries, and between Europe and third countries. This article, whose main goal is to launch a research agenda on the political implications of Chinese FDI, explores in turn its potential impact on foreign and domestic policy, institutional process within the EU, and transatlantic relations.