scholarly journals Global Access and Local Support to the Processes of European Integration in Central and Eastern Europe Through Global Networking

1999 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Dusan Soltes
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Local Support ◽  
Global Access

Global Access and Local Support to the Processes of European Integration in Central and Eastern Europe Through Global Networking

The Community Trap: Liberal Norms, Rhetorical Action, and the Eastern Enlargement of the European Union

2001 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Schimmelfennig
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Bargaining Power ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
The State ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eastern Enlargement ◽  
Bargaining Process ◽  
Rhetorical Action

The decision of the European Union to expand to Central and Eastern Europe is a puzzle for rationalist intergovernmentalism. This approach to the study of European integration accounts for most of the preferences of the state actors and many characteristics of the intergovernmental bargaining process but fails to explain why it resulted in the opening of accession negotiations. I introduce the mechanism of rhetorical action in order to show how the supporters of enlargement succeeded in overcoming the superior material bargaining power of their opponents. Through the strategic use of arguments based on the liberal norms of the European international community, the “drivers” caught the “brakemen” in the community trap and, step by step, shamed them into acquiescing in Eastern enlargement.

scholarly journals 1989 as a Lens for the Communist Past and Post-communist Future

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEFFREY KOPSTEIN
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Significant Variation ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
The Past ◽  
Antecedent Conditions ◽  
Proximate Factors ◽  
Communist Past ◽  
The Impact

AbstractPolitical scientists have documented significant variation in political and economic outcomes of the 1989–91 revolutions. Countries bordering on western Europe have become relatively democratic and economically successful, with both democracy and wealth dropping off as one moves east and south. Explanations for this variation and the replication of an older pattern on the Eurasian landmass have moved farther and farther into the past. Yet in moving to the longue durée, more proximate events such as the revolutions of 1989, the demise of communism and even the communist experience itself recede into the background and are themselves accounted for by antecedent conditions. The article discusses how two more proximate factors helped to change older patterns in central and eastern Europe: the impact of communist modernisation and the prospect of European integration.

scholarly journals METHODS OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE MASTERS OF PHARMACY BY MEANS OF INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES IN CONDITIONS OF CONDITIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (194) ◽  
pp. 94-100
Author(s):  
Victoria Dovzhuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Educational Technologies ◽  
On Line ◽  
Pharmaceutical Education

The article highlights the rationale for the development and implementation of methods for the formation of professional competence of future masters of pharmacy by means of innovative educational technologies in the context of European integration changes. The analysis of philosophical, medical, pharmaceutical and psychological-pedagogical literary sources on the problems of professional training of future specialists in the pharmaceutical industry is carried out; pedagogical experience of universities of Central and Eastern Europe and integration in the conditions of higher pharmaceutical education of Ukraine; analysis of scientific publications of world level of development of management of higher pharmaceutical education; pedagogical observation; pedagogical experiment; questionnaires; testing; surveys, analysis of problem-based learning outcomes and group work. It is established that the introduction of modern technologies and educational innovations in the training of masters of pharmacy in universities of Central and Eastern Europe is carried out in the context of European integration, development of the Eastern Partnership in the European Union and associate members and partners. Pedagogical innovation is based on the use of innovative technologies (both pedagogical and informational and sectoral) in educational processes to improve their efficiency and quality assurance in higher education. According to the results of the study to improve the educational process of training and professional competence of future masters of pharmacy by means of innovative educational technologies in the context of European integration changes developed and implemented methods and scientific and methodological support - a portfolio of scientific and methodological complexes for classroom learning and remote access students on-line using a remote access platform. To determine the effectiveness of the organization of experimental training conducted on-line, the analysis of the effectiveness of solving cases of model professional situations, test control of student achievement and qualimetric questionnaires. The positive dynamics of students' academic achievements in the formation of professional competence of future masters of pharmacy has been established.

Do expert surveys produce consistent estimates of party stances on European integration? Comparing expert surveys in the difficult case of Central and Eastern Europe

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Whitefield ◽  
Milada Anna Vachudova ◽  
Marco R. Steenbergen ◽  
Robert Rohrschneider ◽  
Gary Marks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Difficult Case ◽  
Expert Surveys

Deconsolidation and de-democratisation: Current western Balkans experience of the transition

SEER ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-208
Author(s):  
Christophe Solioz
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
The Third ◽  
Reverse Wave ◽  
Process Oriented

This article reviews the third decade of the post-Wall transition of central and eastern Europe, paying particular attention to the western Balkans. It focuses on European integration and the indicators of deconsolidation - notably, the lack of trust which has characterised the ‘crisis of confidence’ induced by the EU’s own series of crises since the middle of the 2000s. Additionally, the rise of authoritarianism and populism across the region is often viewed as a symptom of a possible ‘de-democratisation’, or reverse wave. From a process-oriented perspective, the author suggests a rethinking of the various polarisations under which, instead of seeing democratisation and de-democratisation as opposing forces, we may recognise instead that both are actually continuous, interconnected processes related to democracy itself - and not (at least, not necessarily) to a growing state of non-democracy. Oscillation between these two states may well characterise the next decade of the transition but, if we are to address the problems that this causes, we must first understand precisely how we have got where we are.

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