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This is a major new reader that brings together and assesses the most influential scholarly contributions that have fashioned the debate on European integration over the past 50 years. It includes an original contribution reflecting on key issues in integration theory by Ben Rosamond.

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Author:   Mette Sangiovanni
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.807kg
ISBN:  

9781403941046

ISBN 10:   1403941041
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   09 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

PART I: INTERWAR AND POSTWAR IDEAS OF EUROPE Pre-Theories of International Integration; M.Eilstrup-angiovanni For a Free United Europe: A Draft Manifesto; A.Spinelli & E.Rossi A Working Peace System; D.Murray Political Community and the North Atlantic Area: International Organization in the Light of Historical Experience; K.Deutsch et al PART II: THEORISING THE COMMON MARKET: NEO-FUNCTIONALISM AND ITS CRITICS Neo-functionalism and Its Critics; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni The Uniting of Europe: Political, Social and Economic Forces 1950-1957; E.Haas The Political Dynamics of European Economic Integration; L.Lindberg Obstinate or Obsolete?: The Fate of the Nation-State; S.Hoffman Regional Integration: Reflections on a Decade of Theoretical Efforts; R.Hansen PART III: THE 1992 PROJECT: SUPRANATIONALISM VS. INTERGOVERNMENTALIST BARGAINING Introduction: The 1992 Project: The Revival of Neofunctionalism and the Liberal Intergovernmentalist Challenge; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni 1992: Recasting the European Bargain; W.Sandholtz & J.Zysman Europe Before the Court: A Political Theory of Legal Integration; A.M.Burley & W.Mattli The Politics of Legal Integration in the European Union; G.Garrett Preferences and Power in the European Community: A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach; A.Moravcsik The Path to European Integration: A Historical Institutionalist Analysis; P.Pierson PART IV: THE EUROPEAN POLITY: ACTORS, MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE AND THE 'LOW POLITICS' OF REGULATION Introduction: Europe as a Political System: Comparative Politics and Governance Approaches to Integration; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni The Study of the European Union II: The 'New Governance' Agenda and its Rival'; S.Hix European Integration from the 1980s: State-Centric vs Multi-Level Governance; G.Marks, L.Hooghe & K.Blank The Rise of the Regulatory State in Europe; G.Majone PART V: NON-RATIONALIST INTEGRATION THEORY Introduction: The Constructivist Turn in European Integration Studies; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni Social Constructivism and Integration; J.Checkel 'Speaking Europe': The Politics of Integration Discourse; T.Diez Does Constructivism Subsume Neofunctionalism?'; E.Haas PART VI: THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION STUDIES The Future of European Studies: Integration Theory, EU Studies and Social Science; B.Rosamond The Future of European Integration Studies: The Road Ahead; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni.

Reviews

'[A] wonderful volume that both discusses and brings together the great works of European integration, and resultingly serves as an intellectual point of reference for both students and scholars.' - Daunis Auers, Journal of International Relations and Development '[V]ery well structured...an important contribution to academic discourse on European integration...this book provides detailed and rich analysis of a collection of theoretical works which have shaped the field.' - Rafal Riedel, Political Studies Review

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METTE EILSTRUP-SANGIOVANNI is Lecturer in International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK.

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