Mapping EU Studies: The Evolution from Boutique to Boom Field 1960-2001
This article employs original data sets to map the development of EU studies since its inception and to assess that development within the broader context of trends in west European studies. Dissertation and article data are used to chart the contours of three eras of EC/EU studies that have unfolde...
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| Published in: | Journal of common market studies Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 551 - 582 |
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| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01-09-2005
Wiley Blackwell |
| Series: | Journal of Common Market Studies |
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| Summary: | This article employs original data sets to map the development of EU studies since its inception and to assess that development within the broader context of trends in west European studies. Dissertation and article data are used to chart the contours of three eras of EC/EU studies that have unfolded since 1960. The article addresses the extent to which the transformation of EU studies from boutique to boom field since the 1990s has entailed diversification as well as expansion of the EU scholarly community – a geographic diffusion of expertise and training (accelerated on both sides of the Atlantic by substantial increases in funding for EU research), an increase in attention to EU issues by comparative politics specialists drawn to the study of‘an ever closer union', a proliferation of new topical subfields, an increase in the number of journals publishing significant articles on the EU, and a reshaping of the relationship between American and European scholars specializing in EU studies. |
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| Bibliography: | For comments on an earlier draft of this article, I would like to thank the participants in seminars organized by the Political Economy Working Group and the Transatlantic Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy (May 2004), the EU Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (April 2004), the Political Science Department at the University of Oregon (November 2004) and the Thomas Foley Institute at Washington State University (January 2005). Thanks also to those who provided feedback when the paper was delivered at the Ninth Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA), Austin, Texas, 2 April 2005. Special thanks for comments to David Andrews, Andrew Appleton, James Caporaso, Jeffrey Checkel, Wyn Grant, Simon Hix, Joseph Jupille, Paulette Kurzer, Adam Luedtke, Gary Marks, Amy Mazur, Craig Parsons, William Paterson, Mark Pollack, Glenda Rosenthal, Jo Shaw, Mitchell Smith, Paul Taggart, Amy Verdun, Helen Wallace, Graham Wilson and Jonathan Zeitlin. I am also indebted to Valerie Staats, Administrative Director of EUSA, and Sue Davis, Executive Director of UACES, for providing useful organizational data. istex:9989F09C341ADC28383508388CD6238DAD8ECF85 ArticleID:JCMS569 ark:/67375/WNG-KJQ0D0T4-V For comments on an earlier draft of this article, I would like to thank the participants in seminars organized by the Political Economy Working Group and the Transatlantic Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy (May 2004), the EU Center at the University of Wisconsin‐Madison (April 2004), the Political Science Department at the University of Oregon (November 2004) and the Thomas Foley Institute at Washington State University (January 2005). Thanks also to those who provided feedback when the paper was delivered at the Ninth Biennial International Conference of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA), Austin, Texas, 2 April 2005. Special thanks for comments to David Andrews, Andrew Appleton, James Caporaso, Jeffrey Checkel, Wyn Grant, Simon Hix, Joseph Jupille, Paulette Kurzer, Adam Luedtke, Gary Marks, Amy Mazur, Craig Parsons, William Paterson, Mark Pollack, Glenda Rosenthal, Jo Shaw, Mitchell Smith, Paul Taggart, Amy Verdun, Helen Wallace, Graham Wilson and Jonathan Zeitlin. I am also indebted to Valerie Staats, Administrative Director of EUSA, and Sue Davis, Executive Director of UACES, for providing useful organizational data. ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 |
| ISSN: | 0021-9886 1468-5965 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.0021-9886.2005.00569.x |