杏吧论坛

Dr Vassilis Monastiriotis CBG 5.05

This course is available on the MSc in Conflict Studies, MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe, MSc in Culture and Conflict in a Global Europe (杏吧论坛 & Sciences Po), MSc in European and International Public Policy, MSc in European and International Public Policy (杏吧论坛 and Bocconi), MSc in European and International Public Policy (杏吧论坛 and Sciences Po), MSc in Political Economy of Europe, MSc in Political Economy of Europe (杏吧论坛 and Fudan) and MSc in Political Economy of Europe (杏吧论坛 and Sciences Po). This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

An examination of South East Europe from a political economy and international relations perspective, with particular emphasis on post-1989 developments. Topics include: The Balkans in Europe and Historical Legacies; the Dissolution of Yugoslavia; The Western  Balkans and economic transition; the EU and the Balkans: regionalism and economic integration; Democratisation, state-building and Europeanisation in the Western Balkans; Conditionality and the mechanics of accession; the SEE2020 strategy and the structural reforms agenda; the Balkans and other external actors.

This course is delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars totalling a minimum of 25 hours across Lent Term.  This course includes a reading week in Week 6 of Lent Term, and a review session will be held at the start of the Summer Term to prepare for the online assessment.

One 1,500 word essay.

• M. Todorova, Imagining the Balkans, Oxford University Press, 1997; 
• M. Glenny, Balkans 1804-1999. Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, Granta Publishers, 1999;
• S Woodward, Balkan Tragedy, Brookings Institute, 1995;
• Lavigne M. (1999), The Economics of Transition, 2nd edition;
• Petrakos G. and Totev S. (eds) (2001), The development of the Balkan region, Aldershot; S. Ramet,