Theoretical approaches to European integration

✍ Scribed by Sabine Saurugger

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 303
• Series: European Union series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

"This major new text provides a uniquely broad ranging introduction to, and assessment of the contribution of, the whole range of theoretical approaches that have been applied to the analysis of European integration. It provides tools for understanding the underlying logic behind the political and economic debates that take place in the EU today."--

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
List of Boxes, Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Why Integrate? Theories of Integration
1 Original Debates
2 Neofunctionalism
3 Intergovernmentalism
Part II: Mainstreaming European Studies
4 Institutionalist Approaches
5 Governance
6 Europeanization and Public Policy Transfer
7 Constructivism(s)
8 Sociological Perspectives on European Integration
9 Political Theory
Part III: The European Union and the World
10 International Relations and European Integration. 11 Comparing Forms of Regional Integration: Beyond European StudiesConclusion
References
Index.

✦ Subjects

Europe -- Economic integration;European Union countries -- Politics and government;International economic integration;Politics and government;Europe;Europe -- European Union countries;LAW / International;UE/CE Union européenne;UE/CE Intégration;UE/CE Politique;Europäische Integration;Europäische Union