| ID | 141204 |
| Title Proper | European integration studies and the European Union’s Eastern Gaze |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Klinke, Ian |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | European integration studies has recently seen the first signs of a belated critical turn. While new approaches have started to challenge the way the European Union is conventionally studied, they are yet to investigate in detail the relationship between the academic field and its primary object of study. This article draws on work in critical geopolitics to explore one of the interfaces of academic knowledge on European integration and the world of policy: the Jean Monnet Programme. In highlighting the scheme’s role in the EU’s Eastern geopolitics, it argues that European integration studies resembles other forms of area studies, such as cold war era Sovietology. This comparison elucidates both the field’s long-standing resilience to critical theory and its inability to anticipate the recent crisis of the European project. |
| `In' analytical Note | Millennium: Journal of International Studies Vol. 43, No.2; Jan 2015: p.567-583 |
| Journal Source | Millennium: Journal of International Studies 2015-03 43, 2 |
| Key Words | Geopolitics ; Eastern Europe ; knowledge ; Area Studies ; European Studies ; Sovietology |