Research Design in European Studies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Europeanization: The Challenge of Establishing Causality

   • Claudio M. Radaelli

   Pages 1-16

3. Looking for Causality in the Literature on Europeanization

   • Theofanis Exadaktylos, Claudio M. Radaelli

   Pages 17-43

4. Causality in Quantitative Approaches

   • Annette Elisabeth Töller

   Pages 44-63

5. Europeanization: A Critical Realist Perspective

   • Ian Bache, Simon Bulmer, Defne Gunay

   Pages 64-84

6. Discursive Institutional Analytical Strategies

   • Kennet Lynggaard

   Pages 85-104

7. Beyond Non-Compliance with Legal Norms

   • Sabine Saurugger

   Pages 105-124

8. Process Tracing: Testing Multiple Hypotheses with a Small Number of Cases

   • Diana Panke

   Pages 125-140

9. The Europeanization of Health Care: Processes and Factors

   • Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen

   Pages 141-159

10. How Cities Encounter Europe: Mechanisms and Modes

    • Samuele Dossi

    Pages 160-177

11. Understanding Causality and Change in Party Politics

    • Robert Ladrech

    Pages 178-194

12. Europeanization of Foreign Policy beyond the Common Foreign and Security Policy

    • Theofanis Exadaktylos

    Pages 195-220

13. Rival Hypotheses: Comparing the Roles of the European Union and Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization in Good Governance Reforms

    • Stella Ladi

    Pages 221-236

14. Being Clear Enough to Be Wrong: Europeanization Refuted and Defended

    • Kyriakos Moumoutzis

    Pages 237-254

15. Lessons Learned: Beyond Causality

    • Claudio M. Radaelli, Theofanis Exadaktylos

    Pages 255-264

16. Back Matter

    Pages 265-273

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A seminal text in European studies, which addresses issues of research design and causal analysis. The chapters draw on different methodological traditions, notions of causality, and methods and use strong research design to address substantive problems in public policy, party politics, foreign policy and legislative studies.

• Common Foreign and Security Policy
• Europe
• European Union (EU)
• foreign policy
• Governance
• Institution
• Policy
• politics
• reforms
• european union politics
• us politics

'This edited volume addresses a broad variety of methodological challenges we may encounter when doing research on Europeanization. It is a welcome addition to the growing literature on both social science methods and Europeanization as the various contributions not only discuss the difficulties in establishing causality in a complex word, they also shed light on different strategies among which students of Europeanization may choose to master these challenges.'

- Tanja A. Börzel, Jean Monnet Chair and Director of the Center for European Integration, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

'Europeanization is a major preoccupation for scholars, policymakers, and citizens. This book wrestles with the question of causal inference implied in all claims about Europeanization, namely, how can one prove that the EU causes change in behavior on the part of member states or citizens of those states? A broad range of tools for causal analysis are laid out and their utility assessed, with a wealth of examples. This is important reading.'

- John Gerring, Professor of Political Science, Boston University, USA and author of Social Science Methodology: A Unified Framework, 2nd edition (2012)

'The most crucial issue of Europeanization is the veracity of its methodology. This is, therefore, a very timely and informative volume that addresses this agenda in an accessible and broadly-based manner. It will be core reading for scholars and studentsalike.'

- Kevin Featherstone, Chair of Contemporary Greek Studies and the Director of the Hellenic Observatory at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

• University of Surrey, UK

  Theofanis Exadaktylos

• University of Exeter, UK

  Claudio M. Radaelli

IAN BACHE Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK SIMON BULMER Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK SAMUELE DOSSI PhD Candidate in Politics, University of Exeter, UK DEFNE GUNAY PhD Candidate, University of Sheffield, UK STELLA LADI Lecturer in European Politics, Panteion University, Athens, Greece ROBERT LADRECH Senior Lecturer, Keele University, UK KENNET LYNGGAARD Associate Professor, Department of Social Science, Roskilde University, Denmark DORTE SINDBJERG MARTINSEN Associate Professor, Centre for European Politics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark KYRIAKOS MOUMOUTZIS has recently completed his PhD thesis on Greece's external relations within the context of the EU with the title at the London School of Economics, UK DIANA PANKE Lecturer of Politics, University College Dublin, Ireland SABINE SAURUGGER Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po in Grenoble, France ANNETTE ELIZABETH TÖLLER Professor of Political Science, Fern-Universität in Hagen, Germany

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