The Study Of Europe In The United States

by Christopher J. Makins

The Study of Europe in the United States, a report by Christopher J. Makins, is sponsored by the German Marshall Fund of the United States and by the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States. The opinions expressed in this report are solely those of the author. No opinions, statements of fact or conclusions contained in this document can properly be attributed to the German Marshall Fund of the United States or the Delegation of the European Commission, except as specifically noted in the report.

The report is made available here as a service of the Delegation.

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A Report to

The German Marshall Fund
of the United States

and

The Delegation of the European Commission
to the United States

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Contents

Executive Summary

I. Purpose and Approach

II. A Portrait of the Field

Background

Quantitative Measures of the Field

Qualitative Trends in the Field

Changes in the International Environment

The Argument About the Continuing Validity of Area Studies

Changes Within the Academy:

1. Priorities

2. Shifts Within the Disciplines

3. The Rise of Professional Schools

4. The Internationalization of Scholarship

The Rise of Think Tanks and Policy Institutes

The Growth of the Study of European Integration and the European Union

III. An Assessment

Criteria for Evaluating the Health of the Field

Issues of Balance

Priorities for External Funding

The Legacy of the Cold War on
University Campuses

Implications of the Diversity of Institutions in the Field

Implications of the Diffusion of the Study of Europe

The Roles of CES and ECSA

IV. Recommendations

Context and Principles

Specific Recommendations

A New Organization of Support for Scholarly Research

Annual Conferences of Europeanists

A New Role for the Council for European Studies

The Future Roles of ECSA and the New Network of European Union Centers

Building Bridges Between the Academy and Public Policy Debates

Monitoring the Health of the Field

Developing a Dialogue with Other Interested Institutions

V. Envoi

Footnotes

List of Tables

Requests for Printed Copies of the Report

About the Author

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Copyright © European Commission and The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Washington, D.C. 1998.

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