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Д. А. Крячков
TERM PROJECT WORK
establishment and operation of (attempted) autonomy regimes, with most emphasis on the set-
tlement and post-settlement phases.
In the second stage, we will use the empirical information generated by the case studies to 
evaluate general hypotheses and arguments. If it appears feasible, we will also conduct a quan-
titative analysis of some hypotheses. An updated version of the list indicated in Appendix 2 will 
provide the basis for this. To do this, we will need to code variables on the nature of the autonomy 
regimes, their operation, and the involvement of external agents, as well as include various con-
trol variables. We expect the case studies to provide more specific ideas about which variables are 
most useful, and consequently which data we should try to collect.
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B.
Thesis: MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY IN EUROPE
In seeking to answer the main research question what can be termed a legal-institutional 
methodology will be adopted which will not only study the legal framework of delegation of pow-
ers and the primary and secondary competence conferring instruments in their legal and consti-
tutional context but also the manner in which those competences have been exercised in practice 
by the agencies and by the accounting institutions concerned 
The study design entails a comparative case analysis of the formal and de facto accountability 
regimes of national and EU regulatory (e.g. food agencies) and investigative (e.g. police/Europol) 
or enforcement authorities (e.g. EU Border Control Agency). The research process entails: 
1. 
Collection and comparison of all the pertinent legal and policy documents describing agen-
cies’ missions, mandates and accountability requirements; 
2. Description/analysis of accountability practices, of both agency inputs (appointment hear-
ings, agency plan presentations, legislative debates) and outputs (annual reports, legislative 
oversight, evaluation studies, legal oversight, public accountability practices etc.); 
3. Interviews with key stakeholders within the agencies and the relevant accountability to as-
sess their experiences and record their assessments.
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C.
Thesis: COLONIAL CONCEPTS OF DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA. A COMPARATIVE STUDY 
OF BRITISH AND FRENCH POLICIES AND DISCOURSES, 1920–1960
In exploring these sets of questions, we will adopt elements of discourse analysis in its Fou-
caultian variant as our methodological framework. Two aspects make the Foucaultian approach 
particularly appealing to our project: First, it emphasizes the connection between discursive 
and non-discursive practices as parts of one and the same ‘dispositive’ which comprises such 
heterogeneous elements as discourses and institutions, architectural artefacts and laws, ad-
ministrative actions and scientific formulae. Second, discourse analysis in the Foucaultian tra-
dition stresses the connections between the various strands that make up a discourse and at 
the same time does not neglect the ‘outside’ of this particular discourse. On a more specific 
level, discourse analysis (in all of its variants) provides the instruments to explore the semantic 
structures of selected texts. Recurring narrative patterns, metaphors, classificatory systems and 

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