St. Petersburg State University Centre for German and European Studies

St. Petersburg State University Centre for German and European Studies European Politics and Society: Studies by Young Russian Scholars Volume 2 Edited by Elena Belokurova Intersocis Publishing House St. Petersburg 2010 European Politics and Society: Studies by Young Russian Scholars. Volume 2. / Edited by Elena Belokurova. St. Petersburg: Intersocis Publishing House, 2010. – 232 p. Contents ISBN 978-5-94348-055-3 Preface .................................................................................................5 Introduction: New Tendencies in the European Studies in Russia, by Elena Belokurova ...........................................11 Part 1. European Politics ................................................................24 Evolution of the European Security Strategy, by Alfiya Zaripova ............................................................................25 Consequences of EU Membership for the Austrian Economy, by Oxana Charushina .......................................................39 European Parliament Elections 2009 in Poland, The volume contains papers of Russian PhD students presented at three by Natalia Skitova .............................................................................55 annual Summer Schools for Postgraduate Students “European Union The European Union and Russia Today: Studies: Methodological Opportunities and Limits” in 2007-2009. The Partnership or Rivalry? by Alexey Nikitenko ...................................67 Schools were organized and conducted by the Centre for German and European Studies at St. Petersburg State University in cooperation with The European Court of Human Rights’ Legal View the Russian Branch of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation and Centre for on Detention or Arrest as Measures of Restraint, by Dmitry Krasikov and Elena Gulyaeva .......................................103 European Studies at the European University at St. Petersburg. The presented articles are dedicated to different aspects of European Political Participation of Migrants in the Russian politics and society, and can be of interest for everybody interested in Federation and the EU Countries: Current Issues these topics. and Ways of Optimization, by Svetlana Trykanova ........................133 Part 2. European Societies............................................................142 Problems and Perspectives of Forming a European Identity, by Aigul Sembaeva ........................................143 © Intersocis Publishing House, 2010 Contradictions and Tendencies on the Way to the © Centre for German and European Studies, 2010 Formation of a Supranational Identity among © Authors, 2010 Citizens of the European Union, by Natalia Goncharuk .................155 4 Mass Media and the Europeanization of Public Spheres: The Issue of the Lisbon Treaty in the Polish Press, by Natalia Skitova ...........................................................................163 Preface Features of the European Identity of Russian Students, by Natalia Danilova ........................................................................195 The Main Factors Contributing to Emigration through Marriage:European-Russian Cases, by Tatjana Maximova ......................................................................207 The publication of the first volume of this book in 2009 demonstrated The Imperial Idea in Britain in the 1870-1880s, that the interest of both authors and readers in European matters was by Ekaterina Kovaleva ....................................................................213 not only present, but that it has in fact strengthened since that time. In List of Contributors .........................................................................225 comparison with the first volume, the second one contains papers from Russian PhD students presented not only at two, but at three annual Summer Schools for Postgraduate Students entitled as “European Union Studies: Methodological Opportunities and Limits”. All the Schools were organized and run by the Center for German and European Studies at St. Petersburg State University in co-operation with the Center for European Studies at the European University at St. Petersburg and the Russian Branch of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation. The Summer Schools took place in Strelna, a suburb of St. Petersburg, in September 2007, June 2008 and June 2009. The Summer Schools are aimed at tackling two of the main needs of PhD students working in European studies and on related topics in Russia: 1) the need to combat a lack of knowledge in Russia about new developing theoretical concepts in European politics and governance and 2) the need to better understand research methodology for PhD students’ own research. Both of these needs (conceptual and methodological) were confirmed during the first Summer School. The answers to them proposed during the course of the School were recognized as appropriate both by the participating professors and students. Therefore, after the first successful experience, the Schools became annual events and have attracted a large amount of interest. The main goal of the Summer Schools was defined as:to give young Russian researchers theoretical and methodological background about European studies and to train their skills for use in social and political process analyses. 6 Preface Preface 7 To achieve this goal, the following forms of teaching were combined: The First Summer School was oriented mostly towards the research - Lectures by German and Russian political and social scientists on dif- of European governance, which was discussed in its contemporary ferent theoretical and methodological approaches in European studies, form and with regard to prospects for the future of European Studies including demonstrating research results and ways of using them for as a perspective, which has both opportunities and limits in Russian students’ studies; Studies. Approaches to European regionalism were especially interest- - Methodological discussion of the papers and research plans presented ing for many of the Russian students. European regionalism as a basis by the participants. for European politics in the 21st century was then analyzed in terms of Daily classes were divided into two parts: one theoretical and one practi- its conceptual foundations, empirical phenomena and strategic conse- cal. During the theoretical meetings, German and Russian professors quences. The influence of the EU on Russian regionalism studies was presented the theoretical and methodological foundations of European also an interesting topic for discussion. Studies of European identity Union studies. The practical part of the classes was dedicated to applying were considered on one of the working days as well. In this regard, this knowledge to participants’ scientific research programs and their especially such aspects as European amendments to identity conception papers through discussion of the student presentations. This was also and a comparison of European national identity concepts and Russian supplemented by general discussions. identity studies were at the center of the debate. The idea for such a school came in 2005 from a group of students The Second Summer School, paid special attention, together with of Petrozavodsk State University – young political scientists who research methodology, to discussing problem-oriented teaching and studied both European studies and Russian politics. They saw a large research in European Studies. In the field of European Studies, the gap between studies of European integration and politics on the one topics of nation states and citizenship as well as civic education were hand and Russia’s transforming politics on the other hand. Various discussed for a whole working day. One day was dedicated to discuss- different theoretical approaches were developed for these two different ing issues connected with globalization studies and border studies in objects of research and these were applied in separate and divergent contemporary Europe and Russia, which are of special interest for PhD ways. Therefore, the question was asked as to whether these theories students, especially for those working in the North-Western region of and theoretical approaches can help us to understand some of the other Russia, which has a long common border with EU countries. Finally, related objects of research. More specifically, the question arose as to the problems of contemporary federalism and regionalism studies in whether European Studies can help in better understanding Russian Europe and Russia attracted much interest for the students, a majority politics and vice versa. The general idea of the School was thus, from of whom work not in the center, but in the provincial regions of the the beginning, connected with recent discussions of tendencies towards Russian Federation. the development of different theoretical approaches both in Europe and By keeping its main focus on the methodological issues and problems, Russia, which can be applied both in and for European and Russian the Third Summer School paid much attention also to the issues of contexts. So, the idea of comparing European and Russian studies as the Europeanization of policies in the EU countries, as well as to the well as applying them to various objects of research was kept in mind issues surrounding the transformations of ethnic, national and European all the time, although different topics and aspects were discussed on identities in contemporary Europe. Special attention to the role of

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