2. How Did We Get Here?
Desmond Dinan
in The European Union: How does it work? (5th edn)
This chapter focuses on the historical development of the European Union. The history of the EU began when European governments responded to a series of domestic, regional, and global ...
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13. Taking Stock of Integration Theory
Antje Wiener and Thomas Diez
in European Integration Theory (2nd edn)
This volume has examined the state of the art in European integration theorizing with chapters which have presented and reflected upon the core theoretical contributions that have been ...
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4. Member States
Brigid Laffan
in The European Union: How does it work? (5th edn)
This chapter focuses on the member states of the European Union. It first considers six factors that determine how a state engages with the EU: the date of entry, size, wealth, state ...
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8. Social Constructivism and European Integration
Thomas Risse
in European Integration Theory (2nd edn)
This chapter examines social constructivism as an approach to the study of European integration and a challenge to more rationalist approaches such as liberal intergovernmentalism and ...
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9. From Deadlock to Dynamism: The European Community in the 1980s
N. Piers Ludlow
in Origins and Evolution of the European Union (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the origins of the European Community's (EC) transformation, arguing that the most important factor was the emergence of a new degree of consensus among economic and ...
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10. Brexit and the Future of Two Unions
Daniel Kenealy, John Peterson, and Richard Corbett
in The European Union: How does it work? (5th edn)
This chapter considers the impact of the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) decision to leave the EU. In June 2016, the UK held a referendum on continuing its EU membership. The UK voted to leave the ...
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1. Introduction
Michelle Cini and Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán
in European Union Politics (5th edn)
This volume introduces the reader to European Union politics. It traces the historical evolution of the European Community from 1945 to early 2012. and examines theoretical and conceptual ...
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4. Liberal Intergovernmentalism
Andrew Moravcsik and Frank Schimmelfennig
in European Integration Theory (2nd edn)
This chapter focuses on liberal intergovernmentalism (LI), which has acquired the status of a ‘baseline theory’ in the study of regional integration: an essential first cut explanation ...
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European Integration Theory (3rd edn)
Antje Wiener, Tanja A. Börzel, and Thomas Risse
European Integration Theory provides an overview of the major approaches to European integration, from federalism and neofunctionalism to liberal intergovernmentalism, social ...
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5. The Triumph of Community Europe
Craig Parsons
in Origins and Evolution of the European Union (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the competition of ideas in France for intra-European cooperation in the 1950s, ranging from traditional intergovernmental arrangements to the sharing of national ...
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1. Integration and Disintegration before 1945
Peter Stirk
in Origins and Evolution of the European Union (2nd edn)
This chapter examines patterns of national integration and international disintegration in the decades before World War II. It first provides an overview of integration and disintegration ...
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European Integration Theory (2nd edn)
Antje Wiener and Thomas Diez (eds)
European Integration Theory provides an overview of all the major approaches to European integration, from federalism and neofunctionalism to liberal intergovernmentalism, ...
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4. Liberal Intergovernmentalism
Andrew Moravcsik and Frank Schimmelfennig
in European Integration Theory (3rd edn)
This chapter focuses on liberal intergovernmentalism (LI), which has acquired the status of a ‘baseline theory’ in the study of regional integration: an essential first-cut explanation ...
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3. Neofunctionalism
Arne Niemann and Philippe C. Schmitter
in European Integration Theory (2nd edn)
This chapter focuses on neofunctionalism, one of the earlier theories of regional integration. Neofunctionalist theory was first formulated in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but began to ...
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5. Governance Approaches
B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre
in European Integration Theory (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the European Union’s capacity to govern effectively. It argues that the creation of governance capacity for the institutions within the EU is the goal of much of the ...
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3. Neofunctionalism
Arne Niemann, Zoe Lefkofridi, and Philippe C. Schmitter
in European Integration Theory (3rd edn)
This chapter focuses on neofunctionalism, one of the earlier theories of regional integration. Neofunctionalist theory was first formulated in the late 1950s and early 1960s, but began to ...
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14. The Europeanization of Interest Groups and Social Movements
Sabine Saurugger
in The Member States of the European Union (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the dynamics of Europeanization of interest groups and social movements in European Union member states. European integration has influenced interest groups and social ...
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5. The United Kingdom: Towards Isolation and a Parting of the Ways?
David Allen
in The Member States of the European Union (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the history of the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European integration process. Britain’s relations with the European Union is characterized by partial ...
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17. Conclusion: EU institutions in theory and practice
John Peterson and Dermot Hodson
in Institutions of the European Union (4th edn)
This chapter examines what is enduring about the character of the European Union institutions, however fragile the wider political process of European integration seems to be. It also ...
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3. Theorizing Consequences
Ian Bache, Simon Bulmer, Stephen George, and Owen Parker
in Politics in the European Union (4th edn)
This chapter brings together what have usually been presented as separate ‘consequences’ of European integration: Europeanization effects and challenges to democracy. It first considers the ...
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