Theory of Europeanization: main provisions and peculiarities of application

Abstract

In the current article the author examines main theoretical provisions upon which modern researches in the sphere of Europeanization are based. Present study covers both historical as well as purely scientific origins of the theory of Europeanization. The author analyses state of contemporary research on the issue of Europeanization and studies principal theoretical approaches to its research. Two models, fully equipped with the tools for explanation of the Europeanization effects, which were shaped as part of new institutionalism are being discerned and critically reviewed.