As part of the yearly course evaluation, we would like you to assess the overall readings and content of the course. For each week new readings are suggested that may replace some of the old mandatory readings. Yet before we decide to do this we want an assessment of these new readings. We ask students to help with the evaluation.
For each week you have to do a detailed a thorough evaluation of 600-700 words which clearly links to at least the required readings for each week.
Week 3:
Jones, E., Daniel Kelemen, R., & Meunier, S. (2021). Failing forward? Crises and patterns of European integration. Journal of European Public Policy, 28(10), 1519-1536.
We invite you to for this selected article to propose whether we should take this article for inclusion in the weekly assigned readings. Provide insights into its relevance, alignment with course themes, and suggestions for replacement of an existing prescribed reading.
Please answer the following questions:
• Relevance: Why do you believe this article is relevant to the weekly theme?
• Insights: What insights does the article contribute to the understanding of the topic?
• Literature Connection: How does the article align with insights from the prescribed readings of that week?
• Replacement: If including the proposed article, which existing prescribed reading would you recommend replacing? Why?
• What is your recommendation?
Required:
▪ Hooghe, Liesbet & Gary Marks (2019) Grand theories of European integration in the twenty-first century, Journal of European Public Policy, 26:8, 1113-1133.
▪ Frank Schimmelfennig (2018). European integration (theory) in times of crisis. A comparison of the euro and Schengen crises, Journal of European Public Policy, 25:7, 969-989.
▪ Kelemen, R., & McNamara, K. R. (2022). State-building and the European Union: Markets, war, and Europe’s uneven political development. Comparative Political Studies, 55(6), 963–991
Further reading – articles
- • Jones, E., Kelemen, R. D., & Meunier, S. (2016). Failing forward? The Euro crisis and the incomplete nature of European integration. Comparative Political Studies, 49(7), 1010-1034.
- • Jones, E., Daniel Kelemen, R., & Meunier, S. (2021). Failing forward? Crises and patterns of European integration. Journal of European Public Policy, 28(10), 1519-1536.
- • Sandrino Smeets & Natascha Zaun (2020): What is intergovernmental about the EU’s ‘(new) intergovernmentalist’ turn? Evidence from the Eurozone and asylum crises, West European Politics.
- • Genschel, P., Leek, L., & Weyns, J. (2023). War and integration. The Russian attack on Ukraine and the institutional development of the EU. Journal of European Integration, 45(3), 343-360.
- • Orenstein, M. A. (2023). The European Union’s transformation after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Journal of European Integration, 45(3), 333-342.
- • Freudlsperger, C., & Schimmelfennig, F. (2023). Rebordering Europe in the Ukraine War: community building without capacity building. West European Politics, 46(5), 843-871.
- • Freudlsperger, C., & Schimmelfennig, F. (2022). Transboundary crises and political development: Why war is not necessary for European state-building. Journal of European Public Policy, 29(12), 1871-1884.
Week 4:
Kelemen, R. D. (2023). The European Union’s failure to address the autocracy crisis: MacGyver, Rube Goldberg, and Europe’s unused tools. Journal of European Integration, 45(2), 223-238.
We invite you to for this selected article to propose whether we should take this article for inclusion in the weekly assigned readings. Provide insights into its relevance, alignment with course themes, and suggestions for replacement of an existing prescribed reading.
Please answer the following questions:
• Relevance: Why do you believe this article is relevant to the weekly theme?
• Insights: What insights does the article contribute to the understanding of the topic?
• Literature Connection: How does the article align with insights from the prescribed readings of that week?
• Replacement: If including the proposed article, which existing prescribed reading would you recommend replacing? Why?
• What is your recommendation?
Required:
▪ Moravcsik, A. (2004). Is there a ‘democratic deficit’ in world politics? A framework for analysis. Government and opposition, 39(2), 336-363.
▪ Papadopoulos, Y., (2010). Accountability and Multi-level Governance: More Accountability, Less Democracy? West European Politics, 33 (5), 1030-1049
▪ R. Daniel Kelemen (2020) The European Union’s authoritarian equilibrium, Journal of European Public Policy, 27:3, 481-499.
Further reading – articles:
▪ Kelemen, R. D. (2023). The European Union’s failure to address the autocracy crisis: MacGyver, Rube Goldberg, and Europe’s unused tools. Journal of European Integration, 45(2), 223-238.
▪ Sedelmeier, U. (2017). Political safeguards against democratic backsliding in the EU: the limits of material sanctions and the scope of social pressure. Journal of European Public Policy, 24(3), 337-351.
▪ Sedelmeier, U. (2014). ‘Anchoring democracy from above? The European Union and democratic backsliding in Hungary and Romania after accession’, Journal of Common Market Studies 52(1): 105–21.
▪ Blauberger, M., & Kelemen, R. D. (2017). Can courts rescue national democracy? Judicial safeguards against democratic backsliding in the EU. Journal of European Public Policy, 24(3), 321-336.
▪ Sitter, N., & Bakke, E. (2019). Democratic backsliding in the European Union. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.
▪ Bermeo, N. (2016). On Democratic Backsliding. Journal of Democracy, 27(1), 5-19.
Week 5:
Debre, M. J., & Dijkstra, H. (2023). Are international organisations in decline? An absolute and relative perspective on institutional change. Global Policy, 14(1), 16-30.
We invite you to for this selected article to propose whether we should take this article for inclusion in the weekly assigned readings. Provide insights into its relevance, alignment with course themes, and suggestions for replacement of an existing prescribed reading.
Please answer the following questions:
• Relevance: Why do you believe this article is relevant to the weekly theme?
• Insights: What insights does the article contribute to the understanding of the topic?
• Literature Connection: How does the article align with insights from the prescribed readings of that week?
• Replacement: If including the proposed article, which existing prescribed reading would you recommend replacing? Why?
• What is your recommendation?
Required:
▪ Hooghe, L., & Marks, G. (2015). Delegation and pooling in international organizations. The Review of International Organizations, 10, 305-328.
▪ Johnson, T. (2013). Institutional design and bureaucrats’ impact on political control. The Journal of Politics, 75(1), 183-197.
▪ Voeten, E. (2019). Making sense of the design of international institutions. Annual Review of Political Science, 22, 147-163.
Further reading – articles:
▪ Nielson, D. L., & Tierney, M. J. (2003). Delegation to international organizations: Agency theory and World Bank environmental reform. International Organization, 57(2), 241-276.
▪ Tallberg, J. (2002). Delegation to supranational institutions: why, how, and with what consequences?. West European Politics, 25(1), 23-46.
▪ Barnett, M. N., & Finnemore, M. (1999). The politics, power, and pathologies of international organizations. International organization, 53(4), 699-732.
▪ Mansfield, E. D., & Pevehouse, J. C. (2008). Democratization and the varieties of international organizations. Journal of Conflict Resolution, 52(2), 269-294.
▪ Thatcher, M., Sweet, A. S., & Rangoni, B. (2023). Reversing delegation? Politicization, de‐delegation, and non‐majoritarian institutions. Governance, 36(1), 5-22.
▪ Green, J. F., & Colgan, J. (2013). Protecting sovereignty, protecting the planet: State delegation to international organizations and private actors in environmental politics. Governance, 26(3), 473-497.
▪ Johnson, T., & Urpelainen, J. (2014). International bureaucrats and the formation of intergovernmental organizations: Institutional design discretion sweetens the pot. International Organization, 68(1), 177-209.
Week 6:
Heinzel, M. (2022). International Bureaucrats and Organizational Performance. Country-Specific Knowledge and Sectoral Knowledge in World Bank Projects. International Studies Quarterly, 66(2).
We invite you to for this selected article to propose whether we should take this article for inclusion in the weekly assigned readings. Provide insights into its relevance, alignment with course themes, and suggestions for replacement of an existing prescribed reading.
Please answer the following questions:
• Relevance: Why do you believe this article is relevant to the weekly theme?
• Insights: What insights does the article contribute to the understanding of the topic?
• Literature Connection: How does the article align with insights from the prescribed readings of that week?
• Replacement: If including the proposed article, which existing prescribed reading would you recommend replacing? Why?
• What is your recommendation?
Required:
▪ Lall, R. (2017). Beyond institutional design: Explaining the performance of international organizations. International Organization, 71(2), 245-280.
▪ Sommerer, T., Squatrito, T., Tallberg, J., & Lundgren, M. (2021). Decision-making in international organizations: institutional design and performance. The Review of International Organizations, 1-31.
▪ Eckhard, S., & Ege, J. (2016). International bureaucracies and their influence on policy-making: A review of empirical evidence. Journal of European Public Policy, 23(7), 960-978.
Further reading – articles:
▪ Jankauskas, V. (2022). Delegation and stewardship in international organizations. Journal of European Public Policy, 29(4), 568-588.
▪ Johnson, T. (2020). Ordinary patterns in an extraordinary crisis: How international relations makes sense of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Organization, 74(S1), E148-E168.
▪ Ege, J., Bauer, M. W., & Wagner, N. (2021). How do international bureaucrats affect policy outputs? Studying administrative influence strategies in international organizations. International Review of Administrative Sciences, 87(4), 737-754.
▪ Heinzel, M. (2022). International Bureaucrats and Organizational Performance. Country-Specific Knowledge and Sectoral Knowledge in World Bank Projects. International Studies Quarterly, 66(2).
▪ Debre, M. J., & Dijkstra, H. (2023). Are international organisations in decline? An absolute and relative perspective on institutional change. Global Policy, 14(1), 16-30.
Week 7:
Koppell, J. G. (2008). Global governance organizations: Legitimacy and authority in conflict. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 18(2), 177-203.
We invite you to for this selected article to propose whether we should take this article for inclusion in the weekly assigned readings. Provide insights into its relevance, alignment with course themes, and suggestions for replacement of an existing prescribed reading.
Please answer the following questions:
• Relevance: Why do you believe this article is relevant to the weekly theme?
• Insights: What insights does the article contribute to the understanding of the topic?
• Literature Connection: How does the article align with insights from the prescribed readings of that week?
• Replacement: If including the proposed article, which existing prescribed reading would you recommend replacing? Why?
• What is your recommendation?
Required:
▪ Tallberg, J., & Zürn, M. (2019). The legitimacy and legitimation of international organizations: Introduction and framework. The Review of International Organizations, 14, 581-606.
▪ Dellmuth, L., Scholte, J. A., Tallberg, J., & Verhaegen, S. (2022). The elite–citizen gap in international organization legitimacy. American Political Science Review, 116(1), 283-300.
▪ Braun, C. and Busuioc, E.M. (2020). Stakeholder engagement as a conduit for regulatory legitimacy. Journal of European Public Policy, 27(11), 1599-1611
Further reading – articles:
▪ Koppell, J. G. (2008). Global governance organizations: Legitimacy and authority in conflict. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 18(2), 177-203.
▪ De Vries, C. E., Hobolt, S. B., & Walter, S. (2021). Politicizing international cooperation: The mass public, political entrepreneurs, and political opportunity structures. International Organization, 75(2), 306-332.
▪ Walter, S. (2021). The backlash against globalization. Annual Review of Political Science, 24, 421-442.
▪ Schmidtke, H., Schirmer, S., Krösche, N., & Lenz, T. (2023). The Legitimation of International Organizations: Introducing a New Dataset. International Studies Perspectives
▪ Hooghe, L., Lenz, T., & Marks, G. (2019). Contested world order: The delegitimation of international governance. The Review of International Organizations, 14, 731-743.
▪ Zürn, M. (2004). Global governance and legitimacy problems. Government and Opposition, 39(2), 260-287.
▪ Rimkutė, D., & Mazepus, H. (2023). A widening authority–legitimacy gap in EU regulatory governance? An experimental study of the European Medicines Agency’s legitimacy in health security regulation. Journal of European Public Policy, 30(7), 1406-1430.
▪ King, J., & Lugg, A. (2023). Politicising pandemics: Evidence from US media coverage of the World Health Organisation. Global Policy, 14(2), 247-259.
▪ Dingwerth, K., Schmidtke, H., & Weise, T. (2020). The rise of democratic legitimation: why international organizations speak the language of democracy. European Journal of International Relations, 26(3), 714-741.