Adapting to European Integration?

Stefan Gänzle is Visiting Assistant Professor (DAAD) at the Institute for European Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia. Guido Müntel is a diplomat currently based at the German Foreign Office in Berlin. Evgeny Vinokurov is Head of the Economic Analysis Unit at the Strategy and Research Department of the Eurasian Development Bank

Following the restoration of Lithuania's independence and the dismantlement of the Soviet Union, the Kaliningrad region is now an exclave surrounded by EU member states. Departing from the analytical framework of Europeanisation, this book analyses the interaction between Russia and its Kaliningrad region on one side, and their European partners on the other side, thus assessing the region's potential to serve as Russia's main opening to the EU.How do EU relations 'feed back' into Kaliningrad's domestic arena, or, put differently, does Kaliningrad become 'Europeanised' - at least to some extent? In particular, do EU standards and norms impact on the exclave and in what ways? The book not only offers thorough case studies of a number of policy areas affected by the EU (environmental, economics and higher education), it also refines our way of thinking about Europeanisation 'beyond' Europe.

FiguresContributorsAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction: adapting to European integration? Kaliningrad, Russia and the European Union - Stefan Gänzle and Guido MüntelPart I: Analytical framework2. Conceptualising Europeanisation in Eastern Europe: EU impact in 'likely' and 'unlikely' member states - Christoph Knill, Diana Pitschel and Michael W. Bauer3. How do enclaves adjust to changes in the external environment? A theory of enclaves and the case of Kaliningrad - Evgeny Vinokurov4. EU-Russia-Kaliningrad relations - a case of soft securitisation? - Holger MoroffPart II: The policy framework: Kaliningrad in its domestic and international context5. Multi-level governance and centralisation in Russia: implications for EU-Russia relations - Joan DeBardeleben6. Federalism in Russia: opportunity or constraint for Kaliningrad? - Stefan Meister7. Social identity and regionalisation: the case of Kaliningrad - Anna M. Karpenko8. Kaliningrad in its neighbourhood - regional cooperation with Poland and Lithuania - Silke Schielberg9. Regional organisations in the Northern Dimension area and Kaliningrad - Tobias EtzoldPart III: Empirical evidence: Kaliningrad and policy adaptation vis-à-vis the EU?10. Economic policy - Evgeny Vinokurov11. European principles in a Russian context: the transformation of social policy? - Vyacheslav Dykhanov12. Environmental governance in Kaliningrad: lost opportunities - Guido Müntel13. Public health policy: how does Kaliningrad adapt to the EU? - Alexandre Berlin and Greg Mestdag14. Higher education in Kaliningrad - Stefan Gänzle, Stefan Meister and Conrad King15. Integrated management of the EU-Russia common border: the Kaliningrad perspective - Alexey Ignatyev, Konstantin Shopin and Pyotr ShopinPart IV: Conclusions16. Summary: Kaliningrad and Europeanisation 'à la carte' - Stefan Gänzle and Guido Müntel17. Russia: a case to revise the concept of Europeanisation - Gabriella MeloniPostface. Coping with Stalin's legacy and Putin's autocracy: Kaliningrad between post-Soviet Russia and the European Union - Helmut Hubel